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Microsoft Ignite 2018 – Office Developer Announcements
As the dust settles on Microsoft Ignite for another year I’m left going back over my notes and recalling discussions I had for all those key announcements, advice and snippets of gold that will have a real impact for Office developers.
If you are looking for a high level list of announcements made at the conference, the Ignite Book of News is a good place to start although it doesn’t cover many of the announcements that were made in the Office Developer area – this book covers a lot of the Azure announcements, which most Office developers will have a mild interest in (we have to host our code somewhere!)
Here’s some of my favourite announcements:
Do more with new upcoming SharePoint development capabilities announced at Ignite 2018
- Call Microsoft Graph and Web APIs and deploy Extensions across your SharePoint sites
- Deploy your web parts and application pages to Microsoft Teams
- Connect across components with dynamic data capabilities
- Deliver complete applications with application pages
- Harness more of SharePoint with new Microsoft Graph APIs
- Managed access to Microsoft Graph (data connect to bulk export to Azure subscription)
- Notifications API
- Dynamics is now in Microsoft Graph
- New PowerApps templates
- Security API
- Microsoft Teams, Messages, Calendars, Files, and Folders
Microsoft Authentication Library (MSAL)
- In preview but suitable for production use
- Capable of reaching both v1 and v2 services
- MSAL JavaScript library for serverless implicit flow scenarios
I thought this years conference was very well run and the volume of people moving about the conference centre wasn’t overwhelming. I had a lot of fun meeting new people and reconnecting with old friends. It’s great to have such knowledgeable Microsoft staff accessible on the expo hall floor (both from a Marketing and Engineering side) to discuss particular scenarios, technologies, ad bounce ideas off.
Microsoft Ignite 2017 in Orlando – My top picks and tips
Microsoft’s premier technology conference Microsoft Ignite 2017 is quickly approaching and it’s set to be the largest Ignite conference yet (rumoured to be around 24,000 attendees).
OnePlace Solutions – Products that rock this world
I’m excited to be attending again with some of the awesome OnePlace Solutions team. OnePlace Solutions is again a sponsor and exhibitor at the conference so please come by and pay us a visit on the expo floor (booth 1724). We will be running live demos of our desktop product suite (a major release went out for this last week so you will be seeing brand new software) including OnePlaceMail, OnePlaceDocs, and OnePlaceLive.
In addition I’m super proud of the work we did earlier this year to launch OnePlaceMail for iPhone/iPad, and just last week we were a launch partner when Microsoft announced add-in availability for Outlook on Android.
Fun & Giveaways – that are out of this world
Who doesn’t like building LEGO and winning prizes? Come and play our Lego game for your chance to win the LEGO® NASA Apollo Saturn V
What’s at the Conference for Office Developers?
Heaps, and heaps, and heaps. Trying to build a schedule in MyIgnite website is overwhelming with the shear number of sessions available BUT IT IS ALSO A MUST – don’t try to figure it out on the day, it will take a couple of hours to really look through the options and choose the right sessions for yourself. The conference centre is huge, so if you end up in the wrong session you could have a 30 minute walk to get to another session, not a situation you want to find yourself in. Here’s my picks for Office developers:
Microsoft Office 365 platform overview
Learn about the latest that Office 365 has to offer developers and power users, from Microsoft Teams extensibility and the Microsoft Graph to Office add-ins and Office UI Fabric. We cover the full range of solution-building tools, from Microsoft PowerApps and Microsoft Flow to Visual Studio and Visual Studio Code. Get a demo-packed overview of the platform, and a guide to Office sessions you should see through the rest of the conference.
https://myignite.microsoft.com/sessions/55142?source=sessions
Make your app a native part of Office with Office Add-ins
Microsoft Office Add-ins allow you to make your solution a native part of Office on every platform across desktop, web, and mobile applications. Learn how to build an Office Add-in, the new features we’ve recently launched and our future roadmap. This session covers how to enable native Office experiences using standard web developers tools, how your Add-in can run anywhere, and all the great distribution channels for publishing your app.
https://myignite.microsoft.com/sessions/54720?source=sessions
Building the modern SharePoint experience: Best practices from Microsoft for developing with SPFx
Chakkaradeep Chinnakonda Chandran, Waldek Mastykarz
With the SharePoint Framework, you can incorporate modern developer techniques to create fast, responsive components. Building on lessons from developing out-of-the-box components, in this session, we go under the hood to explore details of modern SharePoint client-side development tools to not only manage your developer environment but also give you an edge in building optimized and performant web parts and extensions. We also show how you can streamline deployment with SharePoint CDN facilities to strike the optimal mix of flexibility and performance for your projects.
https://myignite.microsoft.com/sessions/53866?source=sessions
Migrate your apps from legacy APIs to Microsoft Graph
Microsoft Graph is the single REST API endpoint for accessing your data in the Microsoft Cloud including from Azure Active Directory, Office 365, Intune, and more. In this session, learn about how Microsoft Graph can now enable you to create apps that were simply not possible before. Find out what is new with Microsoft Graph in addressing previous parity gaps with legacy endpoints, learn about the scenarios that you can build using Graph, and see how you can quickly migrate to using Graph.
https://myignite.microsoft.com/sessions/55419?source=sessions
Office development: Authentication demystified
Tokens and Scopes and Protocols, Oh My! Come to this session to discover how easy it is to use the MSAL SDK to connect your applications and Office Add-ins to the Microsoft Graph, without any need to become a protocol expert. No matter what platform or dev stack you are targeting, you’ll be surprised by how little code it takes to authenticate users and take advantage of Microsoft’s rich cloud API. We cover a lot of great MSAL-focused tech, including MSAL.NET for UWP, Desktop and Xamarin, MSAL.NET for Agave plug-ins and MSAL JS. We also touch on MSAL for iOS and Android. It goes without saying – but we’ll say it anyway – that we also talk about Microsoft Graph!
https://myignite.microsoft.com/sessions/55110?source=sessions
Stay Updated and Hear the News as it Breaks
Follow @MS_Ignite on Twitter and use/follow the hashtag #MSIgnite to share your thoughts
Follow the 10 MVP “Community Reports”
Keep your eyes and ears open – news will be breaking all around you!
Enjoy Yourself and Have Fun
Take the opportunity to enjoy Universal for a private party (that doesn’t happen every day!)
See if any of the events from the Ultimate Events Party List take your fancy
Tweet your step count. I think I’m a chance of cracking 20,000 steps a day
I’ll be tweeting (@CameronDwyer) throughout the conference.
Hope to see you there.
Microsoft Ignite 2016 – Ready, Set, Connect
OnePlace Solutions is proud to be an exhibitor and sponsor again this year at the Microsoft Ignite conference in Atlanta. Ignite is Microsoft’s premier conference this year for Office 365, SharePoint, Exchange, Azure, Windows and related technologies.
I’ll be on the OnePlace Solution booth (#563) during the conference talking about our suite of products that bring SharePoint and Office 365 to where you work such as Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Adobe Acrobat, and Windows Desktop.
I’m very excited to be unveiling our latest product OnePlaceConnect at the conference. OnePlaceConnect is focused on bringing cloud based solutions such as Office 365 and SharePoint directly into the applications you use, on whatever device you use them (yes that means on your iPad/Android tablets, phones, Mac and of course your Windows devices).
Registration is now open to participate in the OnePlaceConnect Preview and be one of the first to get your hands on the new product.
The following are some really useful resources that I often refer people to at conferences.
OnePlaceLive – Scenarios Unleashed (Project Management, Legal Matter Management)
OnePlaceLive – Email Tracking video
It’s always fun meeting new people at conferences and hearing of successes, challenges and battle wounds you’ve had with technology. It’s also awesome to catch up with existing customers and partners while I’m in the US as well, so please drop by the OnePlace Solutions booth if you get a chance.
We will have some swag at the booth, and we have new and improved hacky sacks/footbags/juggling balls to give away this conference. I’m more excited than I probably should be about those!
We will also be giving away a Microsoft Band 2, so make sure you drop by for your chance to win.
Have a great conference and hope to see you at the booth or one of the many events.
Reach out to me @CameronDwyer on Twitter during the conference.
