Microsoft Graph API Course Content
Goal: Understand the "Single Endpoint" architecture and explore data safely.
- Introduction to Microsoft Graph: Understanding the https://graph.microsoft.com unified gateway
- The Graph Explorer: Mastering the playground to test GET, POST, PATCH, and DELETE requests
- Version Control: Differences between the v1.0 (Production) and beta (Preview) endpoints
- Relationship Navigation: Traversing the "social graph" (e.g., fetching a user's manager, direct reports, or trending documents)
Goal: Securely connect your applications using Microsoft Entra ID (formerly Azure AD).
- App Registration: Registering applications in the Entra admin center
- OAuth 2.0 & MSAL: Using the Microsoft Authentication Library (MSAL) to acquire access tokens
- Permissions & Consent:
- Delegated Permissions: Acting on behalf of a signed-in user
- Application Permissions: Running background services without user interaction
- Granular Scopes: Mastering scopes like User.Read, Mail.Read, and Group.ReadWrite.All
Goal: Building functional integrations with Microsoft 365 services.
- Users & Groups: Managing profiles, profile photos, and team memberships
- Outlook & Calendar: Sending emails, reading messages, and checking "Find Meeting Times" availability
- OneDrive & SharePoint: Uploading/downloading files and managing site permissions
- Microsoft Teams: Automating channel creation, posting adaptive cards, and managing shifts
- Microsoft Search & Intelligence: Querying organizational data and insights
Goal: Building high-performance, enterprise-grade applications.
- Batching & Throttling: Reducing network latency with JSON batching and handling 429 (Too Many Requests) errors
- Delta Queries: Efficiently syncing data by only fetching changes since the last call
- Webhooks (Change Notifications): Receiving real-time push notifications when data changes in M365
- Microsoft Graph SDKs: Using client libraries for .NET, Java, Python, and JavaScript
- Microsoft Graph Toolkit (MGT): Using pre-built UI components (like Person, Agenda, and Tasks) to build dashboards in minutes
Goal: Integrating organizational data into the AI era.
- Copilot Connectors: Using Graph connectors to index external data for Microsoft 365 Copilot
- Declarative Agents: Building custom agents that leverage the Graph for context-aware responses
- Adaptive Cards: Designing rich, interactive visual responses for Teams and Outlook
- Data Connect: Accessing Microsoft 365 data at scale for big data analytics in Azure Synapse or Fabric