How does the early-bird registration work?

Each cohort of the Accelerator is limited to twenty (25) students. When we open enrollment for a new cohort, the first fifteen (15) seats are available at a 30% discount ($2,500) off the regular price ($3,500).Register in full, or with a deposit, to secure the current early-bird registration discount.

Do you offer payment plans?

Yes! First, secure your seat with a deposit. At checkout, you’ll have the option to pick from one of two options:1️⃣ Pay the remaining balance in full before the cohort begins, or…2️⃣ Pay the remaining balance according to a payment plan of 3-equal payments on a set schedule.The payment plan is available for all seats, including seats reserved under the early-bird or non-early-bird period.

Why isn't there a syllabus published?

Actually it is!The section What you’ll learn lists all the topics covered in every single Accelerator.But this list isn’t exhaustive. Each cohort’s content is custom tailored to the student’s background to include additional topics based on interest. Additional topics covered in previous cohorts include continuous integration & continuous deployment (CI/CD), resource specific consent (RSC), monetization of Teams apps, where to store your app’s data, alternative Teams app development options like the SharePoint Framework (SPFx), and more!

Do the modules & topics covered depend each other?

It depends. 🤷♂️Your instructor strives to make every topic not depend on another, but some dependencies can’t be avoided.For example, task modules (aka: dialogs) can be launched from personal & channel apps, bots, and message extensions. In this instance, we need to cover personal & channel apps, bots and message extensions to adequately address task modules. Meeting apps also depend on all the same things in addition to SSO and authentication.In these cases, one week’s topic will go deep on bots, while the week that focuses on task modules will only briefly show it’s usage within a bot.

Are live sessions recorded?

Yes! All live sessions, including the weekly lessons & the weekly office hours meetings are recorded and made available for those who can’t attend live.In addition, students will continue to have access to all recorded live sessions and the self-paced instructor-led demo videos after the Accelerator concludes.

Microsoft Teams Application Developer Accelerator Program

Are you a web developer, SharePoint Framework developer, Power Apps developer, or a Microsoft 365 developer looking to widen your skills?

Microsoft Teams is turning into the center of gravity for all Microsoft 365 development, but it’s hard to get up to speed developing apps for Microsoft Teams. The documentation, guidance, samples… it’s all over the place! 😣

That’s why Andrew created a multi-week accelerator program!

In just 15-25% of your week, learn with Microsoft MVP Andrew Connell and a small group of peers through live instruction, demos, office hours, and asynchronous coaching, you’ll be the irreplaceable Microsoft Teams app dev expert delivering more to your customers!

Andrew's Promise to You

My mission in creating & teaching this accelerator is to help you learn Microsoft Teams app development faster to be the irreplaceable expert delivering more to your customers!

What you’ll learn…

You’ll learn how to build personal apps, channel apps, task modules (aka: dialogs), bots (using the Bot Framework & Teams AI library), and message extensions (using the Bot Framework & Teams AI library), meeting apps, and creating Copilot for Microsoft 365 plugins!

But that’s not all! You’ll also learn how single sign-on (SSO) and authentication works in Microsoft Teams apps, how deployment works with both Teams apps and cloud resources as well as how to customize it, and app monetization for those interested in selling their apps on the open marketplace.

You’ll learn best practices and how to best leverage Microsoft’s tooling for building Teams apps using the industry standard Teams Toolkit for Visual Studio Code.

Who is this for?

This accelerator program is deal for developers with SharePoint Framework (SPFx), legacy SharePoint server-side solutions, and those web developers who have created apps using Power Apps.

No experience with those products or technologies? No problem! As long as you have basic end user experience using Microsoft Teams, you’ll be right at home.

What if you’ve already started building a few apps for Microsoft Teams? Yup, this accelerator is for you too!

What do you get?

Weekly 2-hour live instruction & discussion
Weekly 2-hour live office hours
Self-paced recorded step-by-step instructor-led demos
Asynchronous coaching & discussions with Andrew Connell (your instructor) and your classmates
Access to all our upcoming self-paced Microsoft Teams developer courses

Each cohort is limited to a small number of seats. This allows for lively and engaging discussions not just with your instructor (Andrew), but also with your classmates! Former students have said this was their favorite parts of the accelerator - the discussions about their current Teams app during the live office hours sessions or as part of the asynchronous coaching was invaluable!

Accelerator Program Calendar

Secure your seat in an upcoming cohort by paying in full or with a deposit (more in the FAQ below).

Cohort	Start Date	Enrollment
2024 Q3	September 18, 2024	in process
2025 Q2	TBD	upcoming - join waitlist
2025 Q4	TBD	upcoming - join waitlist

Don’t delay - register early to save & claim your seat

Save when you enroll early as one of the first 15 registrations during open enrollment!

Ready to apply? Not sure if this program is right for you?

Let’s talk!

Fill out the following form apply for the next cohort. Andrew will reach out to have conversation about the program to ensure that it’s a good fit for you to be the to be the irreplaceable expert delivering more to your customers!

Not a problem… we understand external demands on your time come up.

The Accelerator is designed to take anywhere from 15 - 25% of your time each week. Like anything, the more you put into it, the more you get out of it.

The homework assignments are entirely optional and no module has a dependency on completing the homework for a previous module.

If you fall behind during or even after the Accelerator concludes, not only will the cohort’s community remain, but your instructor and peers are still part of the group! Feel free to continue to ask questions and get support as you catch up at a later date at your own pace! After the Accelerator concludes, you’ll continue to have access to all the live sessions & on-demand step-by-step demos.