Flow session Collaboration Summit 2017 Zagreb . Introduction to Microsoft Flow : Power to the People. Serge Luca & Isabelle Van Campenhoudt

1. Introduction to Microsoft Flow : Power to the
People
SERGE LUCA, ISABELLE VAN CAMPENHOUDT
SHAREQL, BRUSSELS

2. SPONSORS

3. Serge Luca
10 x SharePoint MVP, Brussels
SharePoint since 2002
Architect (Admin, Dev, gouvernance)
Managing partner of www.shareql.com
Worked for the MS workflow team
Blog: http://sergeluca.wordpress.com/
sergeluca@shareql.com
@sergeluca

4. Data Platform MVP, Brussels
Consultant, speaker, trainer, comunity leader
Managing partner de www.ShareQL.com
SQL Server since 1999
Blog: http://thesqlgrrrl.wordpress.com/
ivc@ShareQL.com
@thesqlgrrrl
Isabelle
Van Campenhoudt

5. Get the session recording:
https://channel9.msdn.com/events/Wydarzenia-Polskiej-spoe
cznoci/SharePoint-Saturday-Warsaw-2017/Microsoft-Flow-int
roduction-and-advanced-scenarios
Ask questions now on :
#collabsummitflow

6. Flows and on premises
Environment + Data Loss prevention
Extensibility : communication with the outside world
Logic Apps
Prices & Roadmap
Creating Flows
Introduction : the context
Conclusions

7. Introduction : the context

8. Empower power users
Connect data across apps
More efficient developers
App Services
Service Fabric
Azure Functions
…
Logic Apps
API Management
BizTalk
…
SQL Server BI
Data analytics
Internet of Things (IoT)
…
The context : business Apps
Build modern business app fast

9. Creating Flows
Introduction : the context

10. Creating and managing Flows
Microsoft Account (free) or Office 365 or Dynamics 365 or Flow (paid)
or PowerApps ( or free new PowerApps Community Plan)
Flow.microsoft.com
Powerapps.microsoft.com
A modern SharePoint Online list
Mobile app (iOS and Android, Windows Mobile is coming)

11. Designing a Flow
template or
from scratch
Choose a
trigger
Add
« actions »
Save the flow

12. demoEXPENSE REPORT

13. Flows and on premises
Creating Flows
Introduction : the context

14. Flow and data on Premises
• Install the « on Premises data gateway »
(shared between PowerBI, PowerApps and Azure Logic
Apps)

15. demoFLOW AND DATA ON PREMISES

16. Flows and on premises
Environment + Data Loss prevention
Creating Flows
Introduction : the context

17. Why« environments » ?
• Isolated spaces where Flows/Data are
running/stored
– Ex HR, Marketing, Production, Legal, DEV, TEST,
UAT, PROD…
• Different rules (DLP)
– Ex marketing can use twitter, Legal and
Production cannot
• Different regions if needed

18. Flow Administration Center

20. demoENVIRONMENTS & DLP

21. Flows and on premises
Environment + Data Loss prevention
Extensibility : communication with the outside world
Creating Flows
Introduction : the context

22. Extensibility : communication with the outside world
 Action Request
 Custom Connector (REST API described in a Swagger )
 Action Http
PowerApps calls Flow
A custom app calls Flow
PowerBI calls Flow (Data Alerts)
Flow calls the outside world

23. demoPOWERAPPS CALLS FLOW

24. demoA CUSTOM APPLICATION CALLS
FLOW

25. demoFLOW CALLS THE OUTSIDE WORLD

26. FLOW & POWER BI
FLOW
DATA ALERTS
DATA SOURCES
POWER BI
SCHEDULED REFRESH
STREAMING DATA
LIVE

27. demoFLOW & POWERBI

28. demoPOWERBI CALLS FLOW (data alerts)
)

29. Flows and on premises
Environment + Data Loss prevention
Extensibility : communication with the outside world
Logic Apps
Creating Flows
Introduction : the context

30. Logic Apps
More dev oriented(Json, Rest api, Visual Studio …)
Logic Apps connectors can be used in Flow
Exceptions : B2B connectors B2B (Very good integration with Biztalk
Server)
The workflow engine behind Flow is Logic Apps

31. demoLogic Apps
)

32. Flows and on premises
Environment + Data Loss prevention
Extensibility : communication with the outside world
Logic Apps
Prices & Roadmap
Creating Flows
Introduction : the context

33. Tarifs: Comparison

34. Tarifs: Comparaison

35. Q3 Calendar
2016
Q4 Calendar
2016
oAndroid Mobile App
oOn-premise data Gateway
oIn-context in SharePoint
Online
oFlow SDK for Embedding
oAdvanced control-flow logic
oMicrosoft Common Data
Model support
oGeneral availability, 42
languages, 7 geographies
oAppSource integration
oIn-context in Dynamics 365
oLeverage device signals (e.g.
Location)
oData Loss Protection Policies /
Admin management
oCo-Authoring
H1 Calendar
2017
oSovereign cloud availability
(Government Cloud,
Germany, French Cloud)
oSeamless grow-up from
Microsoft Flow to Azure
Logic Apps
oALM: Move solutions across
environments
oAzure functions integration

36. Approval Roadmap

37. Flows and on premises
Environment + Data Loss prevention
Extensibility : communication with the outside world
Logic Apps
Prices & Roadmap
Creating Flows
Introduction : the context
Conclusions

38. Positive
• Simple
• Not just SharePoint
• Connection to hundreds of services
• Including on prem!
• SharePoint Integration
• PowerApps, PowerBI integration
• Team very proactive & delivers

39. Negative
• Young, unknown reliability
• Cannot copy flow across environments
• No state machines (but we have loops and tests)
• Collect feedback weak
• SharePoint integration weak (no lookup,…)

40. Advices
• Keep your forms as simple as possible
• Manage the business logic in the workflow
• Learn the Logic Apps Workflow Definition
Language (WDL)
– Read my blog post
https://sergeluca.wordpress.com/2017/04/26/u
sing-the-azure-logic-apps-workflow-
definition-language-in-microsoft-flow-part-1/

41. thank you
questions?
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