Hi all, we want to give you a heads up on some changes that are coming to the findMeetingTimes API which has been available in preview in Microsoft Graph. We are making these changes to further … more

We are happy to announce availability of new SharePoint Client Side Object Model (CSOM) version targeted for the Office 365 or more specifically for SharePoint and Project Online. This release … more

SharePoint is home to many of the critical documents, items, and sites for organizations of all sizes. Our growing Microsoft Graph API set is designed to make working with your data, hosted across … more

In the weeks since we’ve introduced the SharePoint Framework, and the months since we’ve held Developer Kitchens, we’ve seen developers create great things with the SharePoint … more

In this PnP Web Cast we concentrated on how to use Office Graph from SharePoint Framework client-based web parts. Office Graph is intelligent grabric, which exposes personalized and … more

Over the last year, Office has gained incredible momentum, with people around the world using our apps and services in the cloud and on all devices to be more productive wherever they go.  Along … more

We are happy to announce that Word Online, in addition to the Windows, iOS, and MAC platforms, now supports the 1.1 and 1.2 requirement sets of the Word JavaScript API, as well as the shared Office. … more

The Office App Awards contest has now CLOSED. Congratulations to our winners!

To view the winning apps, please visit. www.betterwith.office.com/OfficeAppAwards2016

A full list will be … more

We are happy to announce availability of Office 365 Public Content Delivery Network (CDN) capability in the Office 365. This capability will enable you to automatically host static assets, like … more

One of the top feature requests we have heard from developers using Microsoft APIs is their preference to not use the ‘$’ prefix in query parameters. We listened and today we are … more

We are happy to announce worldwide availability of the Bulk UPA Custom Profile Properties Update API cross all SharePoint Online tenants. This API has been in developer preview and … more

In this PnP Web Cast we concentrated on covering all the key capabilities in new PnP Partner Pack v2.0 release. PnP Partner Pack is great open source reference solution, which combines& … more

We are happy to announce we have shipped another update to the Property Management Code Sample in the OfficeDev repository on Github.com. We’ve had a lot of success with previous versions of … more

This week we're happy to announce two new Microsoft Graph features for OneDrive files: webhook notifications and large file uploads. This functionality is available on the Microsoft Graph beta … more

The OneNote Web Clipper is an extension for all major browsers that allows you to capture content from the web directly into OneNote. The past few months have seen many highly-requested feature … more

In this PnP Web Cast we concentrated on showing how to get use external JavaScript libraries in your SharePoint Framework client-side web parts. SharePoint Framework provides easy way to … more

Office 365 and SharePoint Patterns and Practices (PnP) September 2016 release is out with new contributions from community for the community. This post contains all the details related … more

SharePoint is home to a vast array of content – from in-progress draft documents on personal sites, to team task items, to official specifications and corporate records.  Our goal is … more

In this PnP Web Cast we concentrated on showing how to get started with upcoming SharePoint Webhooks. SharePoint Webhooks allow developers to build service integration which subscribe  … more

Alongside our roll-outs of new developer features, like the SharePoint Framework, we’re working to overhaul our documentation and resources that help developers get started with SharePoint.& … more

We are happy to announce availability of new SharePoint Client Side Object Model (CSOM) version targeted for the Office 365 or more specifically for SharePoint and Project Online. This release again … more

In this PnP Web Cast we concentrated on covering how to use Angular in your SharePoint Framework client side web part. We go throught the steps on adding Angular on the SP Fx web part … more

In this PnP Web Cast we concentrated on covering how to use 3rd party JavaScript libraries with SharePoint Framework client side web parts. We'll use simple weather web part as the scenario on … more

During the Future of SharePoint event on May 4th, we talked about the significant investments we are making in the user experience of SharePoint – creating new, modern experiences for core … more

In this PnP Web Cast we concentrated on the PnP PowerShell. Key objective was to explain why it exists, how to get started and cover some of the new commandlets which have been … more

(Schema v201605 and new capabilities)

In this article we introduce the new features and capabilities that we provided in the PnP Provisioning Engine, since the release of the new XML schema version 2 … more

There has been a change on how to provider permissions to SharePoint adding using ACS authorization model (appregnew.aspx and appinv.aspx), when tenant is requesting tenant level … more

In Office 2016, we have added greater depth and breadth to the Office Extensibility Platform. This ranges from hundreds of new APIs in Excel and Word, to Add-In Commands that let developers customize … more

We’ve heard your feedback around needing more localized content.  To make our samples more consumable by people around the world, we have started to localize the README files.  Going … more

Office 365 and SharePoint Patterns and Practices (PnP) August 2016 release is out with new contributions from community for the community. This post contains all the details related on … more

In this PnP Webcast we concentrated on how to start using Angular 1.x with SharePoint Framework client-side web parts. Web cast concentrates on a demo where we start from clean client-side … more

We are happy to announce availability of new SharePoint Client Side Object Model (CSOM) version targeted for the Office 365 or more specifically for SharePoint and Project Online. This release again … more

Excel, the beloved productivity tool, now has a powerful REST API as part of the Microsoft Graph that enables developers to build rich and deep integrations with Excel workbooks in Office 365.

Do … more

Azure AD Privileged Identity Management, currently in preview, gives organizations more visibility and controls for Microsoft Online Services roles.  In particular, Azure AD PIM provides “ … more

July 29, 2016

We started taking steps this week to complete the removal of code-based sandbox solutions as part of the phased approach we announced in 2014 when we deprecated the feature.

At that … more

We are pleased to announce that Microsoft is publishing its “REST API Design Guidelines” to the API community: http://www.GitHub.com/microsoft/api-guidelines/. 

These guidelines … more

Howdy folks,

We've seen a few posts recently on Stack Overflow from developers asking whether they should be using Microsoft Graph (graph.microsoft.com) vs Azure AD Graph (graph.windows.net).  … more

This is an update about breaking changes that we are making that only impact Contacts and People APIs on the Microsoft Graph REST API Beta endpoint.

It is a schema change where a few properties are … more

We’re excited about the modern document library experience coming to Office 365, and we’ve seen great response from customers using it in first release so far.  We do know … more

In this PnP Web Cast we concentrated on high level steps around converting your existing JavaScript application to SharePoint Framework or to be hosted in SharePoint Framework. Web cast … more

Thank you to everyone who submitted nominations for the 2016 Office APP Awards.

This year, there was a record breaking amount of participation from our valued Business Partners and their … more

In this webcast, we will walk through the end-to-end process of building an Office Add-in for Excel:  from launching Visual Studio, to writing a bit of JavaScript code that uses the new Excel 201 … more

In this PnP Web Cast we concentrated on upcoming SharePoint WebHooks capability. This is capability which will be available for first release tenants starting from summer 2016. … more

Hi folks,

Today we’re announcing the introduction of a new preview API to Microsoft Graph: IdentityRiskEvents. This API works in conjunction with Azure Active Directory Identity Protection and … more

Office 365 and SharePoint Patterns and Practices (PnP) June 2016 release is out with new contributions from community for the community. This post contains all the details related on … more

We are happy to announce availability of new SharePoint Client Side Object Model (CSOM) version targeted for the Office 365 or more specifically for SharePoint Online. This release again contains& … more

In this PnP Web Cast we concentrated on Microsoft Graph or more specifically covering how the .NET SDK for Microsoft Graph can be used in your customizations. .NET SDK for Microsoft … more

In this PnP Web Cast we concentrated on sharing how to get prepared for the upcoming SharePoint Framework. We are showing some of the tools used commonly with SharePoint Framework … more

We are happy to announce availability of new SharePoint Client Side Object Model (CSOM) version targeted for the Office 365 or more specifically for SharePoint Online. This release again contains& … more

We are happy to announce a new and improved process for enabling easier way to make documentation contributions around the Office 365 Dev and SharePoint Patterns and Practices (PnP) MSDN section. … more

In this PnP Web Cast we concentrated on Bulk UPA Custom Profile Properties Update API for SharePoint Online, which enables you to update custom profile properties of your end users in batch … more

In this PnP Web Cast we concentrated on showing in practice how to get started with upcoming SharePoint Framework. We demonstrated the preview tooling (*) for development and how the … more

Hi all, we want to give you a heads up on some changes that are coming to the FindMeetingTimes API which is available in preview in Microsoft Graph. We are making these changes to further improve the … more

As you may know, Apple has long encouraged application developers to adopt the 64-bit runtime environment, and we’ve been hearing from customers (e.g. here and here) that 64-bit versions of Mac … more

In this PnP Web Cast we concentrated on getting started with general web stack in the context of SharePoint or Office 365. This recording was done before the SharePoint Framework … more

Office 365 Developer Patterns and Practices (PnP) May 2016 release is out with new contributions from community for the community. This post contains all the details related on what was … more

In this PnP Web Cast we concentrated on how to manage your app and service principals using either code or using PowerShell. App principals have by default life cycle of one year, which can … more

In this PnP Web Cast we concentrated on Quick Contacts PnP sample, which was originally released as part of the April 2016 monthly release. This sample shows how you could use the  … more

In this PnP Web Cast we concentrated on SharePoint Client Side Object Model (CSOM) versioning and how you can take the different SharePoint target versions into account in your … more

When you are developing your customizations using managed code and with Client Side Object Model (CSOM), it's important to understand that CSOM version to be used is dependent on your … more

Office 365 Developer Patterns and Practices (PnP) April 2016 release is out with new contributions from community for the community. This post contains all the details related on what was … more

In this PnP Web Cast we concentrated on the Office Developer Patterns and Practices (PnP) Special Interest Group (SIG) for JavaScript. This is relatively new SIG and virtual team in the PnP … more

As part of the new Client Side Object Model (CSOM) version (4622.1208 or newer), SharePoint has new capability for bulk importing custom user profile properties. This capability has been now enabled … more

In this PnP Web Cast we wanted to do a high level introduction on what the Office Dev Patterns and Practices (PnP) initiative is all about and what are all the different resources … more

The Office Developer Platform story got its latest stage of updates at Build 2016. Kirk Koenigsbauer explained the major themes of the news over at blogs.office.com. In this blog post we will … more

In this PnP Web Cast we concentrated on covering in practice how to contribute for the Office Dev Patterns and Practices (PnP) initiative for the benefit of others in the community. Presentation … more

We are happy to announce availability of new SharePoint Client Side Object Model (CSOM) version targeted for the Office 365 or more specifically for SharePoint Online. This release contains  … more

Hi folks, we've got another incremental update for our Microsoft Graph webhooks preview on the journey towards shipping a production release.  First, I'm pleased to say we've rounded out the … more

In this PnP Web Cast we concentrated on the Responsive UI Package for SharePoint 2013 and SharePoint 2016, which was recently released in the PnP-Tools repository. Presentation concentrates on … more

We are happy to announce the availability of the Project Online CSOM library.  The library contains access to all the enhancements we have made towards improving our API.  The Project … more

In this PnP Web Cast we concentrated on one great contributions from the community called Widget Wrangler. Widget Wrangler is a open source JavaScript library which will help to implement … more

In November 2015, we announced the general availability of Microsoft Graph, located at graph.microsoft.com.  The Microsoft Graph exposes APIs, data and intelligence across Office 365 and Azure … more

Here in the Office Store, we're eager to ensure that we're providing our customers with compelling, usable add-ins.  In December, we revamped the Office Store policies and  … more

Office 365 Developer Patterns and Practices (PnP) March 2016 release is out with new contributions from community for the community. This post contains all the details related on what was … more

In this PnP Web Cast we concentrated on the Cross-Origin Resources Sharing (CORS) considerations in JavaScript development with SharePoint customization's. Web cast concentrates on explaining … more

We are excited to announce availability of open source Responsive UI Package for SharePoint on-premises. This package is designed to transform your SharePoint on-premises deployment responsive … more

We are conducting a community survey around the Office 365 Developer Patterns and Practices (PnP) program. Your input truly matter and we want to collect some feedback around the PnP … more

In this PnP Web Cast we concentrated on additional configuration needed on the SharePoint on-premises farms when you start using add-in model based implementations. This is a follow up web cast for& … more

We are excited to release additional options on getting more closely involved on the Office Dev Patterns and Practices (PnP) initiate. We have been approached numerous times during past months by … more

In this PnP Web Cast we concentrate on the different infrastructural options around setting up provider hosted add-in environment for SharePoint 2013 or SharePoint 2016. This time we do not have … more

In this PnP Web Cast we concentrate on the Office 365 Dev PnP Core Component which is designed to increase the productivity of developers when you are developing applications for SharePoint … more

Office 365 Developer Patterns and Practices (PnP) February 2016 release is out with new contributions from community for the community. This post contains all the details related on what … more

In this PnP Web Cast we concentrate on the Microsoft Graph and more specifically on how you can use that without in your solutions to access user or company specific information when you … more

We are happy to announce availability of new SharePoint Client Side Object Model (CSOM) version targeted for the Office 365 or more specifically for SharePoint Online. This update contains new … more

In this PnP Web Cast we concentrate on the Azure AD, oAuth and OpenID connect and how the plumbing actually works when you are using Azure Active Directory based authorization for yours add- … more

In this PnP Web Cast we concentrate on the classic discussion around the flexibility and future of the SharePoint feature framework based provisioning models comparing to remote … more

In this PnP Web Cast we concentrated on Help Desk web application solution available from the PnP sample/solution gallery. This solution demonstrates how to build single page app … more

Announcing today the Microsoft Graph Changelog, from now on you will have access to all the changes, updates, and fixes happening to Microsoft Graph. In the first release of the changelog, we are … more

Hi, Gareth Jones here.  I recently joined the Microsoft Graph team from our friends over in OneNote. I'm beyond excited at the wonderful enthusiasm you've shown for the Microsoft Graph since … more

Office 365 Developer Patterns and Practices (PnP) January 2016 release is out with new contributions from community for the community. This post contains all the details related on what was … more

In this PnP Web Cast we concentrated on so called "property bag trick" with CSOM or REST to adjust and change additional settings in site or in list level. This is something which we have mentioned … more

We’re pleased to announce a new capability for Office add-ins – the ability to associate an Office add-in with work or school accounts. Before this capability, users needed to sign in … more

In this PnP Web Cast we concentrated on Azure Active Directory from the Office 365 developer perspective.

Azure Active Directory is used in numerous different ways as part of the cloud development … more

In this PnP Web Cast we concentrated on SharePoint Online throttling and how to deal with it in your own customizations.

Code executed towards SharePoint IOnline can in certain scenarios& … more

In this PnP Web Cast we concentrated on the PnP Core Component and SharePoint related Nuget packages available from the Nuget gallery. Web cast concentrates on covering different available Nuget … more

In this PnP Web Cast we continued covering different remote site provisioning solutions in the Office 365 Dev PnP sample gallery. Since remote provisioning pattern is the recommended option to … more

We are happy to announce availability of new SharePoint CSOM version targeted for the Office 365 or more specifically for SharePoint Online. This updated CSOM release contains numerous highly … more

Today we are excited to announce the preview release of add-in commands for Word 2016, Excel 2016 and Excel Online. (Add-in commands were made available for Outlook earlier this year). Add-in … more