Developing for Microsoft Teams

Course details

Microsoft Teams is one of the fastest growing enterprise tools and lets workers collaborate, conduct meetings, share data and information, and use applications, all within Teams. The versatility of Teams means it is also a rich development platform. In this course, software developer Bill Ayers teaches how to build custom tabs and extensions in Teams using open web technologies like Node.js, TypeScript, and React. With more and more users not just using Teams, but also doing more and more within Teams, understanding how to develop for this platform will be increasingly important for any software developer who wants to reach their users where they are.

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - Build your productivity tools for Microsoft Teams
02 - What are Microsoft Teams extensions
03 - Getting the most from the course

1. Getting Started

04 - Options for Teams development
05 - Channel apps and personal apps
06 - Adding a simple tab
07 - Looking at App Studio
08 - Packaging and deployment

2. The Development Toolchain

09 - Tooling up
10 - Set up your development account
11 - Development toolchain
12 - Node.js and friends
13 - Visual Studio Code

3. Tabs

14 - What are Microsoft Teams tabs
15 - Channel Group tabs
16 - Personal tabs
17 - Challenge - Creating a channel tab
18 - Solution - Creating a channel tab

4. Conversational Bots

19 - Types of bots
20 - Bot registration and Bot Framework
21 - Source code
22 - Bot Framework Composer and Emulator
23 - Challenge - Building a picture library bot
24 - Solution - Building a picture library bot

5. Messaging Extensions

25 - Introduction to messaging extensions
26 - Building a messaging extension
27 - Adaptive Cards
28 - Challenge - Building a messaging extension to find images
29 - Solution - Building a messaging extension to find images

6. Webhooks, Connectors, and Task Modules

30 - Incoming webhooks
31 - Outgoing webhooks
32 - Connectors
33 - Task modules
34 - Challenge - Gathering information
35 - Solution - Gathering information

7. Getting External Data

36 - Getting data from Microsoft 365 or custom data sources
37 - Authorization and SSO
38 - Building tabs using the SharePoint Framework

8. Packaging and Deployment

39 - Packaging and hosting
40 - Deployment
41 - Publishing
42 - Tips and tricks

Conclusion

43 - Next steps with developing for Microsoft Teams