The document provides an overview of PowerApps and Microsoft Flow. It introduces the Business Application Platform and how PowerApps and Flow allow users to build apps and automate workflows without coding. The presentation covers how to create PowerApps and Flows, common use cases, and roadmaps for new features. It concludes by providing resources for learning more about PowerApps and Flow and thanks attendees for joining.

1. Welcome!
Power BI User Group (PUG)
Copenhagen

2. PowerApps & Flow
Daniel Laskewitz
Business Solutions Consultant

3. Session objectives
• Learn about Business Application Platform
• Learn about Microsoft PowerApps
• Learn about Microsoft Flow
• Get curious about PowerApps & Flow

4. Session Agenda
• Business Application platform
• PowerApps
• What is PowerApps?
• Demo
• Use cases
• Flow
• What is Flow?
• Demo
• Use cases

5. Meet Your Presenter
• Daniel Laskewitz
• 31 years-old
• Business Solutions Consultant
• Microsoft Business Solutions MVP
• Big fan of Ajax (Amsterdam)

6. Business Application Platform

7. MEASURE ACT AUTOMATE
Power users who understand their
business challenges the best can
now quickly build and deliver
solutions without writing code.
Power users
Power BI PowerApps Microsoft Flow

8. Power users
Power BI PowerApps Microsoft Flow
Developers and IT pros
Pro
BI
Pro
Dev
Pro
Integration
MEASURE ACT AUTOMATEProfessional developers can now
easily extend capabilities for power
users and take advantage of rich
platform services with the full
power of Azure.

9. Power users
Power BI PowerApps Microsoft Flow
Developers and IT pros
Pro
BI
Pro
Dev
Pro
Integration
MEASURE ACT AUTOMATE
Common
Data Service
Connectors
+ gateways
The common data service and
connectors make it possible to get
more value out of the data and
services you’re already using.

10. PowerApps

11. Build useful apps without writing code
Craft forms and screens
in a visual designer that
helps you see exactly
what you’ll get
Take advantage of device
capabilities like cameras,
GPS, and pen controls
Extend the capabilities of
connected data sources,
or focus just on the bits
you need
Build business logic into
your apps with an Excel-
inspired expression
language

12. Connections
Build apps that interact
with your data sources and
respect their permissions Your data
PowerApps connects to a range
of data sources and systems,
including custom APIs
Create in PowerApps Studio
Build apps in a visual
experience that shows exactly
what you’ll get
PowerApps Cloud
Publish apps to people in
your organization so they can
access anywhere
Use on web and mobile
Find and use apps instantly on
the web and in PowerApps
mobile for iOS and Android
How it works

13. it’s hard to keep everyone happy

14. Secure
Scalable
Managed
Integrated
Compliant
Fast
Iterative
Cross-platform
Beautiful
Easy
VS

15. How do I create a PowerApp?
• Create and edit PowerApps in PowerApps Studio
• Windows 10 app
• Web-version available at https://create.powerapps.com

16. PowerApps Use Cases
Functional domain Extend Example apps
Human Capital Management (HCM) SharePoint • New employee onboarding processes
• Time away (non-hourly workers)
• Employee hand-book
Employee engagement SharePoint • Campus resources (eg shuttle bus, library)
• Event specific engagements (eg annual boost day)
• IT genius bar
Assisted sales Dynamics 365 or
SalesForce.com
• CPG channel engagement
• Sales coaching
• Task specific Apps (eg meeting follow up)
Customer services & quality
assessment
Dynamics 365 • Asset maintenance assessment (Inbound)
• Retail store inventory & quality control
• Airplane cleaning assessment

18. Flow

19. What makes up a Flow?
Actions – what the flow does
Uses data from the trigger
Trigger – the event that kicks
off the flow

20. Connectors

21. • Run manually based on user action
• From Flow button
• From PowerApps
• Run on a schedule
• Run based on an event that happens
in the cloud
Triggers

22. • Connect to any cloud service
• Use the data from the trigger
• Connect even to simple HTTP
endpoints if we don’t have out-of-
box support
Actions

23. Templates

25. Other Flow options
• Triggers
• Actions
• Conditions
• Switch cases
• Parallel branches

26. Flow Mobile
• Mobile app for iOS, Android and Windows Phone
• Create and edit Flows on-the-go
• Flow buttons
• Widgets

28. What about the web?
• Does it work on the web?

29. Flow & Physical buttons

30. Flow Use Cases
Get notifications Synchronize files Collect data Automate approvals

32. Flow admin center
• Environments
• Data loss prevention policies
• User licenses
• Flow runs

36. Anyone can sign up for free
with their personal, work or
school email
Included for free with most*
Office 365 and Dynamics 365
application SKUs
Can be purchased by an individual or an admin
90 free trial available
Also included with Dynamics 365 Plans 1 and 2 and PowerApps
Plans 1 and 2

37. PowerApps Roadmap
H2 Calendar 2017
o Export/import app packages across environments
o Embedded in SharePoint Online forms
o Embedded Power BI tiles
o SPO – Images, attachments, managed metadata
o SQL – Stored procedures and views support
o CDS – relationship and business rules support
o App launch perf improvements
o Simplified app authoring experience
o Usage analytics and monitoring
o Support for GDPR compliance
o UK deployment
o Government and sovereign clouds deployment
o Share apps outside your organization
o Transparent data caching
o Sandbox environments for ALM
o Multi-form factor apps (across web and mobile)
o Controls extensibility
Calendar 2018

38. Flow Roadmap
Calendar 2016
o Android Mobile App
o On-premise data Gateway
o In-context in SharePoint Online
o Flow SDK for Embedding
o Advanced control-flow logic
o Microsoft Common Data Model support
o General availability, 42 languages, 7 geographies
o Leverage device signals (e.g. Location)
o Data Loss Protection Policies / Admin management
o Co-Authoring
o AppSource integration
o In-context in Dynamics 365
o Seamless grow-up from Microsoft Flow to Azure Logic Apps
o ALM: Move solutions across environments
o Azure functions integration
Calendar 2017

39. Resources: Microsoft PowerApps
• PowerApps Blog
• PowerApps Pricing
• PowerApps Guided Learning
• PowerApps Community
• PowerApps Ideas

40. Resources: Microsoft Flow
• Flow Blog
• Flow Guided Learning
• Flow Community
• Flow Ideas

41. Questions?
• Reach out to me on twitter: @Laskewitz
• Check out my website
• Email me: daniel.laskewitz@sogeti.com

42. Thank you for Attending!
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