Programming Microsoft Office 365

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.

Table of Contents

Part I: Getting started
Chapter 1. Microsoft Office 365: A quick tour
Chapter 2. Overview of Office 365 development

Part II: Office 365 programming model
Chapter 3. Microsoft Graph API reference
Chapter 4. Azure Active Directory and security

Part III: Consuming Office 365
Chapter 5. Mail, calendar, and contact services
Chapter 6. Users and Groups services
Chapter 7. File services
Chapter 8. Microsoft Graph SDK for .NET
Chapter 9. SharePoint REST API

Part IV: SharePoint and Office apps
Chapter 10. Creating Office 365 applications
Chapter 11. Overview of Office Add-ins
Chapter 12. Publishing your applications and add-ins