I’ve just updated my home page. Here’s why.
I’ve just made a number of changes to my homepage at thoughtstuff.co.uk. I’ve removed some stuff, added some news things, and re-arranged. I thought that it...
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Weekly Update 7 July 2017
If you’re an old-school Bot Builder don’t miss the warning at the start of the video! Reminder: you can also subscribe to the audio-only version of these...
You have less than a month to upgrade your old Bot Builder bots!
If you were building Bot Framework bots before November 2016, listen up! Support for any versions of Bot Builder prior to version 3.5 is being discontinued on July...
Weekly Update 30 June 2017
Mostly focused around Microsoft Teams this week, but I explain why at the end: Reminder: you can also subscribe to the audio-only version of these videos, either via...
Microsoft Teams to get PowerShell Commands to Manage Teams
Brush off your PowerShell skills! You’ll soon be able to manage Microsoft Teams in code! A new work item has been added to the Office 365 Roadmap with the...
Microsoft Teams External Access Coming Soon (but now not in June)
In April I blogged about external access coming to Microsoft Teams. At the time Microsoft committed to releasing this feature in June. A few days ago Mehedi Hassan at...
Weekly Update 24 June 2017
Short one this week, but a great asset for bot developers around load testing bots: Reminder: you can also subscribe to the audio-only version of these videos, either...
Microsoft Teams now signs you into Skype for Business as well
I noticed this whilst looking at something else, and thought was interesting / worth passing on. It might help someone out or help diagnose a user issue. Signing into...
Weekly Update 16 June 2017
Quick plug for the new Bots In Bing collection of blog posts: Reminder: you can also subscribe to the audio-only version of these videos, either via iTunes or your own...
Stand out in search results – add a bot to Bing! Part 3 – Configuring for Search
This could be the next big thing in SEO – bot interactions from the search result page. Users can get their questions answered quickly or get common tasks done,...
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.
My book on building applications for Microsoft Teams has everything you need to get started.
