The presentation introduces the Microsoft Graph API, highlighting its features, benefits, and recent developments. It discusses the advantages of using a single endpoint for multiple Office 365 services, including batch requests and custom extensions, aimed at enhancing developer efficiency. Additionally, the document provides resources for further learning and integration with tools like Power BI and Excel.

1. WHAT’S NEW IN MS GRAPH API
Nilesh Shah
Tech Lead, RN Design Ltd.
@NileshR_Shah www.nilesh.live
C# CORNER – TORONTO CHAPTER
5 April, 2018

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C# Corner Toronto Chapter
Sponsored By:
• Award winning Architecture / Design firm
• Specializes in serving residential
development industry

3. ▪ Introduction to C# Corner
▪ Introduction of Toronto chapter members
▪ MS Graph API session
▪ Break
▪ Power BI session
▪ Refreshments/Networking
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4. ▪ Online global community for IT professionals and developers
▪ 4+ million monthly users worldwide
▪ Users contribute to articles, forums, blogs, and videos.
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6. ▪ Chapter is a local user group where
members share technical knowledge
by hosting monthly meetups,
workshops and webinars.
▪ 33 chapters worldwide
▪ 2 chapters in Canada
▪ Toronto
▪ Regina, SK
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7. ▪ Nilesh Shah
▪ Tech Lead, .NET & O365 dev.
▪ TOGAF 9.1 EA, C# Corner MVP
▪ Vivek Patel
▪ Team Lead, Data & Analytics
▪ Microsoft Data Platform MVP
▪ Nik Shahriyar
▪ Sr.Technical Team Lead
▪ Sr. BI Consultant, MS MVP (former)
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8. ▪ Theme:
▪ Make developers aware about MS Graph API features, and
introduce to some latest developments in MS Graph API
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One Endpoint to rule them all

9. ▪ Introduction:
▪ MS Graph API / Explorer / SDK
▪ Advantages, Features, Limitations
▪ What’s new
▪ Extensions, Batching, Delta query, Excel API
▪ Webhooks, O365 Usage reporting, MS Teams
▪ Connectivity: Excel, Power BI,Visual Studio
▪ Demo
▪ MS Graph with .NET SDK
▪ Office 365 Developer program
▪ Registering Office 365 Application
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11. ▪ 1000 B.C.
▪ Multiple Office 365 APIs
▪ Now
▪ MS Graph API: REST API for “mostly everything” in Office 365
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Find the URL/endpoint of the API
Authenticate/Get access token
Get information from the API
Repeat for each service/API
Multiple token management

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https://graph.microsoft.com/

14. ▪ Single well-known resource
▪ Get (mostly) everything from a single endpoint
▪ Users, Groups, Mail, Calendars, Contacts
▪ Files,Tasks, People, Notes and more…
▪ Ease of development
▪ No calling different endpoints
▪ No separate token management
▪ Logical Navigation
▪ Platform flexibility
▪ Open standards
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16. ▪ Preview: Microsoft Graph SDK for Java
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21. ▪ Combine multiple requests in one HTTP call
▪ Optimize application performance
▪ Instead of looping thru calls, fire all in one batch
▪ Fire related / unrelated calls in a batch
▪ Geek tip: bypass URL length validation for complex filter clause
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22. ▪ Add custom data to MS graph
▪ Extend MS Graph results with custom data
▪ No external data source required
▪ Types:
▪ Open extensions
▪ formerly Office 365 data extensions
▪ Flexible, open/untyped data
▪ Schema extensions
▪ Define your own complex schema
▪ Strongly typed, can be shared between applications
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23. ▪ O365 reports
▪ Get O365 usage reports
▪ Identify which apps/services being used
▪ For IT admins - license management
▪ Webhooks
▪ Get notification from MS Graph
▪ Configure own URL to receive notifications
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24. ▪ MS Graph in hybrid deployment
▪ Currently in preview
▪ MS Teams
▪ A chat-based workspace in Office 365
▪ Excel API
▪ Access and edit Excel files on OneDrive
▪ Work with Excel tables, charts using REST API
▪ Delta query
▪ Get newly created, updated, or deleted entities
▪ Efficiently synchronize changes with a local data
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My Blog: Get O365 data in Excel

26. My Blog: Get O365 data in Power BI
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My blog: MS Graph provider forVS

28. ▪ Pre-req: Office 365 Dev Program
▪ MS Graph API Explorer
▪ MS Graph SDK
▪ MS App Registration Portal
▪ Console app
▪ ASP .NET MVC app
▪ Connectivity:
▪ Excel
▪ Power BI
▪ Visual Studio / Azure Portal
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29. ▪ https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/office/dev-program
▪ My blog: Introducing O365 Dev Program
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30. ▪ Everything in Graph
▪ https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/graph
▪ Graph Explorer
▪ https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/graph-explorer
▪ MS Graph on GitHub
▪ https://github.com/microsoftgraph
▪ My blogs:
▪ https://nilesh.live/blogs/msgraph/
▪ My online paper / daily:
▪ Microsoft Graph API Daily
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@NileshR_Shah
/nileshshah9
www.nilesh.live
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32. ▪ Keep looking meetup.com
▪ https://www.meetup.com/C-Corner-Toronto-Chapter-Meetup/
▪ Feedback welcome!
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