Microsoft 365 Developer Blog

2018 Office App Awards-Nominations now open

August 2, 2018 Aug 2, 2018 08/2/18

Office Add-ins team

Across the Office platform, we’ve seen an amazing set of new applications developed, spanning from Office-integrated mobile applications, to new SharePoint web parts, to bots and integrations. We’d love to feature some of the best applications and integrations you’ve seen, but we need your help.

DevTools now accessible from the Microsoft Teams Desktop Client

July 26, 2018 Jul 26, 2018 07/26/18

Microsoft Teams team

You can now access browser DevTools on the Microsoft Teams desktop client (both Mac and Windows). Read this post for more information.

Upcoming changes to Exchange Web Services (EWS) API for Office 365

July 19, 2018 Jul 19, 2018 07/19/18

Office Add-ins team

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 on this journey , some technologies become obsolete and  they no longer provide the best way to interact with Office 365 data. Today we are sharing our plans for the roadmap of Exchange Web Services (EWS) and the planned deprecation of Basic Auth access for EWS in October 13th, 2020.

New Microsoft Graph powered developer template supports work life balance and compliance

July 13, 2018 Jul 13, 2018 07/13/18

Office Add-ins team

Today we are releasing a Timesheet Tool developer template to create your own applications which can give intelligent work insights with the Microsoft Graph and demonstrate how Office extensibility can support local compliance efforts.

2018 Global Office 365 Developer Bootcamp

July 11, 2018 Jul 11, 2018 07/11/18

Office Add-ins team

Following the success of last year, Global Office 365 Developer Bootcamp now becomes an annual event. It is a free, one-day, hands-on training event led by Microsoft MVPs with support from Microsoft and local community leaders.

SharePoint Development Community (PnP) – July 2018 update

July 9, 2018 Jul 9, 2018 07/9/18

SharePoint team

SharePoint Dev Ecosystem / SharePoint Patterns and Practices (PnP) July 2018 update is out with a summary of the latest guidance, samples, and solutions from SharePoint engineering or from the community for the community. This article is a summary of all the different areas and topics around SharePoint Dev ecosystem during the past month. What...

New SharePoint CSOM version released for SharePoint Online – June 2018

June 28, 2018 Jun 28, 2018 06/28/18

SharePoint team

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 was mainly a small maintenance release with minimal updates on the CSOM API surface.

Formula Editor – Hack Productivity

June 27, 2018 Jun 27, 2018 06/27/18

Office Add-ins team

We are excited to continue the developer momentum from Build with our ongoing Hack the workday with Office 365 hackathon. Join us to see how Office 365 can help you reach over 130M users a month with the power of Microsoft Graph.

Flow scenario #1: Send a survey daily

June 25, 2018 Jun 25, 2018 06/25/18

Kaizala Developer Platform team

This blog discusses the scenario where you might need to send a survey with the same set of questions on a daily basis. This could be automated very simply using Microsoft Flow. In case you are new to Flow or the Kaizala connector, suggest you read this post to get started.

Kaizala extensibility and programmability overview

June 22, 2018 Jun 22, 2018 06/22/18

Kaizala Developer Platform team

Kaizala is a mobile application that allows you to get work done within the context of a conversation and group using actions. While the application provides a whole lot of functionalities that allows small and medium businesses and enterprises to get work done, it also supports extensibility that allows you to integrate it to existing business processes and workflows.