- Published 8/30/2016
- 1st Edition
Leverage Office 365 data and services in powerful custom solutions
Learn how to develop custom solutions that access and interact with Office 365 data from your own apps on practically any mobile, web, or desktop platform. Paolo Pialorsi offers practical, code-rich coverage of every key aspect of Office 365 development, walking you through building a complete start-to-finish solution. You’ll learn how to use the new Microsoft Graph API to integrate users’ mail, calendars, contacts, groups, files, folders, and more. Leveraging Microsoft APIs at the REST level, you’ll discover how to create Office 365 solutions for Windows
Universal, iOS, or Android devices and target nearly any other modern platform.
Top Microsoft developer Paolo Pialorsi shows you how to
- Understand the Office 365 ecosystem from functional and developer perspectives
- Set up your Office 365 development environment
- Develop Office 365 applications, Office Add-ins, and SharePoint Add-ins
- Invoke Microsoft Graph API endpoints from any platform via bare HTTP requests
- Authenticate users against online tenants with Microsoft Azure Active Directory
- Use Mail services to manage Microsoft Exchange Online mailboxes
- Browse, create, update, and manage Office 365 Groups
- Use File services to consume and manage files on Microsoft OneDrive for Business
- Make the most of the Microsoft Graph SDK for .NET
- Manage common tasks via the SharePoint REST API
- Create and publish Office 365 applications and add-ins
In addition, this book is part of the Current Book Service from Microsoft Press. Books in this program will receive periodic updates to address significant software changes for 12 to 18 months following the original publication date via a free Web Edition. Learn more at
https://www.microsoftpressstore.com/cbs.
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Table of Contents
Introduction
Part I Getting started
Chapter 1 Microsoft Office 365: A quick tour
What is Microsoft Office 365?
Licensing and subscription plans
Administration in Office 365
Chapter 2 Overview of Office 365 development
Setting up your development environment
Office 365 applications development
SharePoint online development
Office client development
Part II Office 365 programming model
Chapter 3 Microsoft Graph API reference
What is the Microsoft Graph API?
Consuming users and security groups
Consuming mail, contacts, and calendars
Consuming OneDrive for Business
Working with Office 365 Groups
Chapter 4 Azure Active Directory and security
Introducing Azure Active Directory
Configuring apps and services in Azure AD
Understanding OpenID Connect and OAuth 2.0
Active Directory Authentication Library
Part III Consuming Office 365
Chapter 5 Mail, calendar, and contact services
Setting up the environment
Mail services
Calendar services
Contact services
Chapter 6 Users and Groups services
Users services
Groups services
Office 365 Groups services
Chapter 7 File services
Working with drives, files, and folders
Permissions and sharing
Chapter 8 Microsoft Graph SDK for .NET
Introduction to the Microsoft Graph SDK
Querying resources
Managing resources
Real-life examples
Chapter 9 SharePoint REST API
Introducing the REST API
Common REST API usage
Part IV SharePoint and Office app
Chapter 10 Creating Office 365 applications
Solution overview
Creating and registering the Office 365 application
Basic UI elements with Office UI Fabric
Extending and consuming SharePoint Online
Using the Microsoft Graph
Creating asynchronous jobs
Publishing the application on Azure
Office 365 Connectors
Chapter 11 Overview of Office Add-ins
Introducing Office Add-ins
Creating Outlook Add-ins
Office JavaScript APIs
Creating Content and Task Pane Add-ins
Chapter 12 Publishing your applications and add-ins
Options for publishing add-ins and web applications
Using the Seller Dashboard
Licensing model
Metrics and company profile
