Microsoft's new alternative to IFTTT can trace its origins back to a couple of other services developed by the company's Cloud and Enterprise group.

Microsoft Flow, a service that lets you plumb together various cloud-based services to construct workflows, and PowerApps, a tool to enable non-developers to build data-driven business apps, are both ...

With the new update, Flow users now have the ability to create an approval process in seconds, said Stephen Siciliano, principal group program manager of Microsoft Flow.

Flow, Microsoft's in-house version of IFTTT, has been in preview mode since April, but the folks at Redmond are finally ready to open the service up to the general public. Starting November 1 ...

Microsoft on Friday launched Flow, an IFTTT (If This Then That) competitor primarily marketed to enterprises as a way to improve business workflows through automation.