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Can administrators (without license) create a flow for a licensed user?

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Posted on by tethis-it 2

Hi there!

 

I guess the answer to the following will be "no", but there's always hope....

 

I'm managing quite a few small Office 365 customers and there's some interest in automation using Flow.

Would it be possible for me (using my global admin permissions) to create a flow for one of the licensed users?

Even though my admin account does not have an Office license attached?

 

Thanks,

 

Christian

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    v-micsh-msft Microsoft Employee on at

    Hi @tethis-it,

     

    No, that is not possible.

    Even the Admin has the proper license, it is also can't be achieved for the admin to create a flow for only one licensed users.

    Microsoft Flow currently will only work with the user account logged in.

    Regarding creating flows for others, there is a featue called Team Flow, which allows to add others in the flow built by the user account logged in, and as the owner (creator) of this flow, it is not possible to remove your own account.

    That is to say, team flow would support at least two user acount for team flow.

    Some more articles for reference:

    Flow in your organization Q&A

    Microsoft Flow plans

    Regards,

    Michael

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