1. GET-ting Your Office 365 Data Using the Microsoft Graph API
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Craig Pilkenton

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10. So what is the Microsoft Graph API?
Previously known as the Office 365 unified API, it exposes the multiple API's from Office 365 services through one REST API endpoint
Gives us the ability to surface rich user data they’ve created to help an organization member’s leverage their existing Office 365 instance better, driving increased user adoption.

11. And how do I access it?
The easiest starting point is to use the browser-based Graph Explorer, that allows us to test different queries.
After logging in with valid credentials to create the authentication token, we call GET commands to pull data from Office 365. The left column has pre-set queries that show us which endpoints are available to test with, and has a history feature

12. Demo

13. What data can I get?
With so many of the Office 365 applications working together, we can get valuable insights and intelligence about a user’s data
Users
Groups
Attachment
Directory
Excel
OneDrive
OneNote
Open extensions
Outlook calendar
Outlook mail
Personal contact
Planner
Schema Extensions
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Webhooks

14. How do the queries work?
After we sign in on the Explorer site obtaining our authorization token, the API is broken out into 3 major components:
{version} is the target service version, with v1.0 is the current Production Release, or beta
{resource} is resource segment or path, such as: users, groups, devices, organization, site, etc.
The alias 'me', resolves to the signed-in user
The resources belonging to a user, such as me/events, me/drive or me/messages
The alias myOrganization, which resolves to the tenant of the organization signed-in user
[odata_query_parameters] represents additional OData query parameters such as $filter, $top, or $select
Same as making SharePoint REST calls!

15. How do the queries work? cont…
Now the easiest starting point is to use the browser-based Graph Explorer
We use predefined GET commands to pull data about our account from Office 365
GET my profile -
GET my files -
GET my mail -

16. Demo

17. Now what should I do with it?
When you’re ready to build a solution to utilize the Microsoft Graph API, the application must enable users to authenticate their identity, and then give consent for the application to query the target API(s) on their behalf.
Authentication is done through implementing one of the 2 providers: live.com or outlook.com accounts with the Azure AD v2.0 endpoint, or enterprise users with Azure AD After deciding which authentication provider works best, you register the app at that authentication provider's portal, establishing its identity when submitting requests.

18. How do the queries work?
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19. References
Cardinal Blog – GET-ting Your Office 365 Data Using the Microsoft Graph API
Microsoft Graph Home
Graph Explorer

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