We are happy to announce availability of new SharePoint Client Side Object Model (CSOM) version targeted for the Office 365 or more specifically for SharePoint and Project Online. This release … more

We are pleased to announce that updated training for the SharePoint Framework is now ready and available to use. Whether you are looking to get started with SharePoint development, educate your team, … more

In this PnP Webcast, we concentrate on introducing new community driven Visual Studio extension for SharePoint Framework solutions. The Visual Studio Extension for SharePoint … more

This blog post is part of a series based on our newly published guide for being effective in "Going to Market" with your Office add-in or service. This blog series is targeted for people developing … more

In addition to exposing users' data, like who they are and what content they work with (files, messages, conversations, tasks, etc.), the Microsoft Graph also exposes calculated insights based on the … more

In this PnP Webcast, we’re introducing the SharePoint “Modern” user interface experience scanner. Using this command line utility, you can scan your tenant for compatibility with … more

Discover the Pixton Comic Characters add-in for Office and create engaging visual communications. 

Week after week, new improvements and enhancements pop up within SharePoint. With new … more

Discover the Pixton Comic Characters add-in for Office and create engaging visual communications – one of the many engaging add-ins available for Office. 

All … more

Discover the Pixton Comic Characters add-in for Office and create engaging visual communications.

The Microsoft Graph API provides a broad, consistent foundation for any business … more

Discover the Pixton Comic Characters add-in for Office and create engaging visual communications – one of the many engaging add-ins available for Office. 

Our goal is to enhance … more

Millions of users rely on Office 365 to help them express ideas, synthesize data, and collaborate with their teams. With Office Add-ins, and new Add-in capabilities, Office JS APIs and connections to … more

Today, at Microsoft Build 2017, we announced upcoming previews of new APIs and extensible user experiences available for developers across Office, including SharePoint and OneDrive. Following on the … more

We previewed Actionable Messages last fall for Office 365 customers who use Outlook on the web. Today, at Microsoft Build 2017, we announced that we are bringing Actionable Messages to more … more

We are excited to join the Office team this year at Build 2017 to talk about what's new on the Microsoft Teams developer platform. At preview, we delivered a rich platform with tabs, bots and Office 3 … more

At Build 2017, we announced several new Microsoft Graph APIs and capabilities, marking another significant addition to the toolset we offer to developers who build business applications and processes. … more

SharePoint / Office 365 Dev Patterns and Practices (PnP) May 2017 release is out with new contributions from community for the community. This post contains all the details related on what was … more

In this PnP Webcast, we concentrate on how to secure traffic from SharePoint Framework solution towards an external API hosted in Azure. Technically similar process does work with other … more

We are pleased to announce that we are rolling out new capabilities to modern pages that let users add app parts from SharePoint add-ins. With this new capability, the set of available parts for … more

In less than one week, at the Microsoft Build 2017 conference, Office will feature a wide range of breakout sessions, tech talks, and recordings about what’s new in the Office 365 platform. … more

Visible recognition in an enterprise social network is a powerful way for peers to highlight each other's strengths and accomplishments.  One way to give recognition is with a digital badge … more

We are pleased to announce the next update to the Microsoft Graph Explorer is rolling out to production today. This update enhances the user experience and makes it easier for you to explore the … more

Update 5/10/17: Based on feedback from our customers that the posted limit is too low for their apps, this is not currently being enforced. We're working with them and gathering data to understand … more

In this PnP Webcast, we concentrate on debugging options with SharePoint Framework solutions. There are numerous ways to perform debugging when developing SharePoint Framework solutions. In … more

Howdy folks,

We've seen a few posts recently on Stack Overflow from developers asking whether they should be using Microsoft Graph (developer.microsoft.com/graph) vs Azure AD Graph (graph.windows. … more

We are happy to announce availability of new SharePoint Client Side Object Model (CSOM) version targeted for the Office 365 or more specifically for SharePoint and Project Online. This release … more

In this PnP Webcast, we concentrate on the key considerations around the SharePoint Framework for SharePoint administrators. SharePoint Framework solutions are deployed centrally to SharePoint … more

We are excited to announce updates on our Office 365 Public Content Delivery Network (CDN) capability with great new features comparing to previously released preview functionality. We are also … more

Microsoft Graph provides a single API endpoint that gives you access to rich people-centric data and insights, via a number of resources like users and messages. Many applications need to keep track … more

In this PnP Webcast, we concentrate more on how to control the "modern experiences" for sites, lists and pages at different scopes in Office 365 tenant. These settings are typically … more

Wouldn’t it be crazy if you could launch Excel, click to open a small code window, and then instantly start writing and executing JavaScript that interacts with your spreadsheet? … more

Hello, we are making a few changes to the Planner Task API on the Microsoft Graph REST API Beta endpoint.  These changes add support for recently released features (multi-assign tasks) and puts … more

SharePoint / Office 365 Dev Patterns and Practices (PnP) April 2017 release is out with new contributions from community for the community. This post contains all the details related on what … more

In this PnP Webcast, we concentrate on demonstrating how to build provisioning solution using modern lists, PnP PowerShell and Azure WebJobs. Mikael Svenson from Puzzlepart  … more

New data type support in Access which unlocks multiple scenarios based on Access's ability to read and write data to and from external data sources that use BigInt (as PK or other), such as SQL. … more

Last week, the Office Extensibility team introduced a new enhancement to the add-in manifest validation experience. The Office Add-in Validator will help you pinpoint errors in your manifest without … more

In this PnP Webcast, we concentrate on the governance and organizational considerations around SharePoint Framework solution development and deployment. This is more a discussion based … more

We are happy to announce availability of new SharePoint Client Side Object Model (CSOM) version targeted for the Office 365 or more specifically for SharePoint and Project Online. This release … more

In this PnP Webcast, we concentrate on covering PnP JavaScript Core library (sp-pnp-js). Key concentration is around the scenarios and value of what this library actually provides. … more

Since 2014, tyGraph for Yammer has been a social analytics app in the Yammer App Directory. Built upon input from Yammer community managers and IT collaboration experts, this analytics app … more

We are excited to share that the Microsoft Office Developer Program has added NEW value, NEW training opportunities and FREE perks for developers who build solutions that extend Office and the Office … more

In this PnP Webcast, we concentrate on how you programmatically can create modern pages and how to update them. Modern pages are the default page type for both modern SharePoint sites as for classic … more

Today, we announced that Microsoft Teams, the chat-based workspace in Office 365, is now generally available in 181 markets and in 19 languages.  Since announcing the Preview in November, more … more

SharePoint / Office 365 Dev Patterns and Practices (PnP) March 2017 release is out with new contributions from community for the community. This post contains all the details related on … more

In this PnP Webcast, we concentrate on covering what are the different options on accessing SharePoint data from SharePoint Framework solution. There are numerous options for the approach … more

In addition to exposing users’ data, like who they are and what content they work with (files, messages, conversations, tasks, etc.), the Microsoft Graph also exposes calculated insights based … more

Microsoft Graph provides a single API endpoint that gives you access to rich people-centric data and insights, via a number of resources like users and messages. Frequently, developers want to … more

On behalf of the Office developer teams, congratulations to the Visual Studio team on their launch of Visual Studio 2017 and on their 20th anniversary! In those 20 years, Visual Studio has … more

Today, we’re announcing that the Microsoft Graph developer portal has a new look, and will redirect to a new home on the Microsoft Developer Center.

Check out the Examples page for inspiration … more

In this PnP Webcast, we covered diffrent options around provisioning SharePoint assets to SharePoint sites as part of the SharePoint Framework solution package. Typical scenario would be a  … more

We’re very excited to announce the release of the Visio JavaScript APIs. You can use the Visio JavaScript APIs to extend Visio Online and build rich mashup scenarios. These APIs are now … more

In this PnP Webcast, we wanted to concentrate on how you can automate your custom solution deployments to Office 365 and to Azure. We use PnP Partner Pack reference solution as the example … more

This blog post is part of a new series based on our newly published guide for being effective in “Going to Market” with your Office add-in or service. We’ll follow up in later blogs … more

The benefit of online forums is that developers can learn from each other. At Yammer, we expand on this knowledge sharing by publishing interviews with the developers of successful Yammer … more

We are happy to announce availability of new SharePoint Client Side Object Model (CSOM) version targeted for the Office 365 or more specifically for SharePoint and Project Online. This release … more

(this is a re-post of the main announcement on the Office blog)

The past year has come with significant updates to our SharePoint user experiences, such as modern team sites, document libraries and … more

In this PnP Webcast, we wanted to concentrate on the PnP initiative and really talk about the value of the initiate or it's assets for the field. This can be considered as 100 level introduction … more

In this SharePoint PnP Partner Story we concentrated on showing how Solvion is using the reusable SharePoint PnP components and patterns in their solutions built for their … more

Today we are extending the value of the Skype Developer Platform with a collection of new capabilities designed to support an important scenario with broad application across a range of industries & … more

Since we announced the preview of Microsoft Teams in November, we’ve seen great momentum with users. It has also been exciting to see developers around the globe start using the Microsoft Teams … more

We’re happy to announce the availability to attach the debugger from the task pane for Office Add-ins.  This attach debugger feature will directly attach the debugger to the correct … more

SharePoint / Office 365 Dev Patterns and Practices (PnP) February 2017 release is out with new contributions from community for the community. This post contains all the details related on … more

In this PnP Webcast, we wanted to have a discussion on the different development and customization models for SharePoint. Webcast is in format of a discussion around advantages and disadvantages of … more

Over the past few months, we’ve done some research and talked to you about your experiences building add-ins. In response to your feedback, we are rolling out changes  to the Yeoman Office … more

The OneNote API team is pleased to announce application-level permissions support for the OneNote API. Until now, OneNote API calls could only be made with user-delegated permissions. This meant that … more

Enabling customers to seamlessly work with files and folders across end points is a key area of focus for the SharePoint team. To improve this, we’ve broadened the set of supported characters … more

In this PnP Webcast, we covered techniques on how to validate SharePoint Framework client-side web part property pane values when user is configuring web part. This is relatively common scenario for … more

The Office platform is our way of enabling developers everywhere to help our customers get more done. Developers can bring their own apps and services directly into Outlook using add-ins, … more

Join us for a developer meetup on February 10th in San Francisco! If you will be in town for DeveloperWeek, building a team for the weekend hackathon or just in the area and want to interact with … more

In this PnP Webcast we concentrated on showing how to get started with SharePoint Webhooks and what are the benefits of using SharePoint Webhooks compare to classic remote event receivers. … more

In 2016, Yammer announced an upcoming feature – the ability for users to edit messages after posting. Although it's been a complex technical challenge, we expect the feature to launch this … more

We are happy to announce availability of new SharePoint Client Side Object Model (CSOM) version targeted for the Office 365 or more specifically for SharePoint and Project Online. This release … more

Updated getting started tutorials now available

SharePoint Framework is now in the Release Candidate status and we are closing in the General Availability (GA). As part of the release … more

The SharePoint Patterns and Practices JavaScript Core Library was created to help developers by simplifying common operations within SharePoint and the SharePoint Framework. This is open … more

In this PnP Webcast, we wanted to cover all the great resources which are available for SharePoint developers around the SharePoint Framework. General Availability (GA) of the … more

Get ready to make your solution a success

We’re excited to share a new resource designed to help ISVs like you successfully bring your Office-integrated solutions to market: the … more

With webhooks, SharePoint has a new notification capability that makes it easier for developers to respond and react to content updates in SharePoint, within their organization. With these … more

We are happy to announce the availability of the developer preview of add-ins commands for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint in Office for Mac.

With add-in commands, you can create cross-platform … more

In this PnP Webcast, we covered localization techniques with SharePoint Framework client-side web parts. Concentration is around how to localize your static content in the web part based on … more

We’re releasing a set of Release Candidates of the SharePoint Framework, which will include some breaking changes developers will need to accommodate. Developers can read more about these … more

SharePoint / Office 365 Dev Patterns and Practices (PnP) January 2017 release is out with new contributions from community for the community. This post contains all the details related on … more

In this PnP Webcast, we cover what are the current customization options around the SharePoint "modern" experiences. This is relatively long webcast with multiple demos, since we wanted to cover … more

In this PnP Webcast, we covered how to build a reusable control as a custom property pane control. Demo uses scenario with cascading asynchronous drop-downs for property pane of client- … more

We are happy to announce availability of new SharePoint Client Side Object Model (CSOM) version targeted for the Office 365 or more specifically for SharePoint and Project Online. This release … more

In this PnP Webcast, we cover how to get started on using modern web stack development in on-premises deployments. SharePoint Framework is currently in developer preview at SharePoint Online and … more

In this PnP Webcast, we covered how to build cascading asynchronous drop-downs for property pane of client-side web part. This is common scenario where lists have a dependency … more

SharePoint / Office 365 Dev Patterns and Practices (PnP) December 2016 release is out with new contributions from community for the community. This post contains all the details related on what … more

In this PnP Webcast, we covered considerations around multi-view web parts, where the presentation layer is changed based on the status of the web part. Typically, single-page application solutions … more

Apps and add-ins in the Office Store are optimized to reach the broadest possible set of users. Our Office Store validation policies help to ensure wide reach by requiring that:

The title and … more

Hi Partners and Developers,

We recently deployed a behavior breaking change to Microsoft Graph V1.0 and the Outlook V1.0 & 2.0 endpoints to block a specific class of requests that … more

In this PnP Webcast, we concentrated on Office 365 Connectors and more specifically how to create your own custom connectors to send messages to Office 365 groups. It's also important … more

Last August, we announced the availability of the Excel REST API on Microsoft Graph. We continue to explore opportunities for new scenarios and functionality that allows for deeper and richer … more

Put the skills and insight you learned at Build, Ignite and Tech Summit this year to win some great prizes and recognition! There are over $50,000 in prizes, including cash, tickets and travel … more

In this PnP Webcast, we concentrated on one specific client-side web part sample available from the SharePoint Framework web part GitHub repository. This client-side web part shows how … more

As part of the SharePoint / Office 365 Dev Patterns and Practices ownership changes to SharePoint engineering, we have decided transfer the PnP initiative GitHub repositories from OfficeDev … more

We are happy to announce availability of new SharePoint Client Side Object Model (CSOM) version targeted for the Office 365 or more specifically for SharePoint and Project Online. This release … more

During early November, we had a really rare occasion to have many of the SharePoint PnP Core Team members in one location at the same time, so we wanted to record a special PnP webcast with  … more

Across Office, we’re working to bring relevant information and automatically created insights – the intelligence – together for users so that they can make better decisions … more

In the past setting up a SharePoint Development box was a complex and tedious experience where a little misstep would, most likely, lead to resetting the machine and starting over.  So now we … more