• Using ADAL Access Tokens with o365 REST APIs and CSOM

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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...