Commsverse 2021: Know Before You Go
Commsverse 2021 starts in just a few days time, on September 15th and 16th. Here are 6 things you need to know before you attend: 1. Tickets The easiest way...
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Microsoft Graph will now tell you if your files contain malware
A new update to Microsoft Graph lets developers know if files they are listing or accessing contain malware. An additional property to the driveItem object will now...
Commsverse Collaboration & Configuration Days: choosing sessions
At every conference, I like to review the session list ahead of time and choose a short list of sessions I’m interested in. This time, for Commsverse 2021 I...
Weekly Update 6 September 2021 – Big change to Reporting API and Admin Center reports, Charging $ for Teams Apps, What is unknownFutureValue, Teams bots in multi-geo environments
This week: User data now anonymised by default in Admin Center reports & Graph Reporting API output â may impact your application Could charging for...
User data now anonymised by default in Admin Center reports & Graph Reporting API output – may impact your application
There has been a big change to the Reporting APIs in Microsoft Graph. Not to the structure or schema of the API – but to the data… On August 30th,...
Microsoft Graph Developer Tip: What is unknownFutureValue, and how to opt-in to the latest possible data
I came across this information looking for something else, but it answered a question I had, and I’ve not seen it explained before so I thought it was worthwhile...
Could charging for Microsoft Teams apps be just around the corner?
Updated 4th September with new information. Today, apps in the Microsoft Teams app store are free to acquire and there isn’t a purchasing model. Some...
Weekly Update 30 August 2021 – Microsoft Ignite (don’t make this mistake), Teams group chats & more
This week: Microsoft Ignite November date confirmed, will be virtual only Things that are harder than they should be: creating and monitoring a group chat in...
Microsoft Ignite November date confirmed, will be virtual only.
Edit: a previous version of this blog post indicated that the schedule was available. It wasn’t – that was the Spring schedule!Microsoft has just confirmed...
Weekly Update 23 August 2021 – creating Teams with sensitivity labels, Avaya and Azure Communication Services partnership
This week: Protect whatâs important: creating Teams with sensitivity labels via API & template Avaya, Microsoft: What Does the CPaaS Partnership...
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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