We have just published a new version of the Office 365 CLI with more commands, support for building scripts and completing your input when using the CLI directly in the shell.

Office 365 CLI

Office … more

SharePoint Dev Ecosystem / SharePoint Patterns and Practices (PnP) January 2018 update is out with a summary of the latest guidance, samples, and solutions from SharePoint engineering or from … more

In this PnP Webcast, we concentrated on demonstrating how to build self-service site collection provisioning solution using an asynchronous pattern with Azure Functions or with Azure WebJobs. … more

We are pleased to introduce a new Microsoft Graph Quick Start experience for Python. This Quick Start walks you through building an application, including registering a new application and … more

The Microsoft Graph Community Call is our monthly event for developers to stay in sync with the Microsoft Graph API. On the first Tuesday of each month, we’ll share updates, tips and connect … more

In this PnP Webcast, we concentrated on the reusable controls which are available for your SharePoint Framework solutions. These controls are designed to increase your productivity when you are … more

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

In this PnP Webcast, we concentrated on the site collection app catalog features, which enables you to have SharePoint add-ins/apps or SharePoint Framework solutions in site collection … more

The Microsoft Graph API provides a unified endpoint that enables you to interact with a wealth of resources and relationships in order to build intelligent apps. Today, we’re announcing the … more

The usage of SharePoint Framework keeps on growing and while there are already great solutions build, we have noticed that a lot of developers try to achieve the same thing. Also, many … more

SharePoint Dev Ecosystem / SharePoint Patterns and Practices (PnP) December 2017 update is out with new contributions from the community to the community. This post contains all the details related … more

The Microsoft Graph Community Call is our monthly event for developers to stay in sync with the Microsoft Graph API. On the first Tuesday of each month, we’ll share updates, tips and connect … more

In this PnP Webcast, we concentrated on asset packaging, which is the default behavior in SharePoint Framework solutions starting from SharePoint Framework v1.4. Starting from version 1.4 … more

SharePoint Framework 1.4 tooling and packages are now available, bringing with them a new set of deployment tools as previously discussed in this blog post.

Asset Packaging - Simplify your … more

In this PnP Webcast, we concentrated on having a closer look at the steps around transforming or migrating your existing JavaScript-based implementations in the SharePoint Online to be implemented as … more

Developers on all platforms build solutions for Office 365. Using the Office 365 CLI, they can manage the different settings of SharePoint and Office 365 no matter if they use Windows, macOS or Linux. … more

In this PnP Webcast, we concentrated on the new SharePoint Application Lifecycle Management APIs, which enable you to manage SharePoint Framework solutions and SharePoint add-ins in SharePoint … more

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

Introduction

Some of the most common questions we receive from Microsoft Teams developers concern authentication to Azure Active Directory (Azure AD), single sign-on (SSO) to Azure AD, and how to … more

As SharePoint Framework continues to grow – in users and developers – the variety of different scenarios and styles of development also continue to expand. Through our feedback site, we& … more

SharePoint Dev Ecosystem / SharePoint Patterns and Practices (PnP) November 2017 update is out with new contributions from the community to the community. This post contains all the details related … more

In this PnP Webcast, we concentrated on new the different options for defining an icon for the client-side web part, which is visible in the web part picker. There's multiple different options … more

Code, run, share! We love making it easy to develop Office add-ins. Whether you're an experienced developer or a newbie, we encourage you to dive in, explore, and build with Script Lab, our Microsoft … more

I'm thrilled to announce that you can try writing custom functions in JavaScript starting today.

Custom functions (similar to "user-defined functions", or "UDFs") are JavaScript functions that you … more

The goal of the SharePoint Framework is to allow both Microsoft and customers to build rich, engaging, and consistent user experiences on top of SharePoint. Within the SharePoint product, Office UI … more

In this PnP Webcast, we concentrated on new SharePoint Online Tenant Properties capability, which can be used to centrally store value-key pairs, which can be then used in your … more

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

Over the last few years, we have been investing in services that help developers access information in Office 365 in a simple and intuitive way. As we make progress in this journey, some technologies … more

Version 1.0 of the Outlook REST API was launched in 2015 to provide API access to mail, calendar, contacts, and other data from Exchange Online, with support for Basic Authentication.  Over time, … more

The Office 365 discovery service is part of a multi-step flow required to locate and call into individual Office 365 REST API endpoints. Now you can use Microsoft Graph to access Office 365 data in a … more

We’ve updated and extended our guidance around throttling behaviors and web services for SharePoint in Office 365 to focus on identification as a path towards reducing throttling in Office 365. … more

In this PnP Webcast, we concentrated on new tenant level theme gallery, which is available for group connected team sites and communication sites to apply a custom branding on the site. You … more

In this SharePoint PnP Partner Story, we concentrated on showing how aequos built a SharePoint intranet using the PnP Intranet starter kit. Aequos is Montreal based company providing … more

SharePoint Dev Ecosystem / SharePoint Patterns and Practices (PnP) October 2017 release is out with new contributions from the community to the community. This post contains all the details related … more

In this PnP Webcast, we concentrated on deployment options with SharePoint Framework solutions and more specifically how the tenant-scope deployment setting impacts on the solution deployment. Tenant- … more

We are excited to announce the availability of enhanced Office Add-In analytics within the Seller Dashboard. The new report shows a daily breakdown of acquisitions, centralized deployment data to … more

Each year we receive hundreds of nominations for the Office App Awards since the awards celebrate the top apps and add-ins that help customize the productivity experience for Office users. Nearly two … more

At Microsoft Ignite 2017, we are featuring several new and updated components to Patterns and Practices libraries to help you jump start your development environment. Over time, and with … more

The People's choice award is part of the 2017 Office APP Awards, where we recognize the best of partner add-ins and apps that leverage the Office platform. 

Nominations are now closed. & … more

Welcome

We're excited to welcome the 24,000 Microsoft customers from around the world travelling to Orlando, plus the thousands more attending virtually, to Ignite 2017. We're pleased to share the … more

In this PnP Webcast, we concentrated on covering the recent release of SharePoint 2016 Feature Pack 2 with SharePoint Framework support. We talk about the upcoming  … more

Office 365 Content Delivery Network (CDN) capability was initially announced for dev preview in September 2016 and Office 365 public CDN was released for general availability during spring 2017. … more

Excel JavaScript APIs, which are part of the Office.js library, provide a rich set of APIs that you can use to build powerful solutions within Excel that run on multiple platforms. We continue to … more

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

The Global Office 365 Developer Bootcamp is a free, one-day training event led by Microsoft MVPs with support from Microsoft and local community leaders. The bootcamps will provide hands-on labs for … more

The Global Office 365 Developer Bootcamp is a free, one-day training event led by Microsoft MVPs with support from Microsoft and local community leaders. The bootcamps will provide hands-on labs for … more

SharePoint Framework (SPFx) lets you build responsive, engaging web parts using the latest developer frameworks and tools. With the release of Feature Pack 2 for SharePoint Server 2016, you can use … more

SharePoint Dev Ecosystem / SharePoint Patterns and Practices (PnP) September 2017 release is out with new contributions from the community to the community. This post contains all the details related … more

In this PnP Webcast, we concentrated on covering different options which are available for developers around client-side web part property integration with SharePoint. When you are designing and … more

Botkit now supports Teams

We are continually working to make Microsoft Teams more open and easy for developers to build new apps for Teams. To that end, we're excited to announce that Botkit, one of … more

We'd like to give you a heads-up on some changes coming to the People API. We have incorporated valuable feedback from customers during the preview period and will start rolling out the changes … more

It's time for the 2017 Office APP Awards, where we recognize the best of partner add-ins and apps that leverage the Office platform.  Nominations have now closed.  Winners receive … more

With SharePoint Framework (SPFx) Extensions, you can now customize more facets of the SharePoint experience, including standard page elements like headers as well as command sets and list rendering. … more

In this PnP Webcast, we concentrate on new GDPR Activity Hub reference solution. The GDPR Activity Hub is an open source project that you can consider as a starter kit for building a … more

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

Founded in 2013 and based in Australia, Fyrebox makes it easy for businesses to create a quiz for their website or landing page. In 2016, they integrated with Yammer because they saw a shared market - … more

You can use new capabilities released today that provide more options for engaging broader audiences with your SharePoint Framework (SPFx) web parts. We are pleased to announce a new tenant-wide SPFx … more

The OneNote API is now available on sites routes in Microsoft Graph v1.0. This means that you can now access SharePoint site-hosted team notebooks via the OneNote APIs in Microsoft Graph. At … more

SharePoint Dev Ecosystem / SharePoint Patterns and Practices (PnP) August 2017 release is out with new contributions from the community to the community. This post contains all the details related on … more

In this PnP Webcast, we concentrate on how you programmatically can create and manipulate modern pages and in particular how to use the added support for modern client-side pages with multiple zones … more

Founded in 2014, Wiretap interfaces with social networks to allow companies to safely grow, learn from, and secure their social interactions. The inspiration to build an app for Yammer Networks came … more

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

In this PnP Webcast, we show you how you can use the SharePoint Access App scanner (http://aka.ms/sppnp-accessappscanner) to gather inventory and usage data of the Access Web Apps inside your tenant. … more

In this SharePoint PnP Partner Story, we concentrated on showing how MondayCoffee is using the reusable SharePoint PnP components and patterns in their solutions built for their … more

In this PnP Webcast, we concentrated on needed steps to automate build and release pipelines in Visual Studio Team Services for your SharePoint Framework solution. We'll walk through the needed … more

SharePoint / Office 365 Dev Patterns and Practices (PnP) June 2017 release is out with new contributions from the community to the community. This post contains all the details related on what … more

In this PnP Webcast, we concentrated on SharePoint Framework Extensions developer preview. SharePoint Framework Extensions provide you capabilities for customizing the user interface of "modern" … more

Since the launch of SharePoint Framework in February, developers have built or deployed modern client-side web parts made with the SharePoint Framework across thousands of Office 365 tenancies. … more

In this PnP Webcast, we concentrated on a classic topic around transforming your on-premises customizations (farm solutions) to valid options, when moving to SharePoint Online. You can  … more

The Microsoft Graph Explorer is a tool that lets developers easily experiment with the Microsoft Graph API from their browser. Last month, we announced an update with new features including sample … more

Late last year we announced the Centralized Deployment service in preview, that allows administrators to deploy Office add-ins and today we are excited to announce general availability of Centralized … more

In this PnP Webcast, we concentrated to have a quick discussion around the most common (mis)conceptions around SharePoint Framework. We chose three commonly heard statements and talked about the  … 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

We are pleased to announce that updated training for the SharePoint Framework is now ready and available to use. Whether you are looking to get started with SharePoint development, educate your team, … more

In this PnP Webcast, we concentrate on introducing new community driven Visual Studio extension for SharePoint Framework solutions. The Visual Studio Extension for SharePoint … more

This blog post is part of a series based on our newly published guide for being effective in "Going to Market" with your Office add-in or service. This blog series is targeted for people developing … more

In addition to exposing users' data, like who they are and what content they work with (files, messages, conversations, tasks, etc.), the Microsoft Graph also exposes calculated insights based on the … more

In this PnP Webcast, we’re introducing the SharePoint “Modern” user interface experience scanner. Using this command line utility, you can scan your tenant for compatibility with … more

Discover the Pixton Comic Characters add-in for Office and create engaging visual communications. 

Week after week, new improvements and enhancements pop up within SharePoint. With new … more

Discover the Pixton Comic Characters add-in for Office and create engaging visual communications – one of the many engaging add-ins available for Office. 

All … more

Discover the Pixton Comic Characters add-in for Office and create engaging visual communications.

The Microsoft Graph API provides a broad, consistent foundation for any business … more

Discover the Pixton Comic Characters add-in for Office and create engaging visual communications – one of the many engaging add-ins available for Office. 

Our goal is to enhance … more

Millions of users rely on Office 365 to help them express ideas, synthesize data, and collaborate with their teams. With Office Add-ins, and new Add-in capabilities, Office JS APIs and connections to … more

Today, at Microsoft Build 2017, we announced upcoming previews of new APIs and extensible user experiences available for developers across Office, including SharePoint and OneDrive. Following on the … more

We previewed Actionable Messages last fall for Office 365 customers who use Outlook on the web. Today, at Microsoft Build 2017, we announced that we are bringing Actionable Messages to more … more

We are excited to join the Office team this year at Build 2017 to talk about what's new on the Microsoft Teams developer platform. At preview, we delivered a rich platform with tabs, bots and Office 3 … more

At Build 2017, we announced several new Microsoft Graph APIs and capabilities, marking another significant addition to the toolset we offer to developers who build business applications and processes. … more

SharePoint / Office 365 Dev Patterns and Practices (PnP) May 2017 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 Webcast, we concentrate on how to secure traffic from SharePoint Framework solution towards an external API hosted in Azure. Technically similar process does work with other … more

We are pleased to announce that we are rolling out new capabilities to modern pages that let users add app parts from SharePoint add-ins. With this new capability, the set of available parts for … more

In less than one week, at the Microsoft Build 2017 conference, Office will feature a wide range of breakout sessions, tech talks, and recordings about what’s new in the Office 365 platform. … more

Visible recognition in an enterprise social network is a powerful way for peers to highlight each other's strengths and accomplishments.  One way to give recognition is with a digital badge … more

We are pleased to announce the next update to the Microsoft Graph Explorer is rolling out to production today. This update enhances the user experience and makes it easier for you to explore the … more

Update 12/07/17 

On April 21 Exchange Online in office 365 will be enabling throttling on the outlook APIs. This will also impact apps accessing Outlook-related resources via the Microsoft … more

In this PnP Webcast, we concentrate on debugging options with SharePoint Framework solutions. There are numerous ways to perform debugging when developing SharePoint Framework solutions. In … more

Howdy folks,

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

In this PnP Webcast, we concentrate on the key considerations around the SharePoint Framework for SharePoint administrators. SharePoint Framework solutions are deployed centrally to SharePoint … more