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How To Batch Importing Azure DevOps Work Items Using Azure DevOps APIs and C#

May 30, 2022 May 30, 2022 05/30/22

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Kyle Johnson and Sash Kavalaparambil explore batch import for Azure DevOps work items using REST APIs. While you can upload a CSV with work items into Azure DevOps, there is so much flexibility you get when you import work items using the Azure DevOps API. What you need You can do this by creating an app registration and using MSAL to...

Deconstructing Azure PowerShell APIs with Fiddler

August 31, 2021 Aug 31, 2021 08/31/21

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There are a ton of great PowerShell libraries out there that are super easy to use. Most of these just sit on top of standard REST APIs and abstract all the details away. When you are building code to use REST APIs, it’s easy to use Fiddler and a PowerShell API to generate your own sample of a working request payload.

Getting Started with Graph API and Teams

June 16, 2021 Jun 16, 2021 06/16/21

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In this post, I’ll look at how to setup an app registration and move some of these concepts into a custom application that uses Graph API. We'll build on an existing Graph Tutorial, review some concepts, and add support for sending a chat message in Teams.

Getting Started with Graph API and Graph Explorer

June 16, 2021 Jun 16, 2021 06/16/21

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Some SDKs may be better tailored for a particular environment or language, but just about everything supports basic REST calls. That’s what makes Microsoft Graph API so attractive. Not only does it provide simple REST interfaces for all kinds of Microsoft products and services, but it’s relatively easy to work with.

No Batch No Problem

March 24, 2021 Mar 24, 2021 03/24/21

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This post will go over how to expand sub-properties of an OData REST API request without using a batch request. This will be useful in SharePoint 2013+ On-Premise environments where the batch request is not available.

Get WebPart Information using REST

February 17, 2020 Feb 17, 2020 02/17/20

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This post will give an example of getting WebPart information for a page, using the REST API. The gd-sprest library will be used for this example.

Start a SharePoint Workflow using REST

January 29, 2020 Jan 29, 2020 01/29/20

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This post will give an example of starting a SharePoint workflow using the REST API. The gd-sprest library was recently updated to include the SharePoint Workflow REST API endpoints, which we will be using for this example.

Using VSTS API with PowerShell to scaffold Team Projects

April 21, 2018 Apr 21, 2018 04/21/18

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In this post, Senior Application Development Managers Art Garcia demonstrates how to navigate the VSTS REST APIs. Visual Studio Team Services or VSTS has matured into one of the leading Application Lifecycle management tools available. It allows you to not only manage your work and team velocity, but it also is a great tool to use in ...

Resolving Azure ARM REST API Versions Conflict In ARM Templates

July 21, 2017 Jul 21, 2017 07/21/17

Pam Lahoud

This post is from Premier Developer consultant Adel Ghabboun. Usually if you use the Azure Portal Automation Script feature to generate an ARM template and copy that to a new Visual Studio Azure Resource Group project, Visual Studio editor will complain about the API version that is used in the template and suggest a new version. It ...

Using OAuth2 with SOAP

November 20, 2015 Nov 20, 2015 11/20/15

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Premier Development Consultant Marius Rochon explores the combination of Universal App Platform (UAP) with SOAP using OAuth2 protocol for authentication. One possible application of this approach might be migrating from WCF to REST and/or needing to mix REST and SOAP services. Although the sample uses a UWP client, the same code would apply to...

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