Exercise - Use the Flic button to block your Outlook calendar for an hour

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Occasionally, you have to deal with last-minute meetings. In this situation, it would be beneficial to have the ability to quickly show your calendar as busy. This exercise will walk you through the steps of using the Flic button to block your Outlook calendar for an hour.

  1. Go to Power Automate and sign in.

  2. Select + Create from the left navigation pane.

  3. In the Start from blank area, select Automated flow.

  4. In the Flow name field, enter Block my calendar as the flow name. Under Choose your flow's trigger, search for Flic. Select When a Flic is pressed and then select Create.

  5. In the Flic button trigger, select your configured button. For Events, select hold.

  6. Select + New step.

  7. In the Choose an action field, search for and select Create event (V4).

  8. For Calendar id select Calendar.

  9. For Subject, enter Out of office.

  10. In the Start Time field, select Expression and then enter utc. Select the utcNow option and then select OK.

  11. In the End time field, select Expression and then enter the addHours(utcNow(),1) formula. Select OK.

  12. Select your Time zone

  13. Select the Flow checker icon on the upper right of the screen. If no errors occur, select Save.

  14. Congratulations, you have now successfully built a flow that will trigger when you use a physical button. Holding the button will automatically block your Outlook calendar for an hour.