Slides for presentation at SPUG Frankfurt am Main, on 27.3.2018

1. Microsoft Graph and Azure
Functions
Dragan Panjkov

2. Dragan Panjkov
www.github.com/panjkov

3. Agenda
• Introducing Microsoft Graph
• Azure Functions
• Using Microsoft Graph bindings in Azure Functions
• Featured scenarios

4. SITES
GROUPS
ME
CONVERSATIONS CONTENT
INSIGHTS
CONTACTS
PEOPLE
ORGANIZATION
TASKS
EMAIL
EVENTS
DOCUMENTS
DEVICES
CHATS
TEAMS
ACTIVITY
TRENDING
SHARED
REPORTS
Microsoft Graph

5. Microsoft Graph
Office 365 Platform
STANDALONE WEB AND
DEVICE APPS
 
Extensions
Embedded canvases

6. Users Groups Outlook OneNote more…SharePoint IntuneTeams Azure ADPlanner Excel
https://graph.microsoft.com
Your appOne endpoint
One token
All users
Microsoft Graph API
Access user, group and organizational data

7. Calling the API
• HTTP verbs dictate the request intent: GET | POST | PATCH | PUT | DELETE
• Version: /v1.0 or /beta
• Resource: /users, /groups, /sites, /drives, /devices, more…
• Member from collection: /users/AAA
• Property: /users/AAA/department
• Traverse to related resources via navigations: /users/AAA/events
• Query parameters: /users/AAA/events?$top=5
o Format results: $select | $orderby
o Control results: $filter | $expand
o Paging: $top | $skip | $skiptoken
/{version} ?{query-parameters}/{resource}/{id}/{property}

8. aka.ms/ge

9. SDKs, samples and tooling

10. Calling the Microsoft Graph
Microsoft
Graph

11. Auth
access_token
Register your app at https://apps.dev.microsoft.com
MSAL
YOUR APP
Microsoft
Graph
id_token
access_token refresh_token
Microsoft
Identity

12. App types and permissions
Users can consent for their data or admin can consent for all users Only admin can consent
App
permissions
User
permissions
App
permissions
Permission type: applicationPermission type: delegated
https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/docs/concepts/permissions_reference
Get access on behalf of users Get access as a service
Effective permissionEffective permission

13. What is Serverless?

14. Do more. Serverless.

15. Microsoft Graph + Azure Functions
Benefits of serverless
Access data in Microsoft Graph
Best in class security
Built on Azure App Service

16. Microsoft Graph bindings
• Auth token input
• Excel table input
• Excel table output
• OneDrive file input
• OneDrive file output
• Outlook message output
• Microsoft Graph webhook triggers and bindings

17. Microsoft Graph templates

18. Prerequisites
• Enable Functions 2.0 preview
• Install the extension
• Microsoft.Azure.WebJobs.Extensions.AuthTokens
• Microsoft.Azure.WebJobs.Extensions.MicrosoftGraph
• Configure Authentication / Authorization

19. Limitations
• Currently in beta
• Only C# and JavaScript are supported inside the portal
• Bugs
• Cannot subscribe to webhook if not anonymous
• Invalid Graph access token if using Client Credentials auth

20. demo

21. Resources
• Graph Explorer
www.aka.ms/ge
• Microsoft Graph bindings on Azure Functions documentation site
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-functions/functions-
bindings-microsoft-graph
• Announcement on beta release on Azure Functions blog
https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/appserviceteam/2017/09/25/my-intern-
project-microsoft-graph-bindings-for-azure-functions/
• Videos
https://youtu.be/Y3cC0Hpemmk
https://youtu.be/UvwQ6IwmcS4
https://youtu.be/noDVDV5sAUk