Microsoft 365 Developer Podcast

Shawn Henry joins Paul to introduce the Azure Communication Services and the capabilities that developers can add to their applications.

Links from the show:

• Build rich communication experiences at scale with Azure Communication Services
• ACS on GitHub

Jeremy and Paul catch up on Ignite and community posts.

Links from the show:

• Barnam Bora Why LiveTiles are all-in on Developing solutions with Microsoft 365
• Build a Me-experience in Microsoft Teams
• Microsoft.Identity.Web is now generally available!
• Microsoft Graph advanced queries for directory objects are now generally available
• Using the Microsoft Graph API JavaScript SDK with App Permissions
• Why Running Azure Logic Apps Anywhere is a Game Changer

Paul talks with Markus Moeller about his journey from SharePoint development in SPFx to Microsoft Teams development.

Links from the show:

• Markus' blog
• Markus on Twitter

Microsoft News

• Ignite 2020: The emergence of Microsoft Graph services
• Microsoft Graph PowerShell SDK GA– Foundations for the future
• Microsoft Teams platform round up

Community Links

• Ignite 2020 Roadmap slide recap – Susan Handley

Jeff Sakowich joins Jeremy on the eve of Ignite to talk about publisher verification for Azure AD Applications.

Links from the show:

• Publisher verification

Microsoft News

• Buckle up and get ready for Ignite 2020!
• MGT get started pages

Community Links

• Microsoft Search vs. PnP Modern Search – a clash of titans!
• Add a task to Microsoft To Do from a message in Microsoft Teams, with Linked Resources
• ElectronNET/Electron.NET

Jeremy talks with Ayca Bas (@aycabs) from the Microsoft Cloud Advocate team, to share her experience with the developer platform for Microsoft 365.

Links from the show:

• Ayca's blog
• Ayca on GitHub

Microsoft News

• Fluid Framework is now open source
• Visual Studio Codespaces is consolidating into GitHub Codespaces
• Project Bicep - an ARM DSL
• Bicep Playground
• Announcing the public preview of Microsoft Graph change notifications delivery via Azure Event Hubs
• Global Microsoft 365 Developer Bootcamps

Community Links

• Deploy and run your own Fluid Framework service
• Solving Real Time Collaboration Using Eventual Consistency
• Use SPFx for Task Modules in Teams Messaging Extensions and access Microsoft Graph
• The MailboxConcurrency limit and using Batching in the Microsoft Graph API

Jeremy Thake talks to Dan Wahlin this week about the open sourcing of the Fluid Framework.

Read the blog announcement Fluid Framework is now open sourced

Visit FluidFramework.com

Try the Fluid Framework Playground.

Eric Shupps talks with Paul about writing and publishing connectors for the Power Platform. Eric discusses architecture patterns, hosting options and the process for getting connectors published in the eco-system.

Links from the show:

• Connectors documentation
• apptigent PowerTools

Microsoft News

• Four new ways to simplify your work with Microsoft Teams and Power Automate
• Trigger flows from any message in Microsoft Teams

Jeremy and Paul are joined by Rohit Jaiswal to introduce the new To Do APIs on Microsoft Graph. Rohit explains this initial beta release and covers additional scenarios on the roadmap.

Links from the show:

• The new & improved Microsoft Graph To Do APIs are now in Public Preview
• To Do API overview (preview)
• Use the Microsoft To Do API

Microsoft News

• Termstore API on Microsoft Graph beta
• Azure SDK: What’s new in the Azure Identity August 2020 General Availability Release

Community Links

• VS Code Rest Client: Add support for Microsoft Identity Platform aka Azure ActiveDirectory V2 (@darrel_miller)
• Adding support for theme variants in SPFx web parts (@bernierh)
• Using MSAL.js 2.0 in SharePoint Framework (SPFx) (@Moeller2_0)
• MSAL+SPFx discussion

Bob German returns to the show to talk with Paul about his experiences in helping partners bring applications to Microsoft Teams.

Links from the show:

• https://aka.ms/pnpteams

Isabella Lubin from the Microsoft Teams product group joins to talk about the Microsoft Teams Toolkit and new APIs that help developers build and public applications on Microsoft Teams.

Links from the show:

• Build apps with the Microsoft Teams Toolkit and Visual Studio Code
• Let your users skip sign-in with Single Sign-On support for Microsoft Teams tabs
• Frictionless app development and enablement with the new Teams App Submission API

Microsoft News

• Securing Azure environments with Azure Active Directory
• A Closer Look at Data Platform Capabilities in Dataflex for Teams
• Introducing new privacy controls with the Microsoft Graph
• Announcing General Availability of Single Sign-On (SSO) for Office Add-ins

Community Links

• Handling authentication in custom Teams tabs using Microsoft Graph Toolkit - Ayca Bas (aycabs)
• Flicon (@thechriskent)