Overview
The goal of this course is to provide you with the knowledge to work with Microsoft Flow. The course will emphasise hands-on experience, with a series of self-guided exercises integrated into the training.
You will discover how to open Flow from a browser and use it to automate and manage business processes.
This course will help you meet the following objectives:
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Understand what Flow is and how it works
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Build flows from existing or blank templates
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Understand how to work with the many features Flow offers
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Reuse Flows you have created
Objectives
Delegates will learn how to
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Understand what Flow is and how it works
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Create new Flows
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Analyse a Flow’s success through Run History and Analytics
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Work with Team Flows and Approvals
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Work with Scopes, Switch Case, Variables, Apply To Each and Parallel Branch features
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Use manual and scheduled triggers
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Use Do Until and Reuse Flows
Outline
Module 1 – What is Flow?
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Data Connectors
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Logging into Flow
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Logging in as a New User
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Logging in as an Existing User
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Accessing Flow from your Office 365 Account
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The Flow Interface
Module 2 – Creating Flows
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Creating a Flow from a Template
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Flow Templates
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Running the Flow
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Exercise: Create a Flow
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Creating a Flow from Blank
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Planning a Flow
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Planning which Data Connectors are needed
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Planning Conditions and Actions
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Adding a Trigger
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Adding Actions
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Adding Conditions
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Adding an Email Action
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Formatting the Email Action
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Creating a Dynamic Hyperlink
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Understanding a SharePoint Document URL
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Understanding Expressions
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Operators
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Functions
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Creating a Hyperlink with Expressions
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Names and Comments
Module 3 – Flow Run History and Analytics
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Viewing Run History
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Analysing an Individual Flow
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Flow Analytics
Module 4 – Team Flows
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Team Flow Features
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Creating a Team Flow
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Adding a Co-Author
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Removing a Co-Owner
Module 5 – Approvals
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Setting up a SharePoint Library
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Creating the Approval Flow
Module 6 – Additional Flow Features
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Working with Scopes
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Adding a Switch Case
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Using Variables
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Adding an Apply to Each
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Creating a For Each Flow
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Adding a Parallel Branch
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Using a Parallel Branch in a Flow
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Creating the Parallel Branch Actions
Module 7 – Manual and Scheduled Flow Triggers
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Flow for Mobile Devices
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Triggering a Flow from Power Apps Form
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Manually Triggering a Flow in SharePoint
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Creating Flows Directly in SharePoint
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Flow Input Parameters
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Adding a Future time action
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Scheduled Flow triggers
Module 8 – Using Do Until
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What are Do Until Loops
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Understanding the Limitation of a Do Until Loop
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Creating a Flow using Do Loop Actions
Module 9 – Reusing Flows
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Copying an Existing Flow
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Creating a Flow Template
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Exporting as a Template
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Creating a Logic Apps Template
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Appendix A – Flow Settings and Limitations
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Appendix B – Data Loss Prevention
Prerequisites
This course requires delegates to meet the following prerequisites:
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A basic understanding of Windows 7 or later versions
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Experience using Internet Explorer or equivalent browser
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Some basic programming knowledge is useful but not essential
Please Note: If you attend a course and do not meet the prerequisites you may be asked to leave.