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Microsoft Flow Spring 2018 Update

Stephen Siciliano, Principal Group PM Manager, Microsoft Flow, Wednesday, March 21, 2018

Today we are announcing a new type of flow: a Business process flow. These flows, based on the Common Data Service for Apps, define a set of steps for people to follow to take them to a desired outcome. We also have a number of new integrations coming, including a Flow add-in for Excel. With this new add-in, you can create or trigger automation on an Excel table with the Flow button the Data tab in the ribbon. Finally, we have several new features coming to help you repair flows and build flow solutions that support full application lifecycle management.

Stephen Siciliano, Principal Group PM Manager, Microsoft Flow, Thursday, May 24, 2018

Learn everything you ever wanted to know about Microsoft Flow directly from the team that builds it -- and meet other Flow users -- at the first conference to feature entire tracks dedicated to Flow. The Microsoft Business Application Summit will be held on July 22-24 in Seattle, and you can sign up today. We’re looking forward to seeing you there - register now!

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Intermediate | Flow of the week: Approval reminders using parallel branches

David Blyth, Principal Development Manager, Wednesday, May 23, 2018

This post will introduce parallel branches as a way to achieve concurrent Flow logic. It shows how to use parallel branches to send periodic reminders to approvers that stop once the approval is completed.

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Share your Flows with Office 365 Groups and SharePoint Lists, Connector Updates, and Analytics with Error Details

Merwan Hade, Senior Program Manager, Microsoft Flow, Monday, May 21, 2018

This week, we're introducing several new updates in Microsoft Flow. We have more sharing capabilities: share with SharePoint lists and libraries, and Office 365 modern groups. We also have a number of connector updates, and, new error analytics for understanding flow failures.

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Intermediate | Flow of the Week: How we use a Flow to manage the Flow of the Week blogs

Jonathon Levesque, Senior Program Manager, Wednesday, May 16, 2018

In this flow of the week come see how we manage the flow of the week using Microsoft Flow... Wow , that's a tongue twister. Come and learn how to automate email follow ups based on SharePoint list entries... There that's better! Come learn about using the compose action, the Delay until, and then obviously some SharePoint and Outlook as well. Its a quick and easy Flow that packs a solid punch! Oh, and there's a video if you prefer!

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Microsoft Build 2018 sessions video recap

Stephen Siciliano, Principal Group PM Manager, Microsoft Flow, Monday, May 14, 2018

Last week we had seven sessions that focused on Microsoft Flow (and the broader Business Application Platform), and if you weren't able to join in person you can now watch them on-demand. These sessions covered everything from a broad overview of the platform and its capabilities, how to build a flow in just 10 minutes and detailed session on streamlining Office 365 with Microsoft Flow.

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How to: State machines in Microsoft Flow

Stephen Siciliano, Principal Group PM Manager, Microsoft Flow, Wednesday, May 9, 2018

In this blog post, Serge Luca will illustrate how to build flows that need to use a State Machine. Although Microsoft Flow doesn't have an out-of-box construct for a State Machine - you can build one by using a loop and a switch case.

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Rich text in approvals and multi-select inputs for buttons

Stephen Siciliano, Principal Group PM Manager, Microsoft Flow, Tuesday, May 1, 2018

Starting this week you can use Markdown to format the approval details that you send. These approvals will show up formatted in the Flow mobile app, the Flow website and the flow emails. Another new feature is the ability to build flow buttons that use a multiple selection list to collect more than one value at once.

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On-Demand: Flow Team Hangout Chat - April 27, 2018

Jonathon Levesque, Senior Program Manager, Monday, April 30, 2018

Ever wanted to meet the people behind Microsoft Flow? Now's your chance - you can now catch up on the Flow Team Hangout Chat from 4/27/18 on-demand on our Flow Community Webinars & Video Gallery. Hangout guests featured: Anh-Thu Chang (Flow Community Manager), Anjli Chaudhry (Principal Program Manager), Jon Levesque (Senior Program Manager), Kent Weare (Principal Program Manager), Merwan Hade (Senior Program Manager), Stephen Siciliano (Principal Group PM Manager), and Sunay Vaishnav (Senior Program Manager). Watch now.

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Walkthrough: Use Flow in PowerApps to upload files or return data tables

Stephen Siciliano, Principal Group PM Manager, Microsoft Flow, Friday, April 27, 2018

This month we released new "Respond to PowerApps" functionality. In this post, we’ll walk through examples of two scenarios: uploading, and then displaying in the PowerApp, images stored in OneDrive for Business (or other cloud locations), and, returning a Table of data back to a PowerApp (such as from a SQL query or Excel workbook).

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Beginner | Flow of the Week: Get Seattle weather reports delivered to my email.

Jonathon Levesque, Senior Program Manager, Wednesday, April 25, 2018

It's Spring time in Seattle!! But just like classic Seattle, there will inevitably be some surprise rain showers. As someone who commutes to a full day of work and post-work activities in the evening, I need to be able to properly pack for the day. But how do I know if I need to bring my rain gear with me or leave it at home? The manual process of checking the weather every morning before I leave sounds like something I could easily forget...oh wait, this sounds like something Flow can help me automate & solve! Keep following along with this step-by-step of how I used an existing Microsoft Flow template to plug & chug my scenario requirements and parameters to better help me make informed packing decisions for my day.

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