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Leverage the Microsoft Teams developer platform to integrate and build your apps in Teams. Busy developers will want to integrate it with other applications, both existing and new ones. Use this practical, hands-on guide to get you started building amazing custom solutions on and for Microsoft Teams, the new collaboration workspace in Office 365 and the fastest growing app in Microsoft history. Get ready to learn how to interact with data inside of Teams and how to surface your data on top of Teams, so that it is easily searchable and better supports people in their day-to-day jobs. Teams development expert Rick Van Rousselt starts at the beginning, helping you set up your environment, and takes you step by step through the process. You will begin with low code, simple integrations, and progress in your learning to increasingly more complex, multi-faceted applications that use every aspect of the extension capabilities of Teams. And a bonus for developers is that integrating your own apps into the Teams developer platform is an excellent opportunity for those apps to get more visibility and usage. What You Will Learn: Understand the different development extension points and frameworks that are available in the Teams developer platform Create custom tabs, bots, connectors, messaging extensions, and webhooks Set up your development environment and speed up the development process Enlist best practices and easy wins that will make an application stand out inside the Teams ecosystem Explore advanced scenarios where the integrations of Office 365 meet inside of Microsoft Teams This book is for developers (front end, back end, C#, or Node.js) and architects. Readers should be familiar with C# or Node.js and tools such as Visual Studio or Visual Studio Code and have some experience with Microsoft Teams. Beyond that, no further knowledge is required because the book starts at the beginning, setting up a development environment. Rick Van Rousselt is a managing partner at Advantive, a Microsoft Gold Partner. He is an Office Apps and Services Microsoft MVP who has been working with SharePoint since 2007, eventually transitioning to Office 365. With a strong focus on development, his current position has given him a diverse skill set and expertise in Office 365, Azure, and all related technologies. His inquisitive disposition motivates him to continuously gain knowledge and share what he learns with those interested in learning the same technologies. He is often pounding pavement in the global tech community, speaking at events such as Microsoft Ignite, ESPC, Collaboration, SharePoint Saturdays, and more, most recently on the topic of Teams development.

Explore Microsoft Teams and use its principal tools such as Node.js, npm, Yeoman, Gulp, TypeScript, and React to help you develop for Teams better. This book covers the core components and use cases for Teams apps and guides you through ideas for automation, provisioning, and implementation. Building Solutions with Microsoft Teams starts with an overview of the Microsoft Teams developer platform followed by how to set up your environment for building apps and solutions with Teams. You will then go through various features of conversational bots and learn how to create a bot. You will gain an understanding of the messaging extension and command actions along with tabs for personal, groups, and teams contexts. Moving forward, you will work with SharePoint and Teams together via SharePoint Framework. Finally, you will manage the Teams life cycle and see design guidelines supported by various case studies. After reading this book, you will be able to integrate solutions from Power Apps, Power Automate, Power BI, and Power Virtual agents by using accelerators. You will also be able to leverage your existing skills from SharePoint Framework development. You will: Extend the Teams developer platform capabilities Understand Microsoft Graph, including lifecycle management, collaboration, calling, and online meetings Create an app package for your Microsoft Teams app Connect web services to Microsoft Teams with webhooks.

A comprehensive guide to Teams for users and administrators, filled with real-world scenarios and best practices Key FeaturesUpdated with new chapters on Teams templates, the special editions of Teams, and Microsoft Viva Customize Teams for increased efficiency, collaborate with best practices, and use advanced Teams functionalities to your advantageExtend Teams through integration with Microsoft services such as PowerShell, SharePoint, Power Apps, and Power AutomateBook Description Microsoft Teams is a permanent fixture in the modern workplace, but many of its productivity-boosting features go unnoticed or unused. Hands-On Microsoft Teams shows you how to use Teams to its full potential through easy-to-follow practical tutorials. This guide to mastering Teams explores the platform in comprehensive detail and how it interacts with the rest of the Microsoft ecosystem to help you work efficiently and manage your resources. You'll get to grips with core functionality like setting up and managing teams, channels, chats, tabs, and meetings. You'll also learn to get the best out of Teams by adding custom apps, integrating with Microsoft 365, using PowerShell automation, and exploring useful settings you didn't know existed. Along the way, you'll be shown various real-world scenarios and how to implement solutions for them in Teams that will increase your productivity. Whether you're an administrator, manager, or team member, by the end of this book you'll be confident in using everything Microsoft Teams has to offer. What you will learnPerform scheduling and manage meetings, live events, and webinarsCreate and manage Microsoft Teams templates to streamline company processesDeal with permissions and security issues in managing private and public teams and channelsExtend Microsoft Teams using custom apps, Microsoft 365, and PowerShell automationBuild your own Teams app with the Developer Portal without writing any codeDeploy helpful chatbots using QnA Maker and Power Virtual AgentsExplore Teams use cases for education, frontline work, and personal lifeBring together knowledge, learning, resources, and insights with the new employee experience platform, Microsoft VivaWho this book is for This Microsoft Teams book is for users who want to get a better handle on Teams, managers looking to improve the way their teams are working, and Microsoft 365 administrators who want to implement Teams effectively.

Leverage the Microsoft Teams developer platform to integrate and build your apps in Teams. Busy developers will want to integrate it with other applications, both existing and new ones. Use this practical, hands-on guide to get you started building amazing custom solutions on and for Microsoft Teams, the new collaboration workspace in Office 365 and the fastest growing app in Microsoft history. Get ready to learn how to interact with data inside of Teams and how to surface your data on top of Teams, so that it is easily searchable and better supports people in their day-to-day jobs. Teams development expert Rick Van Rousselt starts at the beginning, helping you set up your environment, and takes you step by step through the process. You will begin with low code, simple integrations, and progress in your learning to increasingly more complex, multi-faceted applications that use every aspect of the extension capabilities of Teams. And a bonus for developers is that integrating your own apps into the Teams developer platform is an excellent opportunity for those apps to get more visibility and usage. What You Will Learn Understand the different development extension points and frameworks that are available in the Teams developer platform Create custom tabs, bots, connectors, messaging extensions, and webhooks Set up your development environment and speed up the development process Enlist best practices and easy wins that will make an application stand out inside the Teams ecosystem Explore advanced scenarios where the integrations of Office 365 meet inside of Microsoft Teams Who This Book Is For Developers (front end, back end, C#, or Node.js) and architects. Readers should be familiar with C# or Node.js and tools such as Visual Studio or Visual Studio Code and have some experience with Microsoft Teams. Beyond that, no further knowledge is required because the book starts at the beginning, setting up a development environment.

Build customized apps quickly using real-world business scenarios and proven techniques with this all-inclusive guide for Microsoft Teams professionals Purchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free PDF eBook Key Features Customize and extend Microsoft Teams using Power Apps, Power Automate, SharePoint framework, PowerShell, and Microsoft Graph APIs Integrate Microsoft-certified third-party and Dynamics 365 apps with Microsoft Teams Understand the low-code capabilities of Microsoft Teams provided by Dataverse for Teams Book DescriptionIn the evolving remote working arrangement, the demand for custom Microsoft Teams apps is increasing rapidly across businesses. If you are someone who aims to provide users with an exceptional experience through custom-built apps that adhere to industry standards and good governance, Customizing Microsoft Teams is for you! The book starts with an overview of Microsoft Teams customization and configuration prerequisites. It then shows you how to expose functionalities from various solutions through tabs, connectors, messaging extensions, and more before you move on to explore how the PowerShell module can manage multiple aspects of administration and how to use the SharePoint Framework for creating custom Microsoft Teams apps. You’ll be able to work with Microsoft Dataverse for Teams to build custom apps, bots, and flows using Power Apps, Power Virtual Agents, and Power Automate. As you publish your production-ready apps on the Teams store and Microsoft AppSource, you’ll also understand Teams app analytics and reporting functionalities. By the end of this book, you’ll have learned how to develop custom solutions to solve critical business problems and extend the power of Microsoft Teams to develop high-value use cases in the remote working culture.What you will learn Understand Microsoft Teams app architecture and configuration for custom apps Personalize the Teams compose box with your app and develop rich interactive cards Explore the diverse Teams capabilities using Microsoft Graph APIs Manage multiple aspects of Teams administration, including users, policies, and configuration Build custom apps and bots using Power Apps, Power Virtual Agents, and Power Automate Use community-driven, open source app templates for Microsoft Teams extensibility Publish your app on Microsoft AppSource for global subscribers Who this book is forIf you are a business user, Microsoft Teams developer, citizen developer, or Microsoft Teams admin working with Microsoft 365 apps and want to develop custom solutions with Microsoft Teams for multiple business use cases, this book is for you. It is recommended that you have a fundamental understanding of Microsoft 365 technologies to fully benefit from this book.

Harness the full power of the Visual Studio IDE to take your coding skills to the next level by learning about IDE productivity practices and exclusive techniques Key FeaturesIncrease your productivity by leveraging Visual Studio 2019's improvements and featuresExplore powerful editing, code intelligence, and source code control features to increase productivityDelve into VS’s powerful, untapped features such as custom project templates and extensionsBook Description Visual Studio 2019 (VS 2019) and Visual Studio Code (VS Code) are powerful professional development tools that help you to develop applications for any platform with ease. Whether you want to create web, mobile, or desktop applications, Microsoft Visual Studio is your one-stop solution. This book demonstrates some of the most sophisticated capabilities of the tooling and shows you how to use the integrated development environment (IDE) more efficiently to be more productive. You’ll begin by gradually building on concepts, starting with the basics. The introductory chapters cover shortcuts, snippets, and numerous optimization tricks, along with debugging techniques, source control integration, and other important IDE features that will help you make your time more productive. With that groundwork in place, more advanced concepts such as the inner workings of project and item templates are covered. You will also learn how to write quality, secure code more efficiently as well as discover how certain Visual Studio features work 'under the hood'. By the end of this Visual Studio book, you’ll have learned how to write more secure code faster than ever using your knowledge of the extensions and processes that make developing successful solutions more enjoyable and repeatable. What you will learnUnderstand the similarities and differences between VS 2019 and VS CodeGet to grips with numerous keyboard shortcuts to improve efficiencyDiscover IDE tips and tricks that make it easier to write codeExperiment with code snippets that make it easier to write repeating code patternsFind out how to customize project and item templates with the help of hands-on exercisesUse Visual Studio extensions for ease and improved productivityDelve into Visual Studio’s behind the scene operationsWho this book is for This book is for C# and .NET developers who want to become more efficient and take advantage of features they may not be aware of in the IDE. Those looking to increase their productivity and write quality code more quickly by fully utilizing the power of the Visual Studio IDE will also find this book useful.

Design, build, and deploy multi-platform apps to overcome crucial business problems by leveraging the capabilities of low-code and no-code development enabled through Microsoft Power Platform and Teams Key Features Find out how you can accelerate the digital transformation of your organization as a citizen developer Build your first app with the help of step-by-step guidance and add capabilities with flows and bots Learn about lifecycle management for applications, environments, and licensing Book Description Microsoft Dataverse for Teams is a built-in, low-code data platform for Teams and enables everyone to easily build and deploy apps, flows, and intelligent chatbots using Power Apps, Power Automate, and Power Virtual Agents (PVA) embedded in Microsoft Teams. Without learning any coding language, you will be able to build apps with step-by-step explanations for setting up Teams, creating tables to store data, and leverage the data for your digital solutions. With the techniques covered in the book, you'll be able to develop your first app with Dataverse for Teams within an hour! You'll then learn how to automate repetitive tasks or build alerts using Power Automate and Power Virtual Agents. As you get to grips with building these digital solutions, you'll also be able to understand when to consider upgrading from Dataverse for Teams to Dataverse, along with its advanced features. Finally, you'll explore features for administration and governance and understand the licensing requirements of Microsoft Dataverse for Teams and PowerApps. Having acquired the skills to build and deploy an enterprise-grade digital solution, by the end of the book, you will have become a qualified citizen developer and be ready to lead a digital revolution in your organization. What you will learn Gain a deeper understanding of Microsoft Dataverse for Teams by exploring various business scenarios Design, build, and deploy enterprise-grade applications for Teams Develop Power Automate flows and PVA bots using Dataverse for Teams Discover administration and security best practices Understand the licensing requirements and advanced features of Microsoft Dataverse Identify scenarios in your organizations where your citizen development skills can be leveraged Who this book is for The book is for citizen developers, business professionals, or anyone looking to develop applications to solve critical business problems. Basic knowledge of using software like PowerPoint, Excel-like formulae, and navigating between application screens is all you need to get started with this book.

* This book offers a clear path of discovery into VS .NET to get you comfortable with it and then demonstrates how to effectively tweak it to the development need. * Very well received original edition : >9000 sales before liquidation forced de-stock. * Offers a look forward to Visual Studio.NET (Whidbey). * Joins with our family of Visual Studio.NET books from Apress: This book + 1590590260 Writing Add-Ins for Visual Studio.NET (Les Smith)+ 1-59059-042-2 Enterprise Development with Visual Studio .NET, UML, and MSF (Hansen, Thomsen).