Microsoft announces SharePoint Embedded to help corporate devs and ISVs get stuff done
I’ve just come back from ESPC23 in Amsterdam, where I was speaking. Also speaking was Jeff Teper, President, Collaborative Apps & Platform, known in the...
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Microsoft just slashed the cost of using the recording and transcript APIs in Microsoft Teams
A few months ago (3rd October 2023 for transcript API and 15th November 2023 for recording API) Microsoft started charging developers (or their customers depending on...
Teams App Test Tool – the new way to emulate Teams Bots
Quietly, Microsoft have released a brand new emulation tool for developers working with Microsoft Teams Bots that seeks to add more Microsoft Teams specific...
Weekly Update 27 November 2023 – Outlooks gets Teams Apps goodness in GA, Graph CLI GA, .NET Conf 2023, Send SMS via API for Virtual Appointments in Microsoft Teams
This week: Link unfurling and search based message extensions in Outlook generally available Microsoft Graph CLI v1.0.0 is now generally available Sessions...
Weekly Update 20 November 2023 – Ignite News, Chat with Graph Toolkit, Teams App Test Tool
This week: Azure Communication Services making AI Speech and Job Router Generally Available this year Microsoft offers developers a Copilot sandbox to help them...
Microsoft Teams AI library now generally available
Announced at Microsoft Ignite, the Microsoft Teams Platform team announced that Teams AI is now generally available for both JavaScript and .NET. The AI library is a...
Plugins for Microsoft Copilot now easier to manage and publish
At Microsoft Ignite we saw some changes and improvements to the way that Copilot plugins are handled within the Microsoft 365 ecosystem. Firstly, developers will be...
Microsoft offers developers a Copilot sandbox to help them build Copilot plugins
At Microsoft Ignite, Microsoft announced an exciting new offering for ISVs and other developers building Copilot plugins. The challenge for development teams at the...
Azure Communication Services making AI Speech and Job Router Generally Available this year
Announced at Microsoft Ignite, the Azure Communication Services team are bringing two important and powerful features to GA this year: Azure AI Speech, which is...
Weekly Update 13 November 2023 – Microsoft Ignite Session Picks, Teams Activity Notifications, Breaking Insights API change, GA Outlook Rich Notifications
This week: What to watch at Microsoft Ignite 2023: my top 10 sessions for Microsoft 365 Developers Send Microsoft Teams activity notifications without app...
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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