Getting Started in Lync Development: Choosing The Right Tools
I like doing DIY. It’s totally different to what I do for work, it’s hands-on and the rewards are immediate and lasting. It’s expensive though!...
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Productivity Tip: How To Save Hours When Watching YouTube Videos
Apologies if I’m the last person in the room to have spotted this, but I thought it was worth sharing. If you watch a lot of training videos, conference speeches...
6 Tips For Getting Into The Zone Faster
We’ve all been there. We’re working on something. We’re 100% immersed in it, giving it all our concentration. We don’t hear, we’re not...
The Only Thing You Need To Know About Lync Persistent Chat and Application Endpoints
I just came across this whilst doing some development work on the Persistent Chat SDK, and I wanted to share it in case anyone else came across the same...
TFS Project Rename is coming!
The Background Ahhh, TFS. Some of the most advanced ALM and source control features on the market. Innovations that truly make a difference in developer’s lives....
Modality Systems – Your Journey to UC Webinar Series
Modality Systems have announced a range of free webinar sessions taking place this spring. Titled “Your Journey to UC” the series covers a range of...
Zen Coding: My Latest Visual Studio PowerMove
I’m a big Visual Studio user, it’s where 95% of my development happens. I also suffer the classic Developer problem of “too many ideas, not enough...
UCMA Application: This message was not delivered to [user name] because the service is not available.
We spent far too long today looking at this, so I’m documenting it in the hope that it can help someone else. The Problem You’ve set up a UCMA Application....
Live IDs, Microsoft Organizational IDs, Oh My!
This caught me out recently, so I’d like to share. Currently, there are (at least) 2 ways of accessing Microsoft services such as Azure, MSDN, Office 365...
Controlling the order of CWEs display in menu in Lync 2013
If you want to control the order of display of CWEs listed in the Lync 2013 client (when you click the ellipses in a conversation), you can do. The CWEs are not listed...
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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.
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