Distributing a flow
If you have exported a flow and want to share it with others, you can do so in several ways:
- By sending the exported
.zipfile as an email attachment - By posting the exported
.zipfile on a file-hosting or sharing site such as OneDrive or Dropbox - By sending a flow via Power Automate
- By publishing the flow as a template to the gallery
As the first two are relatively simple, we’ll focus on the steps necessary to perform the last two methods: sending a flow via Power Automate and publishing the flow as a template to the gallery. Both of these methods will allow users to download and install their own copy of the flow, as you’ll see.
Sending a flow via Power Automate
When you send a flow via Power Automate, you are allowing the recipients to download and create a copy of the flow. This is different from sharing a flow or converting it to a shared flow, as you learned about in Chapter 7, Working with Shared...
