Weekly Update 8 December 2025

Audio version of video on YouTube. Handling Legacy User Settings in SharePoint Framework M365 Copilot and the case of the broken license Is the craft dead? Subscribe to all my videos at: https://thoughtstuff.co.uk/video Podcast: https://thoughtstuff.co.uk/itunes, https://thoughtstuff.co.uk/spotify or https://thoughtstuff.co.uk/podcast Blog: https://blog.thoughtstuff.co.uk  

Audio version of video on YouTube. Deprecation notice: Teams Live Events meeting creation via Microsoft Graph Mastering User Settings in SharePoint Framework Navigating Microsoft Teams Docs: A Developer Survival Guide Subscribe to all my videos at: https://thoughtstuff.co.uk/video Podcast: https://thoughtstuff.co.uk/itunes, https://thoughtstuff.co.uk/spotify or https://thoughtstuff.co.uk/podcast Blog: https://blog.thoughtstuff.co.uk

Audio version of video on YouTube. SharePoint Framework (SPFx) roadmap update – January 2026 Introducing the Microsoft Graph User Configuration API (preview) Apps for shared and private channels Dev Proxy v2.1 with configuration hot reload and stdio proxying

Audio version of video on YouTube. Microsoft Agent Framework: Using Background Responses to Create an AI Researcher and Newsletter Publisher Empowering.Cloud Community Update – January 2026 Build an agent into any app with the GitHub Copilot SDK Announcing winapp, the Windows App Development CLI Subscribe to all my videos at: https://thoughtstuff.co.uk/video Podcast: https://thoughtstuff.co.uk/itunes, https://thoughtstuff.co.uk/spotify or https://thoughtstuff.co.uk/podcast Blog: https://blog.thoughtstuff.co.uk

Audio version of video on YouTube. Copilot Memories Copilot Studio Extension for Visual Studio Code Is Now Generally Available Announcing Open to Work: How to Get Ahead in the Age of AI Microsoft AI Power Days Subscribe to all my videos at: https://thoughtstuff.co.uk/video Podcast: https://thoughtstuff.co.uk/itunes, https://thoughtstuff.co.uk/spotify or https://thoughtstuff.co.uk/podcast Blog: https://blog.thoughtstuff.co.uk

Audio version of video on YouTube. Welcome to 2026, A Growth Year for All of Us Where are all the news stories?! (A discussion about a quiet start to 2026) How to build the organizational muscle needed to scale AI beyond PoCs Microsoft and PayPal's Copilot Checkout allows users to make purchases without leaving the AI chatbot Subscribe to all my videos at: https://thoughtstuff.co.uk/video Podcast: https://thoughtstuff.co.uk/itunes, https://thoughtstuff.co.uk/spotify or https://thoughtstuff.co.uk/podcast Blog: https://blog.thoughtstuff.co.uk

Audio version of video on YouTube. Microsoft Agent Framework: Giving Agents Contextual Memory Using AIContextProvider Copilot AI Insights (meeting recap) API is now generally available! Get AI-generated meeting summaries with Meeting AI Insights API Debugging, but Without the Drama (A Visual Studio 2026 Story) Subscribe to all my videos at: https://thoughtstuff.co.uk/video Podcast: https://thoughtstuff.co.uk/itunes, https://thoughtstuff.co.uk/spotify or https://thoughtstuff.co.uk/podcast Blog: https://blog.thoughtstuff.co.uk

Audio version of video on YouTube. General Availability of SharePoint Framework 1.22 – A Major Refresh of the Build & Tooling Experience SharePoint Framework v1.22: What's in the Latest SPFx Update Streamlining your Git workflow with Visual Studio 2026 How to: build a runner's training and progress dashboard How to install and configure Claude Code, step by step

Audio version of video on YouTube. Teams Phone Extensibility: Bridging Microsoft Teams with Contact Center Platforms Visual Studio November Update – Visual Studio 2026, Cloud Agent Preview, and more Unlocking the Power of Web with Copilot Chat's New URL Context Introducing "Winter for Windows" – the fun festive desktop addition for the season Subscribe to all my videos at: https://thoughtstuff.co.uk/video Podcast: https://thoughtstuff.co.uk/itunes, https://thoughtstuff.co.uk/spotify or https://thoughtstuff.co.uk/podcast Blog: https://blog.thoughtstuff.co.uk

Audio version of video on YouTube. SharePoint Site Creation in Microsoft Graph Microsoft Agent 365: The control plane for AI agents Automatically Signing a Windows EXE with Azure Trusted Signing, dotnet sign, and GitHub Actions tree-me: Because git worktrees shouldn't be a chore Subscribe to all my videos at: https://thoughtstuff.co.uk/video Podcast: https://thoughtstuff.co.uk/itunes, https://thoughtstuff.co.uk/spotify or https://thoughtstuff.co.uk/podcast Blog: https://blog.thoughtstuff.co.uk