Jason Johnston, Author at Microsoft 365 Developer Blog

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Microsoft Graph tutorial and quick start updates – April 2020

April 22nd, 2020

Hello Microsoft Graph developers! I wanted to provide some information about the latest updates to our Microsoft Graph tutorials and quick-starts, and share the upcoming plans to improve and expand these experiences.

Error improvement for invalid X-AnchorMailbox in REST API calls

January 19th, 2018

We wanted to give you a heads-up on a recent change to the error returned by the Outlook REST API when the value of the X-AnchorMailbox is incorrect. If your app has error-handling for this scenario based on the current behavior of the service, this may be a breaking change.

Announcing add-in support for Gmail accounts in Mac Outlook

December 14th, 2017

In March, we announced support for Gmail accounts in Outlook 2016 for Mac. Today we're happy to announce preview add-in support for Gmail accounts in Outlook 2016 for Mac.

Throttling coming to Outlook API and Microsoft Graph

December 4th, 2017

For the latest information on throttling for Outlook-related resources in Microsoft Graph and the Outlook REST API, see https://docs.microsoft.com/graph/throttling.

New Outlook APIs in the Microsoft Graph: rooms, rules, categories, headers, and time zones

October 9th, 2017

In June, we announced new APIs in the beta endpoint of the Outlook REST API. Today we're excited to announce that those APIs have been added to the Microsoft Graph, along with some other highly-requested APIs. All of these new APIs are added to the beta version of the Microsoft Graph API.

Announcing new REST APIs in beta for rooms, time zones, and languages

June 30th, 2017

Today we're pleased to announce some new APIs that are available on the beta endpoint for the Outlook REST API. These are currently only available via the Outlook endpoint and not the Microsoft Graph API endpoint.

Upcoming change to Event schema in the Outlook REST API beta endpoint

June 1st, 2017

We wanted to give you a heads-up on upcoming changes to how locations are exposed for events in the Outlook REST API. Outlook recently introduced the option to use multiple locations to schedule meetings and appointments.

Throttling coming for Outlook API’s and Outlook-related APIs in Microsoft Graph

May 1st, 2017

For the latest information on throttling for Outlook-related resources in Microsoft Graph and the Outlook REST API, see https://docs.microsoft.com/graph/throttling.

Actionable messages for connectors and email now in preview

September 26th, 2016

We're excited to announce a preview of Actionable Messages which embed actions in both connectors and direct email messages and help users complete tasks without having to leave Outlook. For example, Connector users can merge a pull request in GitHub or change the due date for a card in Trello without switching to those services.

Task API changes to date properties on beta endpoint

May 6th, 2016

We wanted to update you all on a breaking change that impacts the Task API on the Outlook REST API Beta endpoint. This change is going to be enabled in worldwide production by mid next week. This is a schema change related to date/time property names and types in the Task entity.

Jason Johnston