I’m Speaking at: GET-IT: Teams 1-Day Virtual Conference
I’m really excited to announce that I’m going to be speaking at Petri’s 1-Day Virtual Conference for Microsoft Teams: Petri’s GET-IT: Teams 1-Day...
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Weekly Update 31 July 2020 – What is Microsoft Dataflex, What is coming to Microsoft Teams, Sending Proactive Bot Messages to Microsoft Teams, Skype for Business Online retires 12 months from today
This week I’m trying something new – live streaming on YouTube. Let me know how you thought it went! What is Microsoft Dataflex, and what is coming to...
It’s now much easier to send proactive bot messages to Microsoft Teams users, thanks to new permissions
Sending pro-active messages to users has also been a bit tricky in Microsoft Teams. Because bot messages are delivered via the Bot Framework, there wasn’t a good...
What is Microsoft Dataflex, and what is coming to Microsoft Teams?
Since the announcement at Microsoft Inspire 2020, we’ve had a Microsoft 365 Message Center post, and some updated videos which provide some more information about...
Weekly Update 25 July 2020 – Microsoft Dataflex in Teams, New Developer Features for Teams, Interview with MJF, Charging for API use, TalkingStuff
It’s been a big week for Microsoft Teams news this week: Common Data Service is now Microsoft Dataflex, and itâs WAY more than just a name change. This...
TalkingStuff – I talk to Lyndsay Ansell about working at home
In the first of what I’m hoping might become a regular series, I sit down with Lyndsay Ansell, Customer Success Manager at Modality Systems. However, we’re...
I spoke to Mary-Jo Foley about Microsoft Inspire 2020, Microsoft Partners, Microsoft’s Coronavirus response, and more
I was lucky enough to be able to sit down (virtually, of course) with Mary-Jo Foley earlier this week. Mary-Jo (MJF) is a 30-year veteran of the tech industry and has...
New Developer Platform support for Microsoft Teams meetings announced at Inspire 2020
At Microsoft Inspire 2020, Microsoft announced an addition to the Microsoft Developer Platform – the ability for applications to interact with the meeting...
Common Data Service is now Microsoft Dataflex, and it’s WAY more than just a name change. This changes everything.
A big announcement happened today. It might not seem like one right now, but I think we’ll look back on this in a year’s time and wonder how we ever made do...
Weekly Update 18 July 2020: New Teams features in latest SPFx, Setting Custom Focusing state, Project Reunion, Privacy Shield decision
This week: Announcing SharePoint Framework 1.11: Extend more of Microsoft Teams, and publish to AppSource Set the custom Focusing status in Microsoft Teams using Power...
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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