The document outlines a workshop conducted by Jaap Brasser on automating tasks with Microsoft Flow, covering topics such as flow creation, live demos, and hands-on labs. Key points include the use of connectors to gather data, building workflows, and integrating various services, as well as using webhooks and managing flow packages. It also highlights the significance of templates, advanced conditions, and use cases for Microsoft Flow.

1. Workshop – Automating with Microsoft Flow
Jaap Brasser
@jaap_brasser

2. • Technical Marketing Engineer at Rubrik
• PowerShell Conference EU/Asia
• Dutch PowerShell User Group
• Speaker / Blogger / Tech Enthusiast
• PowerShell Gallery
• TechNet / MSTechCommunity
@jaap_brasser
jaapbrasser.com/about

3. Agenda
Workshop content
Intro into Flow
Live Demos
Hands-on Labs
Questions

4. PowerShell
Flow
Forms
OneDrive
Teams
Outlook

5. What is
Microsoft
Flow

6. Connectors

7. Flow
Templates

8. Why Microsoft Flow?
Use connectors to get data
Create triggers based on this data
Build workflows
Integrate and combine different services

10. Demo Summary
• Flow.Microsoft.com
• Create and modify from template
• Create a custom flow

13. Demo Summary
• Created a form in Forms
• Created a flow with a trigger
• Added advanced condition
• Take action based on condition

14. Advanced
conditions

17. Demo Summary
• Export flow
• Zipped json files in package
• Import flow
• Select connectors upon Import

18. Flow packages
Packaged
as zip
Manifest files
APIs
Connections
Definition

20. What are webhooks
A webhook transfers data over HTTP
Create triggers based on this data
Build workflows
Integrate and combine different services
Methods: Get & Post

22. Encryption!

23. Demo Summary
• Created a Flow with webhook
• Write payload to disk
• Viewed what was delivered
• Transferred binary content
• Created binary file from content

24. Request
Flow

25. Request
Limits

26. Runtime
Limits

29. Demo Summary
• Install Data gateway
• Create connection online
• Run a watcher locally
• Create button enabled flow
• Monitor and restart flow agent

30. Data Gateway sources
SQL Server
SharePoint
Oracle
Informix
Filesystem
DB2

31. Gateway
Port
Configuration

33. Summary
Use cases of Microsoft Flow
Microsoft Flow templates
Took a look at connectors
Created workflows
Ran PowerShell triggered by Flow

34. Questions?

35. References
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/flow/gateway-reference
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/flow/guided-learning/
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/flow/use-expressions-in-conditions
• https://github.com/jaapbrasser/events
• https://www.jaapbrasser.com