Microsoft 365 - Client Side Development Fundamentals (M365-CSDF)

Course Overview

The Workshop Microsoft 365 Development Fundamentals is a series of modules that provide an in-depth introduction to Microsoft 365 development. It covers theory, demos, hands-on labs as well as deployment and best practices.

The workshop is designed for developers aiming to implement Microsoft 365 solutions and covers the following topics:

• Introduction to Microsoft 365 Development: Provides an overview of Microsoft 365 services, apps, and extension patterns, and discusses the integration with Azure and app deployment processes.
• Microsoft Identity Platform and Microsoft Entra ID: Covers the basics of Microsoft Identity, Entra ID app registrations, and authentication flows using OAuth 2.0 and OpenID Connect, along with the Microsoft Authentication Library (MSAL).
• Microsoft 365 Data Access using Microsoft Graph: Introduces Microsoft Graph, including batching and handling large files, managing events, calendar, and mail, accessing OneDrive and Teams, and using Graph’s SharePoint REST API V2.
• SharePoint Data Access: Explains the SharePoint object hierarchy, compares PnP Core SDK, REST, and PnP JavaScript, and covers CRUD operations, OData queries, and using REST.
• Azure Functions in Microsoft 365 Development: Introduces Azure Functions, their use in timer jobs and automation, integrating Microsoft Graph, handling remote events and change notifications, and deployment of Azure Functions.
• Introduction to React for Microsoft 365 Development: Provides an introduction to React, its use cases in SharePoint development, differences between class and functional components, using hooks, and accessing Microsoft 365 data in React.
• SharePoint Framework Basics (SPFx): Offers an overview of SPFx, when to use it versus other patterns, implementing web parts, data access, extensions, and deploying SPFx solutions.
• Build Collaborative Apps for Microsoft Teams: Covers using Teams Toolkit for Visual Studio Code, building bots, message extensions, tabs, connecting web services with webhooks, retrieving Microsoft Graph data, and deploying Teams apps to Azure. This module also prepares for the Applied Skill with the same name.