Fixing a stuck Microsoft Teams “Loading Microsoft Teams” splash-screen
I had this problem on my laptop over the past few weeks. It took an unusually large amount of searching to find a good resolution, so I wanted to amplify the correct...
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Weekly Update 4 December 2020: Build Teams Apps Together, Activity Feed API, Christmas Countdown, Apps in Meetings
This week: Join us to learn how to build Teams apps together! Announcing public preview of the Microsoft Teams Activity Feed API on Microsoft Graph How to: use OBS to...
How to: use OBS to create a Christmas Countdown and Snow Scene on your next video call
I was on a call this morning, and someone had a Christmas background. I’m not a HUGE fan of overt festivities (don’t get me wrong, I like it all, but...
Weekly Update 27 November 2020: All my 2020 Teams Dev Speaking Content, Outlook REST API Deprecation, Bot Framework behind a firewall
This week: Hereâs all my 2020 Teams Dev Speaking Content in one place! Outlook REST API v2.0 production and beta endpoint deprecation Outlook REST API v1.0...
Here’s all my 2020 Teams Dev Speaking Content in one place!
It’s been a funny old year. I went into 2020 thinking that this was going to be the busiest speaking season of my career. Riding high on the wave of being a...
Weekly Update 20 November 2020 – New API for Custom Branding, Teams Admins & App Makers – Your Org Needs You, End-Users & Unverified Multi-Tenant apps, Build Apps Win Prizes
Audio version of video on YouTube. Thereâs now an API to add or update custom branding to Azure Active Directory sign-in pages Microsoft Teams Admins &...
Build an App for Microsoft Teams … and win up to $20K in cash and prizes!
Microsoft are running a App Development Challenge to drive the creation of new Microsoft Teams apps. Until Feb 8th 2021, once they have registered developers who build...
End-Users can no longer grant consent to Unverified Multi-Tenant apps – what this means for you
I missed this announcement a month ago, but from November 9th, Microsoft have implemented a change to how consent is granted. If you’re not an application...
Microsoft Teams Admins & Application Makers – your organization needs you today: 4 webinars you should attend
This is a call to arms for anyone who looks after Microsoft Teams users, or is a Microsoft Teams Application Maker. It includes IT Admins, Developers, and...
There’s now an API to add or update custom branding to Azure Active Directory sign-in pages
For a while now, organisations have been able to customise the Azure Active Directory sign-in pages, to make it clearer to users that they are in the right place. These...
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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