Microsoft 365 Certified: Developer Associate

• Implement Microsoft identity
• Build apps with Microsoft Graph
• Extend and customize SharePoint
• Extend Microsoft Teams
• Extend Office

Course Outline

Implement Microsoft identity (20-25%)

Register an application

• determine the supported account type
• select authentication and client credentials for app type and authentication flow
• define app roles

Implement authentication

• configure the JavaScript implementation of Microsoft Authentication Library (MSAL) for endpoint and token cache
• plan and configure scopes for dynamic or static permissions
• use the MSAL (JavaScript) login method

Configure permissions to consume an API

• configure delegated permissions for the app
• configure application permissions for the app
• identify admin consent requirements

Implement authorization to consume an API

• configure incremental consent scopes
• call MSAL (JavaScript) using aquireTokenSilent/aquireToken pattern

Implement authorization in an API

• validate access token
• configure effective permissions for delegated scopes
• implement app permissions using roles
• use a delegated access token to call a Microsoft API

Create a service to access Microsoft Graph

• configure client credentials using a certificate
• configure application permissions for the app
• acquire an access token for Microsoft Graph using an application permission and client credential certificate
• acquire an access token using the client secret

Build apps with Microsoft Graph (15-20%)

Optimize data usage with query parameters

• use $filter query parameter
• use $select query parameter
• order results using $orderby query parameter
• set page size of results using $skip and $top query parameters
• expand and retrieve resources using $expand query parameter
• retrieve the total count of matching resources using $count query parameter
• search for resources using $search query parameter
• determine the appropriate Microsoft Graph SDK to leverage

Optimize network traffic

• monitor for changes using change notifications
• combine multiple requests using $batch
•  get changes using a delta query
•  detect and handle throttling

Access user data from Microsoft Graph

• get the signed in user’s profile
•  get a list of users in the organization
•  get the user’s profile phot
•  get the user object based on the user’s unique identifier
• get the user’s manager’s profile

Access files with Microsoft Graph

• get the list of files in the signed in user’s OneDrive
• download a file from the signed in user’s OneDrive using file unique id
• download a file from a SharePoint Online site using the relative path to the file
• get the list of files trending around the signed in user
• upload a large file to OneDrive
• get a user object from an owner list in a group and retrieve that user’s files

Manage a group lifecycle on Microsoft Graph

• get the information on a group by id
•  get the list of members in a group
• get the list of owners of a group
• get the list of groups where the signed in user is a member
• get the list of groups where the signed in user is an owner
• provision a group
• provision a team
• delete a group

Extend and customize SharePoint (15-20%)

Describe the components of a SharePoint Framework (SPFx) web part

• identify the appropriate tool to create an SPFx web part project
• describe properties of client-side web parts
• describe Fluent UI (Office UI Fabric) in client-side web parts
• describe when to use an app page
• differentiate between app page and web part
• describe rendering framework options
• describe branding and theming in SharePoint Online

Describe SPFx Extensions

• identify the appropriate tool to create an SPFx Extension project
• describe page placeholders from Application Customizer
• describe the ListView Command Set extension
• describe the Field Customizer extension

Describe the process to package and deploy an SPFx solution

• describe the options for preparing a package for deployment
• describe the options for packaging a solution
• describe the requirements of tenant-scoped solution deployment
• describe the requirements of isolated web parts
• describe the options to deploy a solution

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