The document highlights Microsoft Flow, a cloud-based business automation tool that integrates with SharePoint and other services, allowing users to automate workflows without coding. It emphasizes the capabilities for citizen developers to create applications quickly using PowerApps, which connects seamlessly with Microsoft Flow. Additionally, it mentions requirements and limitations for using these tools, along with references for further information.

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Jennifer Pearcey

3. Introduction
 Jennifer Pearcey
 MCP SharePoint 2013
 23 years experience in IT, architecture, development and design
 14 of those years in SharePoint
 Born Sweet among the great Sugar Maple
 Raised Strong on the wide open frozen tundra of the
Saskatchewan Prairies
 LivingAloha : in the great 808
Sharing the love that is SharePoint
 Occasionally referred to as a SharePoint
proctologist
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jennifer-pearcey-09603617 @PCMOM03

4. iPhone
accessible

5. Demo

6. What Is
Microsoft Flow?
 Microsoft Flow is a stand alone, cloud-based, business
automation, SaaS implementation
 Automation of workflows across the growing number of
applications and services
 Hosted onAzure App service
 Connecting services and data using available templates or create
your own Flows
 Directly competing with IFTTT platform.
 Newest MS SaaS offering released to in alignment with
#FutureofSharePoint campaign
 Lists (currently) and Library (coming soon) SharePoint integration
 On prem connector coming soon
 Citizen developers, you can now officially get excited!!

7. Flow
Templates

8. PowerApp &
PowerApp
Desktop
 Connects to the cloud services and data sources you're already
using
 Gives business analysts and specialists the ability to quickly build
apps that suit their specific needs
 No code required or struggling with integration issues to connect
data
 Apps can be published instantly to co-workers across web, tablets
and mobile devices without waiting for app stores.
 PowerApps also integrates with Microsoft Flow, making it possible
to trigger flows from within apps.

9. Demo
Contacts /
Sessions

10. Refresh Data
Sources
PowerBI Desktop and PowerBI Web
REF: https://app.powerbi.com

11. ConnectCloud
Services

12. IT Pro and
Other Roles
 Lifecycle management
 Deployment management
 PowerApp connector to access local SharePoint (coming soon)
 API development and management
 ManageAzure App Service as well as Office 365
 Azure LogicApps for more complex integration
 Azure Resource Manager, Azure Portal and Azure CLI,VS
 Citizen developers
 Cloud service broker
 Developer

13. Requirements
& Limitations
Flow,
PowerApp,
PowerBI
Requirements
 Chrome, Firefox, IE 11, Edge?
 PowerBI requires minWin 8.1
 Office 365 E3+ for Enterprise
features
 O365 sign in
SPO Limitations
 Custom SPO list
 Single line of text
 No on prem SharePoint
support at this time but it is
coming

14. References
Flow
REF: https://flow.microsoft.com/en-us/
PowerApps Preview
REF: https://powerapps.microsoft.com/en-us/
MicrosoftFlow and PowerApp public preview announcement
REF: https://powerapps.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/introducing-microsoft-flow-
and-announcing-the-public-preview-of-powerapps/
Logic Apps (Also in preview at this time)
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/services/app-service/logic/
Office 365 Dev 1 year FREE Office Development tenant
http://dev.office.com/getting-started
Office 365 Developer Patterns and Practices
REF: http://aka.ms/OfficeDevPnP
BONUS REF: https://docs.com/OfficeDevPnP
Refresh a dataset created from PowerBI Desktop
REF: https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/powerbi-refresh-
desktop-file-onedrive/
BONUS REF: https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/powerbi-
refresh-data/

15. Questions /
Feedback