Upgrade your Azure Communication Services Calling SDK to avoid disruption
There’s a new version of the Azure Communication Services Calling SDK (@azure/communication-calling) and it’s a required upgrade to avoid any...
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Electron to WebView2 – What does it really mean for the Teams desktop client, and for a Client SDK?
Last week was a busy one for news, including the announcement that Windows 11 will include some or all of Microsoft Teams: However, what was almost more...
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Want to speak about Microsoft 365/Azure Development at a UK Conference?
This blog post is for you if you enjoy speaking at conferences, or if you’d like to speak at more conferences … or even if you’ve never spoken at a...
Weekly Update 18 June 2021 – New Whiteboard, Assignments API, Custom Question Answering, Visual Studio & more
This week: Meet the new Microsoft Whiteboard designed for Hybrid Work Assignments API for Microsoft Graph is now generally available How To Using Natural...
Weekly Update 11 June 2021 – Building with PowerPlatform, Teams Soundboard, Microsoft Graph PowerShell SDK, Graph Essentials VS Code Extension
This week: How to: build a COVID-19 Employee Reporting Solution using Microsoftâs Power Platform How to: create a Microsoft Teams Soundboard using...
Cool Tool of the Week: Microsoft Graph Essentials VS Code Extension
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I’m old, so I have fond memories of chatting in IRC. Like many people I used mIRC and like many people it was heavily customised. mIRC had a superb plugin...
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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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