Busylight SDK – Showing Custom Colours
In my previous post on the new Busylight SDK, I said that I didn’t think it was possible to display any colours other than Red, Green, Blue & Yellow. In fact,...
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Busylight Lync SDK Released! (inc. code samples)
With the new SDK, you can use the Busylight as a system status alert for SCOM, Twitter, CI Builds – whatever you want! Update 29th May 2013 Plenom...
Lync CWEs – a Technical Introduction
Microsoft Lync CWEs – Conversation Window Extensions – are one of the key tools in the Lync developer’s toolkit, but when and how you can use them...
Scuba Diving Insurance – What to Look For, Who to Choose & Why it’s Important
This is a mega-post, so at each section I’ve provided links to all the other sections. I’ve also broken up some of the sections with picture, just to...
Book: Microsoft Lync Server 2013 Unleashed
There’s a new book on Lync Server 2013 out, and it’s been described as “The most comprehensive, realistic, and useful guide to Microsoft Lync Server...
What is 2-step Verification and why should I care?
I’ve just enabled 2-step verification for my Apple ID. Why did I do this, and what does it all mean? Update: Microsoft have just announced that 2-step verification...
Windows 8.1: Why the New Naming Convention is Important
I don’t usually do a lot of commenting on mainstream Windows stuff: I can’t keep up and there’s plenty of other people who can. But I do try and keep...
Lync 2010 on Windows XP Pro / Windows Server 2003: Lync client does not start (after installing March 2013 update)
There’s a fix for the fix 😉 If you’re a Windows XP Pro or Windows Server 2003 user and have applied the March 2013 cumulative update for Lync Client 2010,...
Lync 2013 for iPhone – No Video for older phones?
The Lync 2013 client has now been released for Android, Windows Phone and iOS. For a good look at the features (shown off on a Windows Phone) see Justin’s blog...
Creating UCMA Applications with a UserApplication instance. Example: sending IMs.
The UCMA platform is very powerful, but sometimes you just want to send a message. Of course, you can do this using the Lync Client SDK, but you might not want the...
About Me
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.
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