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Ralph MercurioBeginning Office 365 Collaboration Appshttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-3849-3_11

11. Flow

Ralph Mercurio1 
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Clayton, North Carolina, USA
 

In Chapter 10, I discussed Microsoft Forms, which allows for the creation of web-based forms for data collection, surveys or quizzes. In this chapter, I will focus on Microsoft Flow, which is a new application from Microsoft centered on automation and integration between many services.

Microsoft Flow aims to automate tasks or repetitive actions and create a “flow” that will run automatically. These flows are similar to IFTTT, which is an open source protocol to link multiple third-party services together. For example, using IFTTT and the appropriate hardware/software, you ...

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