Actually, however, Flow -- Microsoft's answer to the "If This Then That"/IFTTT service -- was in plain sight before last week for those who knew where to look.

Microsoft Flow provides SharePoint Online with more robust and reliable workflows than BCS, and the new administrative tool ensures they're in compliance with your organization's data loss ...

Microsoft’s Flow is designed to connect services like Twitter, Slack, Google Drive, Dropbox, and Office 365. Microsoft lists a number of example “flows” (recipes), ...

Microsoft PowerApps. (Microsoft Photo) Microsoft released new updates today for Flow and PowerApps, a pair of services designed to help non-developers program interactions between their favorite ...

Using Azure Cognitive Services in Flow. Microsoft regularly adds new connectors to Flow, and recent releases included access to several of Azure’s Cognitive Services.These connectors allow you ...

Microsoft Flow works much like If This Then That (IFTTT), allowing you to automate interactions between a large number of services based on specific triggers.