Building a SharePoint Online chat room with SignalR and Azure – Part 2: Test the app in Visual Studio

Alright, let’s get on with it.  F5 that baby! At this point, Visual Studio will automatically deploy our application and then launch a browser to our app.  It may also ask us to login again.  If it does, be sure to use an account that has permissions to deploy to the development site.  Finally, it […]

Building a SharePoint Online chat room with SignalR and Azure – Part 1: Create the SharePoint Online app and associated website

Create the SharePoint Online app and associated website The first step was to determine if SignalR even works in a SharePoint app.  One option was to do a bunch of research to try and discover if it would work.  A more fun option would be to just give it a go. Step one:  Create an […]

Building a SharePoint Online chat room with SignalR and Azure

I’m a huge believer in the concept where if the only tool in your toolbox is a hammer, then everything becomes a nail.  As it turns out, trying to install a new tile floor or unclog a drain with just a hammer becomes problematic.  So, in an effort to add more tools to my software […]

Getting started with the Azure Active Directory Graph Client Library

Background Microsoft has recently released the Azure Active Directory Graph Client Library for .NET.  This library wraps up the Azure Active Directory Graph API, making it much simpler to use for .NET developers.  I’ve been working with a non-profit lately in their Office 365 environment and we’ve been building an application that delegates user management […]

Creating a CLR assembly in SQL Server

Recently I had a need to do some performance testing against a CLR assembly in SQL Server.  It seemed to me that the first step to do that performance testing was to create a CLR assembly in SQL Server.  It was a new experience for me, so I thought I’d share the details with you.  […]