Microsoft Graph for Developers

2h 46mIntermediate2018-03-23

Authors

Sahil Malik

Trainer, Microsoft and iOS Consultant, and Founder of Winsmarts.com

Course details

The Microsoft Graph API allows your custom applications to integrate with mail, calendar, contacts, documents, directory services, and much more. This course shows how to integrate Microsoft Graph in your custom apps in nearly any conceivable application. Instructor Sahil Malik explains how to register a web application in Azure AD for authentication purposes, and manage the appropriate tokens. He also discusses JavaScript single-page applications (SPA), native applications, web applications using application identity and delegated identity calling Graph, and more.

Learning objectives
What is Microsoft Graph?
Registering a web application in Azure AD
Adding authentication logic and authentication UI
JavaScript single-page applications calling Graph
Native applications calling Graph
Reviewing scenarios where web apps involving Graph are useful
Web applications with application identity and delegated identity calling Graph
Daemons calling Graph

Skills covered

IT AutomationBusiness IntelligenceMicrosoft 365Cloud AdministrationAzureNetwork and System AdministrationCloud ComputingData ScienceBusiness Analysis and StrategyMicrosoftDeep Dive (X:Y)

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - Welcome
02 - What is Microsoft Graph
03 - A brief history lesson
04 - The layout of this course
05 - The skills and tools you will need
06 - A tour of Azure AD and Office365

1. A Web Application Protected by Azure AD

07 - Scenario description
08 - Concepts
09 - Author the project and adding package
10 - Registering your application in Azure AD
11 - Adding authentication logic
12 - Adding authentication UI
13 - Running the application
14 - Multitenant vs. single tenant

2. JavaScript SPA Calling Microsoft Graph

15 - Scenario description and concepts
16 - Set up an AngularJS ADAL based project
17 - Register your native app
18 - Enabling OAuth2 implicit flow
19 - Writing the front-end UX in AngularJS
20 - Writing the application logic
21 - Running the AngularJS application
22 - Write the same application in Angular 2+

3. Native Application Calling Graph

23 - Scenario
24 - Protocol flow
25 - Demo description
26 - Creating a WPF app and adding nuGet packages
27 - Registering the native app
28 - Adding sign in logic
29 - Managing tokens
30 - Adding sign out logic
31 - Calling Microsoft Graph from a native app
32 - Demonstrate the application running

4. Web Application Using Application Identity Calling Graph

33 - Scenarios involving web applications
34 - Protocol flow
35 - Register a web app and grant permissions
36 - Add nuGet packages
37 - Write the view to call Microsoft Graph
38 - Get an access token
39 - Run the application

5. Web Application Calling Graph with Delegated User Identity

40 - Scenario description
41 - Change permissions
42 - Add DictionaryCache
43 - Change UsersController logic
44 - Demonstrate the app running

6. Daemon Calling MSGraph

45 - Scenario description
46 - Registering a daemon in Azure AD
47 - Creating a project and add packages
48 - Write the daemon logic and query

Conclusion

49 - Next steps