Review: Magewell USB Capture HDMI
Disclosure: Unit was sent free of charge by Magewell to review. Introduction As you know, this blog is about Skype for Business development. So you would be...
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2015 – a year in review
2015 has been a pretty busy year for Skype for Business Development, and for me personally. As the year draws to a close I’d like to reflect on the past 12 months...
Office 365 Unified API is now Microsoft Graph, generally available
Back in August I blogged about the Office 365 Unified API, bringing together all the various APIs that cover access to the Office platform. This was interesting because...
Microsoft announces it is working on a new Skype for Business client for the Mac
I saw this earlier in the week: In a webcast today, Microsoft have announced they are working on a new Skype for Business client for the Mac. Shawn Thomas, a Principal...
Google Chrome will support H.264 WebRTC, good news for Skype Web SDK
A little while ago, I blogged that Microsoft confirmed it will support for WebRTC/ORTC in the Skype Web SDK. At the time I cautioned that whilst this is good news it...
Development Project: PowerShIM – run PowerShell on remote servers using Skype for Business Instant Messaging
This is a little project I did just to see if it possible (and thanks to Skype for Business MVP Tom Arbuthnot for the idea!). Can I use Skype for Business to enable...
How to write a simple webpage chat, voice & video experience with Skype for Business and Skype Web SDK in 160 LOC!
Introduction In early 2015 Microsoft released Skype Web SDK â a RESTful JQuery API which interacts with Skype for Business. Prior to this it was possible to write...
Introducing Skype Developer Story: tracking the developer capabilities across different platforms and technologies.
One of the great things about Microsoft Lync / Skype for Business development is that there are a great collection of different tools available to you, the developer....
Microsoft confirms Plugin-less support for ORTC, WebRTC in Skype Web SDK
In a blog post by the Skype for Business Team Microsoft provided more details how the Skype Web SDK would evolve to support a plugin-less model for audio & video...
AzureCon 2015 Sept 29th – free online conference
This isn’t directly anything to do with either Skype for Business or Development, but Azure is a huge part of the story for both Skype for Business Pros and...
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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