Using ngrok to get a public HTTPS address for a local server already serving HTTPS (for free)

The scenario here is that you've got a local web server already serving up a web application over https. You want to be able to access the web application from another machine/device hence you are using ngrok to provide a public URL. By default ngrok assumes that your local web server is just serving http... Continue Reading →

How to debug Office Add-ins that use the Edge web browser control

Office add-ins running in the Windows Desktop version of Office products are hosted using an embedded web browser control within the Office product. Traditionally this browser control was based on Internet Explorer (IE). This has changed recently so that later builds of Office are using Edge as the browser control. The technique used to debug... Continue Reading →

How to create a Microsoft Teams Messaging Extension pop-up dialog with a custom UI

Messaging Extensions in Microsoft Teams allow you to pull in data from other systems and insert into the new message the user is composing. This can be an incredible time saver for users and results in consistent and accurate data in the form of a card being inserted into the message. Most of the documentation... Continue Reading →

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