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Create Consistent UX for Office 365 & SharePoint Challenges

Create Consistent UX for Office 365 & SharePoint Challenges

Developers face challenges in creating a consistent user experience for Office 365 and SharePoint development. Varying UX can lead to issues.

February 26, 2015

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Understanding the Office 365 API’s Discovery Service

Understanding the Office 365 API’s Discovery Service

The article discusses challenges in working with the Office 365 APIs and their different endpoints, and Microsoft’s future plans for more APIs.

February 26, 2015

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Sneak Peek at Upcoming Microsoft Entra ID Portal Updates

Sneak Peek at Upcoming Microsoft Entra ID Portal Updates

I discovered changes in the Azure portal Active Directory applet while getting screenshots, later clarified as hints of future updates.

February 22, 2015

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Securing Client-Side SharePoint Solutions for Business Logic

Securing Client-Side SharePoint Solutions for Business Logic

Client-side SharePoint solutions have benefits, like SPAs written in JavaScript. However, all business logic is technically open for anyone to see.

January 12, 2015

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SharePoint REST API Batching - Part 2 - Explore payloads

SharePoint REST API Batching - Part 2 - Explore payloads

The post explains the workings of batches in OData and SharePoint, specifically focusing on the OData v3.0 specification

January 6, 2015

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SharePoint REST API Batching - Part 1 - Batching Requests

SharePoint REST API Batching - Part 1 - Batching Requests

A blog post discussing the pros and cons of using the client-side object model (CSOM) and the REST API to interact with data in SharePoint.

January 6, 2015

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Microsoft Entra ID -  single vs. multi-tenant differences

Microsoft Entra ID - single vs. multi-tenant differences

Microsoft Entra ID (formerly Azure AD), supports two types of application authentication configurations - single and multi-tenant. Learn what’s different.

December 18, 2014

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Fix 'Unable to Find Version of Package' - Office 365 API

Fix 'Unable to Find Version of Package' - Office 365 API

The post explains how to fix the error Unable to find version of package when doing a NuGet package restore for an Office 365 API project

December 17, 2014

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Entra ID and ASP.NET MVC - Understanding ADAL and OWIN

Entra ID and ASP.NET MVC - Understanding ADAL and OWIN

Learn from my experience as I share tips & insights on how to authenticate and obtain access tokens for Office 365 APIs.

December 17, 2014

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Authenticate ASP.NET MVC apps with Entra ID - ADAL and OWIN

Authenticate ASP.NET MVC apps with Entra ID - ADAL and OWIN

Walkthrough leveraging Microsoft Entra ID Authentication Library & Open Web Interface for .NET to offload authentication to Microsoft Entra ID for web apps.

December 17, 2014

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Get OAuth2 Access Tokens Microsoft 365 with Entra ID

Get OAuth2 Access Tokens Microsoft 365 with Entra ID

I discuss the importance of having a OAuth2 access token for Microsoft 365 and explain how to obtain it using Microsoft Entra ID.

December 16, 2014

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Create Entra ID apps for Office 365 APIs - Manual Creation

Create Entra ID apps for Office 365 APIs - Manual Creation

Learn to manually create a Microsoft Entra ID app for Office 365 integration with Andrew Connell’s step-by-step guide.

December 16, 2014

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Create Azure App for Office 365 APIs: Part 2 (Visual Studio)

Create Azure App for Office 365 APIs: Part 2 (Visual Studio)

The second post in a three-part series on creating an Azure app for Office 365 APIs using a wizard in Visual Studio 2013

December 16, 2014

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Office 365 API Auth with Microsoft Entra ID - What I Learned

Office 365 API Auth with Microsoft Entra ID - What I Learned

My site offers tips and insights on Microsoft Entra ID and authentication for Office 365 APIs to help fellow developers navigate identity complexities.

December 15, 2014

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How Microsoft Can Re-Do Autohosted Apps for SharePoint 2013

How Microsoft Can Re-Do Autohosted Apps for SharePoint 2013

Learn how Microsoft can re-implement autohosted apps for SharePoint 2013 & Office 365. My proposal for Automated App Deployment & Hosting.

November 26, 2014

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How Microsoft Can Re-Do Autohosted Apps for SharePoint 2013

How Microsoft Can Re-Do Autohosted Apps for SharePoint 2013

Learn how Microsoft can re-implement autohosted apps for SharePoint 2013 & Office 365. My proposal for Automated App Deployment & Hosting.

November 26, 2014

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How to Create Integrated Workflow Apps in SharePoint Online

How to Create Integrated Workflow Apps in SharePoint Online

Learn how to create integrated workflow apps in SharePoint Online and deploy them in non-AppWeb sites without using sandboxed solutions.

October 28, 2014

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Create Entra ID Apps for Office 365 - New Reference Samples

Create Entra ID Apps for Office 365 - New Reference Samples

Microsoft released Research Project Code Sample on OfficeDev Github, showcasing best practices for creating apps with Office 365 & SharePoint Online.

August 4, 2014

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Simplify SharePoint 2013 REST API Client-Side Apps - Breeze

Simplify SharePoint 2013 REST API Client-Side Apps - Breeze

Learn how to simplify SharePoint 2013 REST API client-side solutions with Breeze JavaScript library through 3 blog posts.

July 23, 2014

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Simplify SharePoint 2013 REST API Client-Side Apps - Breeze

Simplify SharePoint 2013 REST API Client-Side Apps - Breeze

Learn how to simplify SharePoint 2013 REST API client-side solutions with Breeze JavaScript library through 3 blog posts.

July 23, 2014

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Publishing Custom Events to SharePoint 2013 Workflows

Publishing Custom Events to SharePoint 2013 Workflows

One of the capabilities Microsoft introduced for SharePoint 2013 workflows is the ability to publish a custom event into a running workflow instances.

July 7, 2014

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Microsoft Teams Free 9-Day Email Course

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