Microsoft Flow vs Azure Logic Apps – Microsoft Flow and Azure Logic Apps

 

The following table helps you determine whether Microsoft Flow or Logic Apps is best for a particular integration:

	Microsoft Flow	Logic Apps
Users	Office workers, business users, SharePoint administrators	Pro integrators and developers, IT pros
Scenarios	Self-service	Advanced integrations
Design tool	In-browser and mobile app, UI only	In-browser and Visual Studio, Code view available
Application lifecycle management (ALM)	Design and test in non-production environments, promote to production when ready	Azure DevOps: source control, testing, support, automation, and manageability in Azure Resource Manager
Admin experience	Manage Microsoft Flow environments and data loss prevention (DLP) policies, track licensing: Microsoft Flow Admin Center	Manage resource groups, connections, access management, and logging: Azure portal
Security	Office 365 Security and Compliance audit logs, DLP, encryption at rest for sensitive data	Security assurance of Azure: Azure security, Azure Security Center, audit logs

What is Azure Logic Apps? – Azure Logic Apps -Part 1

Azure Logic apps is a cloud service that helps

1. Schedule
2. Automate
3. Orchestrate

the tasks, business process and workflows when you need to integrate apps, data, systems across the enterprise and organizations.

Logic apps simplifies how you build scalable solutions

• App integration
• Data Integration
• System Integration
• Enterprise integration

whether on cloud or on-premises or both

 

Example of logic apps

1. Send Email notifications from Office 365 when event happen in various systems, apps and services.
2. Move uploaded files from SFTP or FTP server to Azure Storage.
3. Process or re-route orders across on-premises system or cloud service.
4. Monitor tweets with specific text words or lines.
5. Create records on different system based on event happens on one system.