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Posted by Tom on Aug 3, 2020 in Development, Microsoft Teams

I’m Speaking at: GET-IT: Teams 1-Day Virtual Conference

I’m really excited to announce that I’m going to be speaking at Petri’s 1-Day Virtual Conference for Microsoft Teams: Petri’s GET-IT: Teams 1-Day...

Posted by Tom on Jul 30, 2020 in Development, Microsoft Teams

It’s now much easier to send proactive bot messages to Microsoft Teams users, thanks to new permissions

Sending pro-active messages to users has also been a bit tricky in Microsoft Teams. Because bot messages are delivered via the Bot Framework, there wasn’t a good...

Posted by Tom on Jul 29, 2020 in Development, Microsoft Teams

What is Microsoft Dataflex, and what is coming to Microsoft Teams?

Since the announcement at Microsoft Inspire 2020, we’ve had a Microsoft 365 Message Center post, and some updated videos which provide some more information about...

Posted by Tom on Jul 22, 2020 in Everything Else

I spoke to Mary-Jo Foley about Microsoft Inspire 2020, Microsoft Partners, Microsoft’s Coronavirus response, and more

I was lucky enough to be able to sit down (virtually, of course) with Mary-Jo Foley earlier this week. Mary-Jo (MJF) is a 30-year veteran of the tech industry and has...

Posted by Tom on Jul 21, 2020 in Development, Microsoft Teams

New Developer Platform support for Microsoft Teams meetings announced at Inspire 2020

At Microsoft Inspire 2020, Microsoft announced an addition to the Microsoft Developer Platform – the ability for applications to interact with the meeting...

Posted by Tom on Jul 21, 2020 in Development, Microsoft Teams

Common Data Service is now Microsoft Dataflex, and it’s WAY more than just a name change. This changes everything.

A big announcement happened today. It might not seem like one right now, but I think we’ll look back on this in a year’s time and wonder how we ever made do...

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Hi, I'm Tom. I'm a Microsoft 365 Developer & Architect. I empower developers, architects, and organizations to achive more with Microsoft 365 by creating applications and services with technologies like Microsoft Teams, Microsoft Bot Framework, Microsoft Copilot, Microsoft Graph, Adaptive Cards, and Office Add-Ins.

I'm passionate about creating great software that people will find useful and I want to help you do the same. This is my blog, you can find more about me, speaking engagements, code sample and more on my main site.