The webinar covered Microsoft Flow and how it can be used to automate workflows across apps and services. The presenter demonstrated how to build flows that connect to Office 365 and other data sources, and discussed how Flow can be used to automate business processes when combined with PowerApps. Resources for learning more about Flow were provided, as well as information about pricing and availability. The presenter concluded by providing details on how to stay up to date with the latest Office 365 and Azure information through the CIAOPS community.

1. Need to Know Office 365
Webinar
December 2017
@directorcia
http://about.me/ciaops

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8. Agenda
- Office 365 Update
- Microsoft Flow
- Q & A

10. News
• Introducing the Flow Panel
• https://flow.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/introducing-flow-launch-panel-in-sharepoint-lists-and-libraries/
• Microsoft Whiteboard Preview
• https://blogs.office.com/en-us/2017/12/05/microsoft-whiteboard-preview-the-freeform-canvas-for-creative-
collaboration/?eu=true
• Advanced Threat Protection available for SharePoint, OneDrive, Teams
• https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/SharePoint-Blog/Office-365-Advanced-Threat-Protection-for-
SharePoint-OneDrive/ba-p/134234
• Get access to Business apps in Enterprise plans
• https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Get-access-to-the-Office-365-Business-apps-for-Enterprise-
subscriptions-5382dc07-aaa5-45c9-8767-502333b214ce
• Outlook Time to Leave
• https://blogs.office.com/en-us/2017/12/13/new-to-office-365-in-december-extending-human-ingenuity-
with-everyday-ai/?eu=true

11. Microsoft Flow helps you work smarter by automating
workflows across your apps and services
Get notifications Synchronize files Collect data Automate approvals

12. DEMO

13. Get started quickly
with over a
hundred useful
templates

14. Authenticate to your O365 account.
Build email Subject and Body
Choose to include properties
from previous step (Dropbox
file) to improve relevance
Specify Send To email address
and additional properties
(optional): From, CC, BCC and
ImportanceConnected to
johnsharp@contoso.com
Authenticate to your Dropbox account.
Select folder to monitor
PowerApps

15. Automate advanced scenarios with multiple steps,
branching conditions, and more

16. Integrate the systems
you’re already using…
even custom APIs.

17. Build modern business apps fast
Compose analytics, user experiences, and automation
using an integrated set of services from Microsoft
More efficient developers
Seamlessly extend capabilities for power users and
leverage powerful Azure platform services
Empowered power users
People who understand their business needs best can
now build apps quickly without writing code
Connected data across apps
Whether built on the Common Data Model or integrated
with existing systems, get more value from your data
App Services
Service Fabric
Azure Functions
…
Logic Apps
API Management
BizTalk
…
SQL Server BI
Data analytics
Internet of Things (IoT)
…

18. Extensibility

19. Flow
Logic apps
Managed APIs
or Custom APIs
Uses the Public REST
APIs for management
Calls into at runtime

20. Operational data store
Common Data Model
and custom entities
Real time
sync
Data
API

23. DEMO

26. Availability

27. Anyone can sign up for free
with their personal, work or
school email
Included for free with most*
Office 365 and Dynamics
365 application SKUs
Can be purchased by an individual or an admin
90 free trial available
Also included with Dynamics 365 Plans 1 and 2 and
PowerApps Plans 1 and 2

28. Extending Office 365 and
Dynamics 365
For creators and IT admins
Full creation & admin capabilities
For business users
Run any app using CDM
Included for free with most* Office 365
and Dynamics 365 application SKUs
Can be purchased by an individual or an admin
90 free trial available
Also included with Dynamics 365 Plans 1 and 2
Can be purchased by an individual or an
admin
Quotas (per user; pooled tenant-wide):
• 2,000 flow runs per month
Quotas (per user; pooled tenant-wide):
• 4,500 flow runs per month
• 20MB Data Storage
• 2GB File Storage
Quotas (per user; pooled tenant-wide):
• 15,000 flow runs per month
• 200 MB Data Storage
• 20 GB File Storage per user
Additional flow runs, Data Storage, and File Storage may be purchased as needed

29. • Flow allows you to easy connect many data sources
• Flow allows you to easy automate business processes
• Combine Flow with PowerApps to deliver quick solutions
• Flow can be utilised with on premises resources
• Flow is continually improving
• Flow enables ‘citizen developers’

30. • List of connectors - https://flow.microsoft.com/en-us/services/
• Azure logic apps - https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/services/logic-apps/
• Microsoft Flow Community - https://powerusers.microsoft.com/t5/Microsoft-Flow-
Community/ct-p/FlowCommunity
• Guided Learning - https://flow.microsoft.com/en-us/guided-learning/
• Templates - https://flow.microsoft.com/en-us/templates/
• Get started with Microsoft Flow - https://flow.microsoft.com/en-
us/documentation/getting-started/
• On premises gateway - https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=820931
• Video gallery - https://powerusers.microsoft.com/t5/Webinars-and-Video-Gallery/bd-
p/Webinars_Videos_Gallery
Resources

31. CIAOPS Resources
• Blog – http://blog.ciaops.com
• Free SharePoint Training via email – http://bit.ly/cia-gs-spo
• Free Office 365, Azure Administration newsletter – http://bit.ly/cia-o365-tech
• Free Office 365, Azure video tutorials – http://www.youtube.com/directorciaops
• Free documents, presentations, eBooks – http://docs.com/ciaops
• Office 365, Azure, Cloud podcast – http://ciaops.podbean.com
• Office 365, Azure online training courses – http://www.ciaopsacademy.com
• Office 365 and Azure community – http://www.ciaopspatron.com
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Email
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