Microsoft has updated the Teams Store validation guidelines for anyone wishing to publish their apps to the Microsoft Teams App Store. The validation guidelines help developers understand why their app might be rejected, and what they can do about it. AI-generated content is a new area of concern for Microsoft that will now be scrutinised. There are 4 main areas for developers to be aware of: You need to tell users that you are using AI-generated content. This needs to happen both before the user adds the app (so, probably in the description), and during usage of the app. Although Copilot Cha ..read more

This week: Announcing Call Record Insights for Microsoft Teams Common reasons for app validation failure – AI Update Introducing the new Copilot experience in Visual Studio You can also listen to the audio-only version: Thoughtstuff Podcast – Tom Morgan on Teams Dev: Weekly Update 15 April 2024. Find all my videos at thoughtstuff.co.uk/videos. You can also subscribe to the audio-only version of these videos, either via iTunes, Spotify or your own podcasting tool ..read more

About a million years ago (OK, 13 months ago) I blogged suggesting that I thought that soon meeting participants would be able to change their display name. This was because of a new property I had spotted in Microsoft Graph for a meeting object to signify whether this was possible in the meeting. That went in, but then the Microsoft Teams client didn’t immediately evolve to take advantage of it. Now though, I’m excited to see that it’s on the Microsoft 365 Roadmap, and with a roll out date of May 2024! The other thing that has changed is that the allowParticipantsToChangeName property in the ..read more

This week: How to: Build and Deploy the Easiest – but most Impactful – Plugin for Microsoft 365 Copilot Deprecation of the Microsoft Graph meeting registration beta APIs OneNote get-pages?search API deprecation Bringing the latest capabilities to Copilot for Microsoft 365 customers You can also listen to the audio-only version here: Thoughtstuff Podcast – Tom Morgan on Teams Dev: Weekly Update 8 April 2024. Find all my videos at thoughtstuff.co.uk/videos. You can also subscribe to the audio-only version of these videos, either via iTunes, Spotify or your own podcasting tool ..read more

I wanted to put together a guide for people starting out building their first plugin for Copilot. I didn’t want people to feel like they HAD to be seasoned developers to be able to build something. I wanted to show how straightforward it was. I also wanted to create something useful, not just another Hello World demo. I believe that this plugin genuinely has value and I’m using it daily. In this guide, I start with an existing sample for a Microsoft Teams messaging extension, and then modify it in order to create a plugin for Microsoft 365 Copilot. Everything I did is in this video, which is j ..read more

This week: Help customers reach your organization with click-to-call for Microsoft Teams Phone Get started with Azure Communication Services UI library calling to Teams Voice Apps Bot Powered Viva Connections extensibility supported for Teams Solutions Dev Proxy v0.16 with simulated handling Teams Admin Center notifications for Microsoft Graph connectors Configuring Microsoft Teams Deep Links You can also listen to the audio-only version here: Thoughtstuff Podcast – Tom Morgan on Teams Dev: Weekly Update 1 April 2024. Find all my videos at thoughtstuff.co.uk/videos. You can also subscribe to ..read more

This week: Action required: ensure your Microsoft Teams apps are ready for upcoming domain changes Enhance productivity using Teams’ developer-oriented collaboration tools and Copilot WhatsApp Business Platform now available for applications built on Azure Azure Communication Services March 2024 Feature Updates You can also listen to the audio-only version here: Thoughtstuff Podcast – Tom Morgan on Teams Dev: Weekly Update 18 March 2024. Find all my videos at thoughtstuff.co.uk/videos. You can also subscribe to the audio-only version of these videos, either via iTunes, Spotify or your own pod ..read more

As Microsoft 365 Platform Developers building messaging extensions, I noticed something about how our audience is changing. We used to write messaging extensions for people, but things have changed. Now, our audience includes not just people, but also Copilot. This AI is now making crucial decisions about which messaging extensions are shown to users. It’s a shift that we all need to be prepared for. So, how does Copilot actually make these decisions? Well, it’s a two-step process: shortlisting and reasoning. Initially, Copilot has to pick from a myriad of different apps. This includes the o ..read more

This week (from MVP Summit!): Your path to value with Copilot for Microsoft 365 Data residency in the AI era: New capabilities to manage your data  Ability Summit 2024: Advancing accessibility with AI technology and innovation You can also listen to the audio-only version here: Thoughtstuff Podcast – Tom Morgan on Teams Dev: Weekly Update 11 March 2024. Find all my videos at thoughtstuff.co.uk/videos. You can also subscribe to the audio-only version of these videos, either via iTunes, Spotify or your own podcasting tool ..read more

This week: Is Microsoft preparing to add a “Solutions” class of API calls to Microsoft Graph? Dev Proxy v0.15 with simulating CRUD APIs secured with Microsoft Entra Join us in 2024 — events to get your teams AI-ready Draw.io Azure infrastructure diagrams through code like an artist You can also listen to the audio-only version here: Thoughtstuff Podcast – Tom Morgan on Teams Dev: Weekly Update 4 March 2024. Find all my videos at thoughtstuff.co.uk/videos. You can also subscribe to the audio-only version of these videos, either via iTunes, Spotify or your own podcasting tool ..read more