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Gotchas - Microsoft Graph/Outlook REST API throttling, best practices
In recent times, I was working with this customer where they make Graph API calls, Say, GET...
Author: Deva [MSFT] Date: 06/01/2018
Azure/Office 365 Graph API developer: RefreshToken, AccessToken, IdentityToken
These are 3 common terms (Refresh Token, Access Token, Identity Token) in Azure/Office 365 Graph API...
Author: Deva [MSFT] Date: 05/24/2018
Gotchas - Office 365 REST Reporting Web Service, empty results, time-out issues and more
Sharing my gotchas working with Office 365 Reporting Web Service (including MessagingTrace) related...
Author: Deva [MSFT] Date: 05/16/2018
Programmatically created email with attachment shows fields garbled
In recent times I was working with this developer customer. They created a custom application using...
Author: Deva [MSFT] Date: 05/05/2018
Office.js: MakeEWSRequestAsync throws “The request exceeds the 1 MB size limit. Please modify your EWS request”
One of my customer created Outlook Web add-in (Office.js) and when he calls...
Author: Deva [MSFT] Date: 05/01/2018
Join monthly Microsoft Graph Community Call @ May 1, 2018
Its time for #MicrosoftGraph monthly community call, May 1 at 8AM PST. Join us to learn about...
Author: Deva [MSFT] Date: 04/27/2018
Developer: Office 365 APIs and Mobile App Development
Office 365 is built on a mobile-first strategy. Office runs on almost any device these days, so why...
Author: Deva [MSFT] Date: 04/17/2018
Office Developer: Difference between Office Web addin vs COM/VSTO addin
COM or VSTO add-ins are earlier Office integration solutions that run only on Office for Windows....
Author: Deva [MSFT] Date: 04/02/2018
Office 365 Developer: Build add-ins for Microsoft Outlook
In this video you will see Petra provides a brief overview of the Outlook add-in platform and its...
Author: Deva [MSFT] Date: 03/22/2018
Exchange Server –March 2018 quarterly updates released
The March quarterly release updates for Exchange Server are now available on the download center. We...
Author: Deva [MSFT] Date: 03/22/2018
Shortly you can add anyone as guest in Microsoft Teams!!
Yes you heard it right. As we’re starting to roll out, shortly you will see the ability to add...
Author: Deva [MSFT] Date: 03/06/2018
Developer Guidance: Which endpoint should i use Microsoft Graph API or Outlook REST API?
With reference to what i blogged earlier, i get similar queries from app developers to choose...
Author: Deva [MSFT] Date: 03/05/2018
Download: Managing Click-to-Run deployments using Microsoft Office 2016 Deployment tool
The Office 2016 Deployment Tool allows the administrator to customize and manage Office 2016...
Author: Deva [MSFT] Date: 03/03/2018
Get-UserPhoto cmdlet may throw UserPhotoNotFoundException
Based on my last Get-userphoto blogpost, if you run the Exchange Powershell then you may get the...
Author: Deva [MSFT] Date: 03/02/2018
Microsoft Office 365–Using Exchange PowerShell to get Users photo from Microsoft Office 365
You can use the Get-UserPhoto cmdlet to view information about the user photos feature that allows...
Author: Deva [MSFT] Date: 03/01/2018
Debug: Syncing custom EWS app to an Exchange Server 2010 mailbox receive ErrorServerBusy
When you try to synchronize an Exchange Web Service (EWS)-based application to a mailbox in a...
Author: Deva [MSFT] Date: 02/28/2018
Office 365 Developer–Outlook actionable messages
In this video training, learn how to transform your workflows into actionable messages to engage...
Author: Deva [MSFT] Date: 02/23/2018
Developer: How to use Github for Windows users?
If you’re a Developer who is curious about Git and GitHub, be sure to check out this GitHub...
Author: Deva [MSFT] Date: 01/09/2018
Security: Office 365 Information protection for GDPR
If you’re using Microsoft Office 365 then please refer this solution which includes prescriptive...
Author: Deva [MSFT] Date: 12/21/2017
Support policy statement for Microsoft Graph
As new versions of the Microsoft Graph REST APIs and Microsoft Graph SDKs are released, earlier...
Author: Deva [MSFT] Date: 12/13/2017
Office 365 Devs: Deprecation of Outlook REST API v1.0
As you aware that the Version 1.0 of the Outlook REST API was launched in 2015 to provide API access...
Author: Deva [MSFT] Date: 12/13/2017
Cloud developer guidance: Microsoft Graph or Azure AD Graph?
This is one of the frequent query which i come across. whenever i talked to my app developer...
Author: Deva [MSFT] Date: 11/03/2017
Understand more about Office.js, it’s add-in runtime environment and Internet Explorer protected mode!!
In addition to the earlier blog post, you can refer the following:- Microsoft Office addins using...
Author: Deva [MSFT] Date: 11/01/2017
Debug: Outlook office addin (apps for office) fails to load, errors out
Recently one of my developer customer reported that he designed a new Outlook addin (apps for...
Author: Deva [MSFT] Date: 11/01/2017
Debug EWS subscription error - You have exceeded the available subscriptions for your account
Recently i was investigating an issue reported by an app developer. They created a custom EWS...
Author: Deva [MSFT] Date: 10/06/2017
Download Exchange Server 2016 CU 7, Exchange Server 2013 CU 18
On September 19, 2017 we released the Cumulative update 7 for Microsoft Exchange Server 2016 and...
Author: Deva [MSFT] Date: 10/04/2017
Microsoft Graph, Office 365 and .Net Developer
As you aware Microsoft Graph provides a powerful and consistent API for data in Office 365, Azure...
Author: Deva [MSFT] Date: 10/03/2017
Part # 3 {Office Insider} - Install, test earlier preview builds of Office 2016 (Office Insider builds)
After my Part # 1, Part # 2, i was asked by many of my developer customers, is there any way they...
Author: Deva [MSFT] Date: 09/09/2017
Part # 2 {Office Insider} - Getting early access to new Office 2016 features to the Office 365 Commercial customers
Adding this is in continuation of my earlier post. If you’re the admin for an organization that has...
Author: Deva [MSFT] Date: 09/06/2017
Yay, my MSDN blog listed in a book!!
One of my Exchange/Office 365 developer customer shared this with me - that my MSDN blog (updated...
Author: Deva [MSFT] Date: 09/05/2017
Scripting: Send email using Powershell and System.Net.Mail API
You can send email using System.Net.Mail API & PowerShell scripting. It’s easy, faster!! Lets...
Author: Deva [MSFT] Date: 08/30/2017
Office 365 Developer: Mail, Calendar, Contacts REST APIs and Hybrid Exchange
If you’re an Azure/Office 365 application developer, then this session is for you. In this Office...
Author: Deva [MSFT] Date: 08/29/2017
Fixed: In Exchange Hybrid scenario Microsoft Graph REST API query fails due to $select $top $skips commands ignored
Recently i was working with an app developer who’s using Microsoft Graph REST API in their...
Author: Deva [MSFT] Date: 08/26/2017
Office 365 Developer: Using People API with Microsoft Graph v1.0
Microsoft Graph provides access to useful people data. You can use the person resource and the...
Author: Deva [MSFT] Date: 08/22/2017
Try this out: Facing startup issue with Windows store app?
Do you face startup issue with Windows Store app? If yes, then you can try the following and see if...
Author: Deva [MSFT] Date: 08/22/2017
Part #1 {Office Insider} Gotcha: Be an Office Insider
Good number of my developer customers/ISVs asking about “Microsoft Office Insider”, “what is it” and...
Author: Deva [MSFT] Date: 08/19/2017
Develop, debug code in Visual Studio 2017
With Visual Studio 2017, you can open code from nearly any type of directory-based project into...
Author: Deva [MSFT] Date: 08/19/2017
Use Microsoft Graph API to reach on-premises, cloud users of hybrid Exchange 2016
As you aware, Office 365 and Exchange Online provide a new way to work with email, calendars, and...
Author: Deva [MSFT] Date: 07/22/2017
Office 365 Dev: Connecting Microsoft Graph with Visual Studio 2017
If you have connected Microsoft Graph with previous Visual Studio to build application, then you can...
Author: Deva [MSFT] Date: 07/13/2017
Video: Creating apps using Microsoft Graph & Visual Studio 2017
In this video, Michael Mainer, Senior Community Engineer talks about how you can connect Microsoft...
Author: Deva [MSFT] Date: 07/11/2017
Office 365 Graph Developer : Lets use Microsoft Graph Delta Query…
As you aware that Microsoft Graph provides a single API endpoint that gives you access to rich...
Author: Deva [MSFT] Date: 06/21/2017
Redmond Protocol Plugfest 2017
Dear fellow developers and quality assurance engineers / testers, please register/participate in our...
Author: Deva [MSFT] Date: 06/09/2017
Diagnostics: How to enable debug tracing for System.Net.Mail API?
You can enable the following trace switches in your application config file, so that you can enable...
Author: Deva [MSFT] Date: 06/02/2017
Build 2017 Developers – How to build solutions with Actionable messages in Outlook?
In this session, David Claux, Principal Program manager will help you to understand what’s an...
Author: Deva [MSFT] Date: 05/30/2017
Office 365 Developers - Catch up on Outlook APIs in Microsoft Graph
In Build 2017, i attended good number of sessions virutally, including this one by Venkat...
Author: Deva [MSFT] Date: 05/30/2017
Microsoft Build 2017 Developer Conference, Seattle on May 10-12, 2017
The Microsoft Build 2017 developer conference takes place in Seattle on May 10–12, but no matter...
Author: Deva [MSFT] Date: 05/10/2017
MAPI Developer: Download latest MFCMAPI from the Github
As you aware that MFCMAPI provides access to MAPI stores to facilitate investigation of Exchange and...
Author: Deva [MSFT] Date: 05/09/2017
Debug: WebAPI/Web Service fails to hit Load Balancer when called from Outlook add-in
Recently i worked with this app developer, who created a custom Outlook add-in through which they...
Author: Deva [MSFT] Date: 04/25/2017