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I’m presenting at SPTechCon in Boston, demonstrating how to build an Office Add-in for Outlook with Angular 2, using a hands-on approach.

The post explains the fundamentals of Docker and containerization technology, providing an overview from a different perspective

Listen to my interview on the Adventures in Angular podcast, where I discuss using Angular within Office Add-ins and the Office UI Fabric.

Gulp is a task runner that uses JavaScript to glue plugins and create tasks. Unlike MSBuild, it favors code over configuration.

OfficeUIFabric.com, an open-source project for Office UI Fabric samples, is now at v1.0.0 with full release coverage. Pascal Berger contributed typo fixes.

Discover my request for Angular directives for Office UI Fabric and the similarities I’ve observed with other design languages’ directives.

My post about SharePoint not being a Platform, instead it’s a service SharePoint is a Service sparked discussion. In this post is a rebuttal to feedback.

As a developer of Office 365 & SharePoint app, I stress the importance of having a design language. Learn why it is crucial for your Add-ins & web apps.

Office Add-in development is made easy with Visual Studio, but limited to Windows users. Developers can create add-ins and deploy them easily.

As a SharePoint developer for 12 years, I share my thoughts on the current state of SharePoint development, anticipating diverse reactions.

Everyone in tech wants to be a platform, but the appeal is not new. The idea of being a development platform has been around for a while.

At Microsoft Build and Ignite, a Node.js web app demo integrated TypeScript, AzureAD, ADAL, & Office 365 APIs to run on any platform.

The Angular 2.0 announcement in 2014 caused concern about app rewrites. Poor communication was blamed, but a later conference cleared it up.

In this article, I’ll share my updated process for creating self-signed certificates on MacOS and Chrome, along with some helpful tips.

As an app developer, I share my interest in Microsoft Entra ID (formerly Azure AD) & OpenID Connect for app auth. Join my Pluralsight course to learn more.

Blog post discussing three OAuth2 authentication flows supported by Microsoft Entra ID: Authorization Code, Client Credentials, and Implicit Grant.

The authentication dance can be the hardest part of working with Office 365 APIs. Check out the Pluralsight course on authentication and discovery.

Let me walk you through the steps of running Node.js on a Raspberry Pi 2 Model B microcontroller. You can now code in JavaScript instead of Python or Java.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

I had subscribers experience HTTP 400 Bad Request errors with SharePoint 2013 REST API. I shared how to troubleshoot the issue on my Pluralsight course.

I had subscribers experience HTTP 400 Bad Request errors with SharePoint 2013 REST API. I shared how to troubleshoot the issue on my Pluralsight course.

Let’s tackle the SharePoint 2013 workflow development issue, recommends updating tools after creating workflow pre-Service Pack 1.

In this post I want to explain how you can use it. This breaks down into a few different tasks: set up Breeeze, create an entity model & using it!

In this article, I’ll explain some of the challenges you can run into when using Breeze in SharePoint projects… and how to resolve them.

In this article, I want to introduce you to BreezeJS - a library very much like Entity Framework, but for client-size solutions.

As a SharePoint developer, I explain why I prefer REST API over CSOM despite its downsides. Learn about its advantages & access a wide range of samples.

Earlier this week I watched a dialog progress between a few people: which client-side API they prefer in SharePoint 2013. In this post, I share my opinion.

In this article, I share additional thoughts from my recent sessions about workflow development and SharePoint Hosted apps at SharePoint Evolutions.

I successfully set up a provider-hosted app for SharePoint 2013 on-premises with the help of an informative MSDN article.

In this post, explain not only how it can be done, but also to explain what is different between the native ASP.NET 2.0 and SharePoint development experience.

In this post, explain not only how it can be done, but also to explain what is different between the native ASP.NET 2.0 and SharePoint development experience.

In this post, I’ll explain how to create WSP’s in Visual Studio 2005 with MakeCab.exe and MSBuild… something VS2005 can’t do by default.