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Development and deployment of Microsoft Applications has never been easy. In actual production environments you need to develop your application, test it, release to UAT and ultimately release to the live environment. Microsoft Flow’s Export and Import functions made this process convenient and easy. First you need to create your Flow in your development environment. I have few sample scenarios. Scenario one Assume that you are having support email address on Gmail and you want to create a follow up task to the supporting team which is on the Microsoft Outlook environment. Link: http://melick-rajee.blogspot.ae/2017/12/create-simple-automation-using.html Scenario two  Assume that your sales team need an approval of a customer document. In generally sales team need to scan the document and send to the relevant person via email and get the approval. Here you can use your Flow mobile application to trigger the process. Link: http://melick-rajee.blogspot...

Integrating Microsoft Flow Mobile Integration with Microsoft Flow Automation in Office 365 Online Services Microsoft Flow has its own mobile application which is very use full for integrating Business Flows. Which is available in Apple, Android and Windows stores    Today I’m explaining the possibilities that you can use Flow mobile in your automation process. Scenario: Assume that your sales team need an approval of a customer document. In generally sales team need to scan the document and send to the relevant person via email and get the approval. Here you can use your Flow mobile application to trigger the process. To start with the process as a First step I’m just using Flow Button and One Drive. Let’s Begin You can Launch the Microsoft Flow using either form directly launching the Microsoft Flow or though O365 portal. Launching Microsoft Flow Start with Bank template In this scenario now you need to ad...

Create a Simple Automation using Microsoft Flow. This is very simple scenario where you can use Microsoft Flow to create a simple automation. Scenario: Assume that you are having support email address on Gmail and you want to create a follow up task to the supporting team which is on the Microsoft Outlook environment. To begin the automation we need to understand few key concepts. Connections Triggers Actions Connections Connections are the middle man who connects Microsoft Flow with other systems. For this scenario we need two connections. Gmail Connection Outlook connection Triggers In simple you can think as how to start the automation flow, in this scenario receiving email is the trigger to the workflow. Actions Actions are basically what we do after initiating the Flow. Here we need to create a Outlook task and it will be our action. Launching Microsoft Flow If you need to know about basic de...

Automate your Business flows with On-premises Data using Microsoft Flow Microsoft Flow is a Cloud service yet it allows you to connect your business data to automate the process. When it comes to Could Data services you can use existing database connectors to fetch and manipulate data. These are the available connectors for the moment, but it covers pretty market leaders But when it comes to real business you might have your own database cluster connects with multiple applications and you also wants to connect to Microsoft Flow. In this case you might need a Data Gateway to be installed. Gateway is a middle man who’s talking care of data flow between cloud and your premises. Microdot On-Premises gateway is a one option you may need to consider, but it comes with following concerns and practices.   Reference: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/service-gateway-onprem Minimum Requirements: ·       ...

Introduction to Flow This is a cloud base products which you can use individually or aligned with Office 365. In generally you can think this is as an alternative to windows workflow foundation with profoundly amount of features and concepts. You can access the Microsoft Flow through Office O365. If you are wish to subscribe Flow as a direct service you can just login in https://flow.microsoft.com/en-us/ Concept of automating   Automating workflow is all about ·          Initiation ·          Flow ·          Out If a system or a platform can be integrated with variety of inputs by other systems, it is a well indication of viability of the   platform. Microsoft Flow contains significant number of initiation methods called triggers or connectors. Currently it is contains 184 + connectors an...

Getting started with NEW Office 365 As you may already know, Office 365 comes with different subscription models. First you need make you’re your billing address is available in supported countries. You can find the geographical availability by referring below URL. https://products.office.com/en/business/international-availability Once you are confident with your location you can check the available subscription plans. Available Plans:    https://products.office.com/en/business/compare-more-office-365-for-business-plans# There are trial versions and service descriptions are clearly available in above link. Once you are done with the payment you will be redirect to a page with an introduction wizard, where you will be highlighted with main sections in Office 365. I will provide a detailed article later in my post. But for the moment I will summarize the main Highlights.     These screens talking about everyth...