Migrating Lync CWE Registry Settings from 2010 to 2013 the Easy Way
If you’ve recently upgraded from Lync 2010 to 2013, and you use Conversation Window Extensions, or CWEs then you’ll know that you need to do a little bit of...
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Hacking the BusyLight: an Update
A few weeks ago wow, over a month ago, I wrote about hacking the BusyLight to use for your own projects. Whilst it was possible, there were some things such as sound,...
Movember 2012
It’s the 1st November. That means Movember. I’m currently clean-shaven, and from today will be growing my own Mo. I’m doing this for charity,...
Content vs Style
Warning: this is not a post about Lync. That’s sort of the point. One of the nice things about WordPress is that there’s a good time:value ratio when it...
Microsoft Bluetooth Mobile Keyboard 5000
I bought a Bluetooth keyboard about two months ago. I bought it because I was about to get an iPad, and thought it would be a good complementing accessory. I also bought...
Hacking the Busylight
Over the past couple of months the Busylight has been making quite a splash in the UC community. I don’t want to repeat what’s already been said about it so...
Doing Weekend Projects
I’ve just finished a weekend project – placecodr.com. Walking in this morning I was thinking about what a succesful weekend project looks like. Here, for...
Opening Balsamiq Mockup files in Internet Explorer
A quick note about Balsamiq Mockups files and hosting them in an online content system. Because Balsamiq Mockups files (*.bmml) are essentially just XML, accessing them...
Lync 2013 CWEs – Breaking Change to Context Package Registration
Recently I blogged about a breaking change in Lync 2013 regarding authentication of CWEs. It seems there’s another one. Lync 2010 – User or Machine In Lync...
Balsamiq Lync CWE Shape for Mockups
I’ve made a Balsamiq Mockups shape to represent a Lync CWE. It’ll be useful in creating mockups of how things like look next to the normal conversation...
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.
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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