Microsoft Teams App Studio will be depreciated, time to use Developer Portal
Teams App Developers: It’s time to bid farewell to a faithful friend. After nearly 4 years, App Studio is being “phased out” in favour of a newer way...
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Weekly Update 8 November 2021: Ignite Announcements, Loop, Chaos Studio & Teams Dev Sandbox
This week: Azure Communication Services Interop with Microsoft Teams will GA in December Microsoft announces âall-in-one digital contact centerâ What...
Microsoft announces “all-in-one digital contact center”
Today at Microsoft Ignite November 2021, Microsoft announced General Availability of the Voice Channel in Dynamics 365 Customer Service. Jeff Comstock, VP for...
Microsoft Teams is getting 3D mixed-reality experiences to revolutionise meetings
Announced at Microsoft Ignite November 2021, Microsoft Teams will soon be getting new immersive experiences, thanks to Mesh for Microsoft Teams. A Microsoft Teams...
Microsoft launches Azure Chaos Studio to help developers cope with real-life situations
You may have heard of Chaos Monkey before. This is a tool that Netflix built to test the resilience of their IT infrastructure. It deliberately and randomly disables...
What is Microsoft Loop?
At Microsoft Ignite November 2021, Microsoft announced Microsoft Loop – a new app that will “enable teams to think, plan and create together”. But,...
Azure Communication Services Interop with Microsoft Teams will GA in December
At Microsoft Ignite March 2021, Microsoft announced interoperability between Azure Communication Services and Microsoft Teams, which would enable an ACS user to join a...
Weekly Update 1 November 2021 – Charging money for Teams Apps, Ignite, Extend Viva Connections, Usage Reports API changes
This week: Itâs finally here! Developers can now charge money for Microsoft Teams apps in the App Store What Iâm watching at this November 2021...
What I’m watching at this November 2021 Microsoft Ignite
Microsoft Ignite is back on November 2-4 2021 as a virtual event. As time has gone on, these virtual Ignites have evolved from being essentially the in-person event...
It’s finally here! Developers can now charge money for Microsoft Teams apps in the App Store
Nearly 2 months ago I blogged about a new roadmap item that would support chargeable Microsoft Teams apps. This roadmap item was preceded by some technical detail at...
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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.
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