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Introduction to PSfP support for EAS licensees

February 27, 2017 Feb 27, 2017 02/27/17
Developer Support
Senior Application Development Managers, David Huang and Sheldon Ledbetter spotlight support options for EAS licensees Exchange ActiveSync, also known as EAS, is a development protocol requiring purchase of Microsoft Licenses. Almost all major mobile device manufacturers who use Microsoft EAS API to develop their email, calendar, and ...

With Azure, Certifications are hot again!

February 27, 2017 Feb 27, 2017 02/27/17
Developer Support
Senior Application Development Managers, Justin Wendlandt and Doug Owens reflect on Microsoft Certifications and why now is a great time to consider updating yours (image) Microsoft Certifications have been around since 1992. They provided IT Professionals with the ability to prove themselves and their understanding of the technology stack ...

When using SharePoint, don’t use $

February 21, 2017 Feb 21, 2017 02/21/17
Pam Lahoud
In the latest post on his blog, Senior Premier Developer Consultant Brian Gregor discusses an error when using Distributed Cache PowerShell cmdlets with a user account that includes a $ in the name. https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/briangre/2017/01/24/when-using-sharepoint-dont-use...

Microsoft Graph – Consolidating multiple APIs into one

February 21, 2017 Feb 21, 2017 02/21/17
Developer Support
Paul King, Senior Application Development Manager, introduces Microsoft Graph API as the unifying endpoint for many APIs (image) As Microsoft’s cloud services has evolved, so have the APIs used to reference them.  When Microsoft first offered cloud services like Exchange Online, SharePoint, OneDrive and others, and API to access that ...

Investing In Improvement

February 17, 2017 Feb 17, 2017 02/17/17
Developer Support
  In this post, Principal Application Development Manager, Larry Duff asks “How will you identify your normalized deviances and invest in improvement?” (image) I've been following a recent blog about the Space Shuttle Columbia tragedy and was struck by a phrase in a recent entry, "normalization of deviance." They were ...

Integrating Visual Studio Team Services with Microsoft Teams

January 17, 2017 Jan 17, 2017 01/17/17
Developer Support
In this post, Senior Application Development Manager, Mike Bolser demonstrates how to integrate Microsoft Teams and Visual Studio Team Services. Microsoft Teams the new chat-based workspace in Office365 offers several services to enable work group collaboration. One way of enabling work group collaboration for developers is through a ...

Bots on Azure – Not as Complex as it Sounds

January 17, 2017 Jan 17, 2017 01/17/17
Developer Support
This post is provided by Dan Simmons, a Technical Delivery Manager within our team here at Premier Support for Developers. (image) I was having a discussion with a colleague about how customers will help you better understand them.  I had asked if they had thought about putting a bot on their webpage to help them with this and she said ...