Learn about Connectors. · 2018-10-15 · •~60+ Connectors available now •Configure connectors from Outlook on the Web •Consume content from all Groups platforms •Outlook

Learn about

Office 365 Groups

and how to use

Connectors.

Office 365 Connectors Agenda

Outlook

Skype for

BusinessOneNote Delve Calendar

…

Yammer Office PlannerSharePoint OneDrive

• Connectivity

• Office Graph

• Common API & more

What are Office 365 Connectors?

…bring real-time information and content

into your Office 365 Groups

based on events happening in 3rd party services

Office 365 Connectors

3rd party appOffice 365

Group

message

„Webhook“

curl -H "Content-Type: application/json"

-d "{\"text\": \"Hello World!\"}" <YOUR

WEBHOOK URL>

http://winampplugins.co.uk/curl/

Use CURL for testing

curl -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d

"{\"title\": \"Learn about Office 365

Connectors\", \"text\": \"Visit the [Outlook

Dev Portal](https://dev.outlook.com) to learn

more about Office 365 Connectors!\",

\"themeColor\": \"EA4300\"}" <YOUR WEBHOOK

URL>

Message with title, link & themeColor

curl -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d

"{\"title\": \"Learn about Office 365

Connectors\", \"text\": \"Visit the [Outlook Dev

Portal](https://dev.outlook.com) to learn more

about Office 365 Connectors!\", \"themeColor\":

\"EA4300\", \"potentialAction\": [{\"@context\":

\"https://schema.org\", \"@type\":

\"ViewAction\", \"name\": \"Open Outlook Dev

Center\", \"target\":

[\"https://dev.outlook.com\"]}]}" <YOUR WEBHOOK

URL>

Message with action

$url = 'https://outlook.office365.com/...'

$body = @"

{

"text": "Hello World at msts2016!",

"title": "Enjoy this great event!"

}

"@

Invoke-RestMethod -Uri $url -Method Post -Body $body -

ContentType "application/json"

Use PowerShell

Connector Card

Connector Card

{

"summary": "New Comment by Ben Quillen on \"Fabrikam Forum\"",

"title": null,

"text": null,

"themeColor": "#3479BF",

"sections": [

{

"title": null,

"text": null,

"markdown": true,

"facts": [

{

"name": "Added By",

"value": "Ben Quillen"

},

{

"name": "Date",

"value": "15-12-2015"

https://dev.outlook.com/connectors/reference

• The easiest way to bring your content to groups

• Elevates your engaging content directly alongside Group

conversations

• Only the person who has created the connector can modify it!

• But: Connectors are available for all users-not just Admins!

• General Availability (since BUILD Conference)

Summary 1

• ~60+ Connectors available now

• Configure connectors from Outlook on the Web

• Consume content from all Groups platforms• Outlook 2016

• Outlook on the web (formerly known as OWA)

• Groups Mobile Apps (iOS, Android) – coming soon!

• Custom connectors through incoming webhook• “Add to Office365” button lets users configure Connectors from 3rd party’s site

• Developer portal to implement and submit your own

connectors (Beta)

Summary 2

Management capabilities for Office 365 Groups

http://blog.atwork.at/post/2016/09/21/Manage-Office-365-Group-creation

Manage Office 365 Groups

# To disable connectors for the tenant:Set-OrganizationConfig -Identity contoso.com -

ConnectorsEnabled:$false

# To disable connectors for a group mailbox:Set-UnifiedGroup -Identity

[email protected] -

ConnectorsEnabled:$false

https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Connect-apps-to-your-groups-

ed0ce547-038f-4902-b9b3-9e518ae6fbab

Disable Office 365 Connectors

• Connectors use webhooks to create Connector Card messages

within an Office 365 group.

• Developers can create these cards by sending an HTTP request

with a simple JSON payload to an Office 365 group webhook

address.

• Get started with Office 365 Connector Cards in Outlook and

Microsoft Teams

http://aka.ms/o365-connectors

Connectors for Developers…

• If your customers are in Office365

• Super Easy – all you need is a webhook

• Catalog gives you direct exposure

Why should I build a Connector?

POST https://outlook.office365.com/webhook/f1a6033d... HTTP/1.1Content-Type: application/jsonHost: outlook.office365.comContent-Length: 43

{"Text":"Hello World! Buzz...Buzz...Buzz!"}

https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/exchangedev/2016/03/28/announcing-the-

office-365-connectors-developer-platform/

Connectors Dev Platform

• Enables developers to easily build, verify and publish a

connector through the developer dashboard at

https://outlook.office.com/connectors/publish

Developer dashboard for Connector submission (Beta)

Development includes 3 basic steps:

1. Provide basic info such as connector name, logo, list of events supported, landing page URL, callback URL, etc.

2. Use auto-generated URL from dashboard to integrate into your app and verify the end-to-end experience

3. Submit the connector for review by Microsoft for it to be listed in the in-app connectors catalog for all users

Developer dashboard for Connector submission (Beta)

Roadmap • Connectors for the Personal Inbox

• Reply action on connector messages

• Connector catalog for Desktop Outlook and

Groups Mobile apps

• Specialized cards and experiences for newsletters,

media, etc.

• http://aka.ms/o365-connectors

• https://dev.outlook.com/Connectors/GetStarted

• http://aka.ms/connectorplayground

• https://dev.outlook.com/connectors/reference

• https://outlook.office.com/connectors/publish

• http://winampplugins.co.uk/curl/

• http://officespdev.uservoice.com/connectors

• https://dev.outlook.com/Connectors

Sources/Links

• Use the new Office 365 Groups

• Use Connectors – it’s the easiest way to bring

relevant content to groups

• Build your own Connectors if needed

• ISVs: Publish your own Connectors

to the MSFT Store

Call to Action

Key takeaways:

Office 365 Groups

and Connectors are

cool and easy to use.