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Posted by Tom on Apr 27, 2018 in Development, Microsoft Teams

Run your app in Teams, but debug locally using ngrok: here’s how

If you’ve done any Teams development, Bot Framework development, or any development that involves writing code that’s ultimately executed elsewhere then...

Posted by Tom on Apr 23, 2018 in Bot Framework, Development

Writing Smarter Bots: adding AI-level natural language processing of text entities

Yesterday, I was doing some work writing a new Teams bot (details out soon). I needed to parse a fuzzy, natural language date time string, for example “in 3 days...

Posted by Tom on Apr 14, 2018 in Development, Microsoft Teams, Skype for BusinessÂ® (LyncÂ®)

Microsoft Lync 2013 Software Development Kit moving from Mainstream Support to Extended Support April 20 – my thoughts

There are some interesting support milestones this month from Microsoft Support. On April 10th,Â Microsoft Lync 2013,Â Microsoft Lync Phone Edition,Â Microsoft...

Posted by Tom on Jan 23, 2018 in Everything Else

See you at: Microsoft Tech Summit Birmingham

This week, on Wednesday 24th and Thursday 25th January, in Birmingham, UK the Microsoft Tech Summit comes to town. Tech Summits are being held in cities all over the...

Posted by Tom on Jan 19, 2018 in Bot Framework, Development, Microsoft Teams

I’m Speaking at Northern UC Usergroup – 8th Feb 2018 in Leeds, UK

I’m pleased to be able to tell you that I’m going to speaking (and demo’ing) at the Northern UC Usergroup in Leeds, UK on Thursday 8th Feb...

Posted by Tom on Dec 22, 2017 in Development, Microsoft Teams

Accessing Microsoft Teams Usage Data in code with Microsoft Graph

A little while ago, Microsoft added some Teams Usage Reports to the Office 365 Portal. You can read more about it and see some screenshots on Tom Arbuthnot’s blog...

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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.