Q1 Update for Microsoft Flow

, Principal Group PM Manager, Microsoft Flow, Monday, April 17, 2017

In Q1 of 2017, Microsoft Flow rapidly delivered new functionality and iterated with customers. Today, Microsoft Flow is announcing modernized approval processes for businesses of all sizes, with the ability to create an approval process in seconds using rich templates and a smooth mobile experience for approving or rejecting requests on the go and the ability to surface actions directly in other Microsoft products like Outlook. Collaborative flow creation and management, key for many essential business process, is reaching General Availability today, and much more!

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Get notified about flow failures, customize columns for tables, and more!

, Principal Group PM Manager, Microsoft Flow, Tuesday, June 6, 2017

Microsoft Flow will now send email notifications when a flow fails -- so you can always know as soon as something goes wrong. In addition, when working with list of items, you can now customize the columns, for example, when generating an HTML email. This week we are also adding support for Microsoft Forms - a new part of Office 365 Education that allows teachers and students to quickly and easily create custom quizzes, surveys, questionnaires, registrations and more. PowerApps and Microsoft Flow are now included with the Office 365 Enterprise K1 plan as well.

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Don't miss these community events at the Data Insights Summit!

, Community Content Manager, Monday, June 5, 2017

It's just one week until the Microsoft Data Insights Summit! If you're attending, make sure to check out all the exciting community events we'll be hosting in between panels and networking opportunities. We've got a QR Code Scavenger Hunt, prize giveaways, and an exciting Virtual Reality immersive experience. Of course our very popular photo booth will return this year with even more hats and props, as well as the famous Swag Prize Wheel! We'll also be holding a raffle to attend limited book signings with keynote speakers Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner, the authors of Freakonomics, and keynote speaker Alberto Cairo, author of The Truthful Art and The Functional Art.

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Live from Seattle! Watch the Microsoft Data Insights Summit keynotes and featured sessions.

, Principal Group PM Manager, Microsoft Flow, Monday, June 5, 2017

Can't make it to the Microsoft Data Insights Summit? We’ll bring the conference to you! We’re livestreaming our three keynotes and nine of our most popular breakout sessions, June 12–13, 2017 so you can learn alongside attendees. As Microsoft’s conference for business analysts, the Microsoft Data Insights Summit is filled with strong technical content to help you build a data culture at your organization.

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Microsoft Flow Windows Phone app is now publicly available

, Program Manager Intern, Sunday, June 4, 2017

You’ve been asking for it and now it’s here: Microsoft Flow app is officially available for Windows phone devices. This new app works on Windows phone devices running Windows 10. After gathering your valuable feedback, and improving our Beta version, today we’re proud to make the Windows Phone app officially public on the Windows Store, and by that complete our mobile offering throughout all platforms. So, if you own a Windows phone device running on Windows10, be sure to check out the new Flow app and enjoy automation made easy!

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Error handling steps, counters, a new flow details experience and more

, Principal Group PM Manager, Microsoft Flow, Wednesday, May 24, 2017

This week we are announcing even more features that will make it possible to build more robust business processes inside Microsoft Flow. The first the ability to create "error handling" steps. For example, if you have a workflow that copies important data into your Dynamics 365 instance, you can now get a notification immediately if that copy fails. Second, you can initialize and increment or decrement counters inside of a flow run. Third, flows now have a rich details page that shows you a summary of all the properties of your flow. Also, admins can now monitor flow run usage across an organization against the common company run quota.

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Widgets are now officially available for both Android and iOS

, Program Manager Intern, Tuesday, May 23, 2017

I’m excited to share widgets are now officially available for both Android and iOS. Flow widgets are button shortcuts which provide you an easier & faster way for button triggering. With Flow widgets, you can conveniently open a new bug, create a new contact in Dynamics CRM or trigger any of your button flows straight from your home screen, without having to open the app.

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Introducing the Microsoft Teams connector for Flow

, Program Manager, Monday, May 22, 2017

This week, we’re excited to announce the Microsoft Teams connector for Flow. Microsoft Teams is a chat-based workspace in Office 365 that bring together people, conversations and content – along with the tools that teams need, so they can easily collaborate to achieve more.

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How to use Microsoft Flow to manage donations

, Community Content Manager, Thursday, May 18, 2017

In this walkthrough, Troy Hunt, Microsoft Regional Director and MVP, shows how he used Microsoft Flow to automate PayPal donation processing, including individually thanking each donator with a personal email. This post is reprinted from Troy's professional blog.

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