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OneDriveBrowser and o365 APIs with A Custom Persistent Store for ADAL Token Cache
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14 days ago
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Steve Peschka
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In this post I’m going to briefly cover a custom token cache that I wrote for use with ADAL. The implementation itself is pretty straightforward from a coding perspective so I will just highlight a few of the basics. What has been less clear up...
Signout With SharePoint 2013 and SAML
Posted
18 days ago
by
Steve Peschka
Today's topic is one for which I deserve zero credit, I'm just putting out info that one of our crack engineers, Chad Ray, managed to dig up. I wanted to publish it here because I've worked with and talked to so many folks in the past who...
Using the o365 APIs and ADAL to Send Email from an Unattended Process
Posted
26 days ago
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Steve Peschka
1
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UPDATE: We just posted a blog on a new and better way to do this! Check out the blog post at http://blogs.msdn.com/b/exchangedev/archive/2015/01/22/building-demon-or-service-apps-with-office-365-mail-calendar-and-contacts-apis-oauth2-client-credential...
Another Cool Way to Remotely Debug Azure Web Sites
Posted
28 days ago
by
Steve Peschka
When I was working on a project last week I was having some problems getting the debugging experience working correctly between Visual Studio 2013 and my code which was running in an Azure web site. Fortunately a really smart guy that works here, Petr...
OneDrive for Business Browser Using o365 APIs
Posted
28 days ago
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Steve Peschka
1
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I’ve been spending a lot of time recently talking to different partners and customers about building applications using the Apps for Office and Apps for SharePoint platforms. One of the questions I seem to get most frequently though has been about...
Using ADAL Access Tokens with o365 REST APIs and CSOM
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1 month ago
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Steve Peschka
1
Comment
Many fine folks were generous enough to point out to me this week that you can now (actually since June’ish I’m told) use an access token you get from ADAL in conjunction with the o365 APIs to use ALSO with the SharePoint REST API as well...
OAuth, o365 APIs and Azure Service Management APIs – Using Them All Together
Posted
1 month ago
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Steve Peschka
2
Comments
I’ve been spending some time lately fooling around the o365 API’s. Frankly, it has been a hugely frustrating experience; I’ve never seen so many documentation gaps and examples and sample code that didn’t work, to flat out wouldn’t...
SQL Azure Connection String Settings for Visual Studio Projects Deployed to Azure Web Sites
Posted
2 months ago
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Steve Peschka
1
Comment
I recently spent HOURS looking for a silly little SQL Azure connection string in my Visual Studio project. When I created the project I configured it to be deployed to an Azure web site and I also connected it with a SQL Azure server where I'm storing...
Desktop SharePoint Apps for SAML Secured SharePoint Sites
Posted
2 months ago
by
Steve Peschka
3
Comments
Continuing on with the theme of SAML secured SharePoint sites and SharePoint Apps, this next posting looks at another common application model, which is using what I call a desktop app to connect to SharePoint. By “desktop”, I mean an app...
Developing Low Trust Provider Hosted Apps with SAML Authentication in SharePoint 2013
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4 months ago
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Steve Peschka
3
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Low trust provider hosted apps in a SAML secured SharePoint web application is a scenario that did not work when SharePoint 2013 was released. Things have changed fortunately, so here's a quick run down on what you need to do in order to build these...
An Updated ClaimsTokenHelper for SharePoint 2013 High Trust Apps and SAML
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4 months ago
by
Steve Peschka
8
Comments
When Visual Studio 2013 came out, it introduced a new class and simplified methods for obtaining a ClientContext to use with the Client Side Object Model (CSOM) to access SharePoint 2013 sites. A new SharePointContext class was added to simplify the programming...
Configuring SharePoint Hosted Apps with SAML Authentication in SharePoint 2013
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4 months ago
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Steve Peschka
7
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NOTE: This is a sampling of some content we're preparing for working with SharePoint Apps and SAML authentication. More content will be coming, and once everything is packaged up and a distribution channel determined I'll post a general announcement...
New and Improved Architecture Guidance for SharePoint 2013 Hybrid Features
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4 months ago
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Steve Peschka
4
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This post is an update to the original architectural guidance I published previously at http://blogs.technet.com/b/speschka/archive/2013/10/11/architecture-design-recommendation-for-sharepoint-2013-hybrid-search-features.aspx . If you read that post then...
You Start Getting a 401 Unauthorized Error When Using the SharePoint Hybrid Features After Applying April 2014 CU or Later
Posted
5 months ago
by
Steve Peschka
4
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This sounds scarily like a KB article, which I don't do, so we'll just jump straight to the facts. I noticed that after I applied the April 2014 CU to my farm that hybrid inbound search no longer worked. I subsequently confirmed with some other...
Developing and Deploying Multiple SharePoint 2013 Apps to a Single Azure Web Site
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5 months ago
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Steve Peschka
8
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Today’s topic is one that came about after I heard some folks kind of unhappy about using Azure web sites as a platform for SharePoint 2013 provider-hosted apps. The unhappiness as was really just about the fact that you only get 10 Azure web sites...
CloudTopia: Connecting o365, Apps, Azure and Cortana – Part 6
Posted
5 months ago
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Steve Peschka
6
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In Part 5 of this series we looked at all of the different ways in which CloudTopia is integrated with Office 365 through our custom Web API REST controller. We’re going to wrap up this series with a little sizzle, and look at the custom Windows...
CloudTopia: Connecting o365, Apps, Azure and Cortana – Part 5
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5 months ago
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Steve Peschka
9
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In Part 4 of this series we looked at the integration with various Azure services in the CloudTopia app. In this part we are going to explore all of the integration that was done with Office 365 and how we did it. Here's some quick links to...
CloudTopia: Connecting o365, Apps, Azure and Cortana – Part 4
Posted
5 months ago
by
Steve Peschka
7
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In Part 3 of this series we looked at the plumbing required to add support for Web API 2.x to your SharePoint Apps, as well as some of the integration needed to have it work with SharePoint and CSOM. In Part 4 we’re going to look at the integration...
CloudTopia: Connecting o365, Apps, Azure and Cortana – Part 3
Posted
5 months ago
by
Steve Peschka
6
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In Part 2 of this series we looked at some of the details of working with Yammer Open Graph items in the CloudTopia app. In Part 3 we’re going to talk about adding and using Web API 2.1 functionality to a standard out of the box SharePoint App,...
CloudTopia: Connecting o365, Apps, Azure and Cortana – Part 2
Posted
5 months ago
by
Steve Peschka
7
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In Part 1 of this series, I introduced you to the CloudTopia app. In Part 2 we’re going to look at some of the work we did with Open Graph items in CloudTopia. Here's some quick links to the whole series: Intro Open Graph ...
CloudTopia: Connecting o365, Apps, Azure and Cortana – Part 1
Posted
5 months ago
by
Steve Peschka
11
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This is going to be a multi-part series to dissect and tear apart an application I tweeted about using the #yammerofjuly hashtag. This is an application I developed a couple of months ago as a means of illustrating some of the different complexities and...
More SharePoint 2013 Hybrid Search Tips
Posted
5 months ago
by
Steve Peschka
3
Comments
As more folks are deploying the SharePoint 2013 Hybrid features we continue to pick up little tidbits that help make the journey easier. A couple of new ones have come up recently that are worth sharing at this point, so here goes: Don't include...
Yammer on Mobile Devices
Posted
5 months ago
by
Steve Peschka
3
Comments
Hi all, this post is really just for awareness about some fairly new Yammer content that was recently published. Our documentation team has prepared a poster for Yammer on Mobile Devices, which covers both applications and their features that we currently...
Uploading Large Files to SharePoint 2013 from .NET Using CSOM and REST
Posted
6 months ago
by
Steve Peschka
9
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Access Denied Error with App Only Access Token When Reading Profile Info
Posted
6 months ago
by
Steve Peschka
4
Comments
This is yet another rather strange error that I ran across and couldn't find any info out on the interwebs about it so I though I would document it here. Suppose you have a SharePoint App that needs to access some User Profile information. You will...
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