{"id":110996,"date":"2018-10-10T06:19:19","date_gmt":"2018-10-10T13:19:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/power-platform\/blog\/power-automate\/automate-mass-communications\/"},"modified":"2018-10-10T06:19:19","modified_gmt":"2018-10-10T13:19:19","slug":"automate-mass-communications","status":"publish","type":"power-automate","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/power-platform\/blog\/power-automate\/automate-mass-communications\/","title":{"rendered":"Intermediate | Flow of The Week: Automate Mass Company Communications with Page Approval Flow in SharePoint Online"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Flow in this article from Michelle Gilbert<\/a> will show how you can use Page Approval Flow in SharePoint Online to create an approval process that post news items on your intranet and extend them to all the other communication locations your company uses including Email, Yammer, and Teams.<\/p>\n Be efficient and productive with your time by creating one News Post in SharePoint Online and upon Approval – automate the communication to publish to your SharePoint Intranet, send company email, post to All Company group in Yammer and Microsoft Teams Channel.<\/p>\n Be sure you have username and passwords for all of these connectors used in the Flow before you get started: Approvals, Notifications, Office 365 Outlook, SharePoint, Microsoft Teams, and Yammer.<\/p>\n Go to your Company Intranet in SharePoint Online -> Site Contents -> Site Pages.<\/p>\n Note: Assuming you are using a modern page with a News Web Part for your home page.\u00a0Page approval flows are currently available on SharePoint communication sites and modern team sites only.<\/p>\n Click on Create Flow and select Configure page approval flow.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n <\/p>\n This is the simple Flow to automate Page Approval Flow in SharePoint Online.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Here is the final approval Flow.\u00a0 Condition Request is equal to Approve, if yes, update the SharePoint column status to Approved, post to Yammer, post a message in Microsoft Teams, send an email to all company and Send an email to the requestor to inform them of the status of the request. Click Save your Flow.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Let’s test the Flow.\u00a0 Visit the Company Intranet in SharePoint Online.<\/p>\n Create your News post.\u00a0 Name your post, add an image and add a text web part. Click Submit for approval button.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Automating mass company communication using the Page Approval Flow can be invaluable as you try to connect to all the locations where employees prefer to consume and digest company information. This Flow is a real time saver for Communications, Marketing, Human Resources and other departments. No more duplicating efforts and having multiple people write in different spaces. Automate your communications with Microsoft Flow and make your work more efficient and productive. Work Less, Do More!<\/p>\n Announcing SharePoint Page Approvals: https:\/\/techcommunity.microsoft.com\/t5\/SharePoint\/Announcing-SharePoint-page-approvals\/m-p\/215466#M19709<\/a><\/p>\n Configure Page approval: https:\/\/support.office.com\/en-us\/article\/configure-page-approval-14ce6976-a0a7-427b-b4ab-d28d344a5222<\/a><\/p>\n Page Approval Flow: https:\/\/support.office.com\/en-us\/article\/page-approval-flow-a8b2e689-d4a1-4639-8028-333c0ece30d9<\/a><\/p>\nGoal<\/h2>\n
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Let’s get started!<\/h2>\n
Well that’s cool, but I also have to communicate to my Team and through Email and post to Yammer too.<\/h2>\n
Why don’t we automate all our mass communications with Flow!<\/h2>\n
Conclusion<\/h2>\n
Hope you enjoyed the Flow!<\/h2>\n
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Documentation<\/h2>\n