Commsverse – Pre-Conference Virtual Events starting Sept 1st
It’s been a long time coming, but in-person conferences are slowly coming out of their extended hibernation. One of the first in the UK to hit my horizon is...
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Weekly Update 2 August 2021 – Graph .NET SDK, Viva Connections Extensibility, Hybrid Meetings, Farewell SfBO
This week: Microsoft Graph .NET SDK v4 now generally available with streamlined authentication and more Announcing public preview of SharePoint Framework 1.13...
Weekly Update 26 July 2021: Microsoft Teams Client SDK!, Apps in Meetings on Mobile, New Dev Kit for Broadcasters
This week: Microsoft Teams Client SDK coming to support partner Attendant Console Solutions Use apps in your meetings from Microsoft Teams mobile...
Weekly Update 19 July 2021 – Dev News from Inspire, Data Connect for Teams Chat, New Emoji
This week: From collaborative apps in Microsoft Teams to Windows 365âhereâs whatâs new in Microsoft 365 at Inspire Data Connect now lists Teams...
New Emojis coming to Microsoft Teams
Stop everything. New Emojis! Depending on how you feel about them, emojis have become a core part of how we communicate. Now, Microsoft are shaking it up, with a...
Data Connect now lists Teams Chat Data as a Source DataSet – meaning bulk export of chat data via Data Factory now possible
Big news for anyone wanting to export Microsoft Teams Chat Data at scale. Whilst it’s been possible to get hold of all chat message sent by a specific user via...
Weekly Update 12 July 2021: Set Teams Presence with API, NEW Community Call Schedule, Get your app certified, Emails in Edge
This week we look forward to Microsoft Inspire, but plenty of other things happened in the past 7 days: How to: use the Microsoft Graph to SET and CLEAR a...
Microsoft Community Calls for Teams, SharePoint, Graph are being replaced: here’s the new schedule
Microsoft is shaking up the current schedule of Community Calls with a new combined Microsoft 365 Platform Community Call that will cover Microsoft Teams, SharePoint...
How to: use the Microsoft Graph to SET and CLEAR a user’s Microsoft Teams Presence
Update 6th July 2021: Although this is published API documentation, there seem to be some problems with actually executing these API calls right now. Thanks to Mohamed...
Weekly Update 2 July 2021 – Electron to WebView 2, ACS Calling SDK update, Company Communicator Features, New API for Teams changes, PowerApps licensing
This week: Electron to WebView2 â What does it really mean for the Teams desktop client, and for a Client SDK? Upgrade your Azure Communication Services...
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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.
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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