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New Single Sign-on service for Office Add-ins rolling out in Office on the web

January 12th, 2022

A new Single Sign-on (SSO) service will replace the existing one for Office Add-ins that are used in Office on the web. This new service is aimed at providing better reliability and supporting additional environments.

What’s new for Office Add-ins at Ignite 2021

November 2nd, 2021

Welcome to Ignite 2021! We’re excited to share the latest Office Add-ins announcements with our developer community. These new features will help you create solutions to increase productivity in today’s modern hybrid environment.

Uniper boosts employee productivity using Office Scripts

July 7th, 2021

Today you’ll hear from Gareth Naylor, a Group Wide Architect/Strategist in the CIO Office from Uniper. Building a Script Before I started this project, I had never used Office Script before. I found the process straightforward thanks to the online documentation which helped me understand what is possible using Office Scripts. As you can ...

Analysis Cloud Limited automates Excel reporting, modernizes workflow using Office Scripts

June 24th, 2021

Leslie Black, Developer, Analysis Cloud Limited Reducing an arduous process to a simple action At Analysis Cloud Limited, we’ve used Office Scripts to completely automate a Covid-19 reporting process used by one of our clients. Using Office Scripts, we reduced an arduous process to a simple action. Before using Office Scripts, our ...

What’s new in Office Platform at Build 2021

May 26th, 2021

Welcome to Build 2021! We are excited to share six new Outlook and Excel announcements that we think are particularly exciting for our Office developer community. These new features will help bring your business solutions more seamlessly into Office. For more detail, please see the Outlook and Excel on-demand sessions at Build. New event-...

What’s New for the Microsoft 365 Developer | Build 2021

May 25th, 2021

It’s opening day at Microsoft Build 2021 and we’re so excited to be here (digitally) together with you again! The last 12-months have been challenging, as we collectively shifted to the unchartered territory of remote work to now the future of hybrid work. Throughout this disruption, developers have been leading the charge by building ...

Add custom keyboard shortcuts to your Office Add-ins in Excel

May 13th, 2021

This blog is the first of a series highlighting custom keyboard shortcuts for Office Add-ins in Excel. Office has hundreds of native keyboard shortcuts that enable power users to work more efficiently. Keyboard shortcuts are also critical for users with mobility or vision disabilities because they provide an alternative to using a ...

Understanding the Office Add-ins runtime

May 5th, 2021

Office Add-ins require a runtime environment to execute. Think of a runtime as the execution environment for the add-in that's a combination of a JavaScript engine and an HTML rendering control. A runtime can be encapsulated in a browser iFrame or an embeddable webview control on desktop clients. Since Office is a cross-platform suite, it ...

Jedox explains batching Excel Custom Functions API calls

April 8th, 2021

Vladislav Malicevic, Vice President Development & Support at Jedox Jedox is on a mission to optimize value creation through Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) solutions, helping organizations outperform their competition and enabling people to effectively collaborate. Microsoft Excel has always been the key front end for delivering ...

Build quality Microsoft Teams apps with these best practices: Part 1

April 6th, 2021

This is the first of a 3-part blog series compiled of best practices that will guide you through developing high quality, impactful and engaging apps for Teams. View Part 2 and Part 3 in the series for additional best practices. Microsoft Teams is an essential collaboration platform enabling over 115 million daily active users with the ...

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