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# Andrew Connell

> Andrew Connell - Principal Software Engineer at AvePoint, focused on agentic engineering; 23-year Microsoft MVP, Microsoft 365 dev & Copilot extensibility.

Andrew Connell is a full-stack developer and educator focused on agentic engineering and building with AI, drawing on three decades in the Microsoft Azure and Microsoft 365 ecosystem. A 23-year Microsoft MVP and Principal Software Engineer at AvePoint, he has helped thousands of developers become experts through the courses, books, and talks he has authored and delivered.

## About

- [Home](https://www.andrewconnell.com/index.md): Andrew Connell - Principal Software Engineer at AvePoint, focused on agentic engineering; 23-year Microsoft MVP, Microsoft 365 dev & Copilot extensibility.
- [Who is Andrew Connell?](https://www.andrewconnell.com/about/index.md): Who is behind this site? Learn about Andrew Connell, a Principal Software Engineer at AvePoint, 23-year Microsoft MVP, and long-time developer educator.
- [Training](https://www.andrewconnell.com/training/index.md): Looking for SharePoint training? Look no further... I've got you covered from instructor-led training either hands-on or online as well as on-demand training!
- [Connect with me](https://www.andrewconnell.com/contact/index.md): How to reach Andrew Connell: where to engage in the open through comments and the newsletter, plus a form for speaking, partnerships, and press.
- [What happened to Voitanos and its developer courses?](https://www.andrewconnell.com/pages/voitanos/index.md): Voitanos courses once lived at learn.voitanos.io and courses.voitanos.io. Here's what happened to them and where the course material lives now.
- [Privacy Policy](https://www.andrewconnell.com/pages/privacy-policy/index.md): How andrewconnell.com collects, uses, and protects your information — including cookies, analytics, comments, and the newsletter.

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- [Articles](https://www.andrewconnell.com/articles/index.md) — index: [https://www.andrewconnell.com/articles/llms.txt](https://www.andrewconnell.com/articles/llms.txt): 772 pages. Here you'll find articles & other useful resources. Enjoy!
- [Courses](https://www.andrewconnell.com/courses/index.md) — index: [https://www.andrewconnell.com/courses/llms.txt](https://www.andrewconnell.com/courses/llms.txt): 41 pages. Courses I have written, hosted here or published elsewhere.
- [Course modules](https://www.andrewconnell.com/courses-modules/index.md) — index: [https://www.andrewconnell.com/courses-modules/llms.txt](https://www.andrewconnell.com/courses-modules/llms.txt): 297 pages. Reusable course modules and the lessons that make them up.
- [Videos](https://www.andrewconnell.com/videos/index.md) — index: [https://www.andrewconnell.com/videos/llms.txt](https://www.andrewconnell.com/videos/llms.txt): 40 pages. Original recordings, conference sessions, and webinar replays.
- [External articles](https://www.andrewconnell.com/external-articles/index.md) — index: [https://www.andrewconnell.com/external-articles/llms.txt](https://www.andrewconnell.com/external-articles/llms.txt): 18 pages. Long-form articles I wrote for Microsoft, MSDN, and other publications.
- [Publications](https://www.andrewconnell.com/publications/index.md) — index: [https://www.andrewconnell.com/publications/llms.txt](https://www.andrewconnell.com/publications/llms.txt): 8 pages. Here you'll find all of my publications, including articles, books, training modules, and courses.
- [Talks](https://www.andrewconnell.com/talks/index.md) — index: [https://www.andrewconnell.com/talks/llms.txt](https://www.andrewconnell.com/talks/llms.txt): 79 pages. Sessions I deliver at conferences, user groups, and webinars.
- [Events](https://www.andrewconnell.com/events/index.md) — index: [https://www.andrewconnell.com/events/llms.txt](https://www.andrewconnell.com/events/llms.txt): 62 pages. Conferences, user groups, and webinars where I speak.

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- [Best Practices - Build ngOfficeUIFabric Directives AngularJS](https://www.andrewconnell.com/series/ngofficeuifabric-how-we-do-it/index.md) (3 pages)
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- [Web Content Management (WCM) in SharePoint Server 2010](https://www.andrewconnell.com/series/whats-new-wcm-sharepoint-2010/index.md) (3 pages)

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## Articles (most recent)

The full list of 772 articles is at [https://www.andrewconnell.com/articles/llms.txt](https://www.andrewconnell.com/articles/llms.txt).

- [Bringing 23 years of content home](https://www.andrewconnell.com/articles/bringing-23-years-of-content-home/index.md): How I migrated every article, course, video, comment, and URL from voitanos.io back to my personal domain, andrewconnell.com, in 2026 with Claude Code.
- [SharePoint REST API for Microsoft 365 Developers: When You Still Need It](https://www.andrewconnell.com/articles/sharepoint-rest-api-microsoft-365-developers-guide/index.md): Microsoft Graph is the default for SharePoint data, but it can't do everything. Here's when the SharePoint REST API is still the right call.
- [Microsoft Teams SSO and the On-Behalf-Of Flow with Microsoft Graph](https://www.andrewconnell.com/articles/microsoft-teams-sso-on-behalf-of-flow-microsoft-graph/index.md): A practical, end-to-end guide to single sign-on for Microsoft Teams apps that call Microsoft Graph. Covers the on-behalf-of (OBO) flow, Microsoft Entra ID app registration, the Teams manifest, the …
- [Microsoft Teams App Development: The Developer's Complete Guide](https://www.andrewconnell.com/articles/microsoft-teams-app-development-complete-guide/index.md): A comprehensive guide to building apps for Microsoft Teams covering app types, development approaches, SDKs, authentication, deployment, and how to choose the right architecture for your scenario.
- [Microsoft Graph for Microsoft 365 Developers: A Practical Guide](https://www.andrewconnell.com/articles/microsoft-graph-microsoft-365-developers-guide/index.md): A practical guide to Microsoft Graph for Microsoft 365 developers covering what it is, key APIs, authentication, SDKs, webhooks, delta queries, and how to call it from SPFx, Teams apps, and Azure …
- [Microsoft Entra ID for Microsoft 365 Developers: What You Need to Know](https://www.andrewconnell.com/articles/entra-id-microsoft-365-developers-guide/index.md): A comprehensive guide to Microsoft Entra ID (formerly Azure AD) for Microsoft 365 developers covering authentication flows, app registrations, permissions, tokens, SSO, and how Entra ID underpins …
- [Azure Functions for Microsoft 365 Developers: Build Serverless APIs](https://www.andrewconnell.com/articles/azure-functions-microsoft-365-developers-guide/index.md): The practical guide to building Azure Functions for Microsoft 365. Patterns, security, Microsoft Graph, deploy with Bicep and GitHub Actions.
- [Wire an MCP Apps server into the F5 debug experience of the M365 Agents Toolkit](https://www.andrewconnell.com/articles/microsoft-365-copilot-mcp-apps-04-f5-debug-agents-toolkit/index.md): Make F5 launch your whole MCP Apps agent: a dev tunnel on port 3001, MCP_SERVER_URL substitution, a deploy phase, and the task order that makes it work.
- [Integrate an MCP Apps server into a Microsoft 365 Copilot declarative agent](https://www.andrewconnell.com/articles/microsoft-365-copilot-mcp-apps-03-declarative-agent-integration/index.md): Wire an MCP Apps server into a declarative agent: a RemoteMCPServer plugin manifest, static tool declarations, and instructions that drive each widget.
- [Add an MCP server with UI widgets to a Microsoft 365 Copilot declarative agent project](https://www.andrewconnell.com/articles/microsoft-365-copilot-mcp-apps-02-create-mcp-server-widgets/index.md): Learn how to add an MCP server with interactive React UI widgets to a Microsoft 365 Copilot declarative agent — from setup to testing with the MCP Inspector.
- [What are MCP Apps? Interactive Widgets in Copilot Chat](https://www.andrewconnell.com/articles/microsoft-365-copilot-mcp-apps-01-interactive-widgets/index.md): MCP Apps let an MCP server return a UI widget Copilot renders inline in a sandboxed iframe. Learn how they work and where adaptive cards run out of road.
- [Customize Your Claude Code Status Line to Manage Token Burn](https://www.andrewconnell.com/articles/claude-code-cli-statusline/index.md): Customize the Claude Code status line with a script that shows context window fill, your 5-hour session limit, and 7-day quota after every turn.
- [Join Me @ ESPC in Amsterdam in DEC 2026 - M365 Copilot Dev](https://www.andrewconnell.com/articles/joinme-espc-amsterdam-2026/index.md): Join me in NOV+DECin Amsterdam for ESPC 2026! Learn how to get the most value from M365 Copilot when when to use Copilot Studio or using Visual Studio Code!
- [Join me - TechCon365 - Seattle, August 2026 for Microsoft 365 Copilot & AI Dev](https://www.andrewconnell.com/articles/joinme-techcon365-seattle-2026/index.md): Join me in Seattle, WA in August 2026 for TechCon365 to get the most value from your Microsoft 365 Copilot investment, Agentic Engineering, & AI!
- [Replicate Your Hands, Not Your Brain: When to Automate with AI](https://www.andrewconnell.com/articles/replicate-your-hands-not-your-brain/index.md): Not every tedious task deserves AI automation. Here's the test I use to decide what to hand to an AI agent and what stays manual.
- [Voitanos Is Closing: What Happens Next](https://www.andrewconnell.com/articles/voitanos-closing-2026/index.md): An Opportunity I Couldn't Pass Up: What This Means for Voitanos.
- [Developer's guide to declarative agents for Microsoft 365 Copilot: Webinar Recap](https://www.andrewconnell.com/articles/microsoft-365-copilot-developers-guide-declarative-agents-webinar-recap-20260415/index.md): My webinar recap: how declarative agents beat Copilot Studio, why the Sydney orchestrator matters, and what you need to start building Copilot extensions.
- [Microsoft 365 Copilot Declarative Agents What's New - April 2026](https://www.andrewconnell.com/articles/microsoft-365-copilot-declarative-agents-whats-new-202604-april-2026/index.md): MCP Apps, embedded knowledge, and the M365 Agents Toolkit plugin just changed declarative agent development. Here's what developers need to know.
- [Evaluating Your Microsoft 365 Copilot Agent Options: Webinar Recap](https://www.andrewconnell.com/articles/microsoft-365-copilot-evaluate-your-agent-options-webinar-recap-20260408/index.md): Microsoft 365 Copilot supports four agent creation options: SharePoint agents, Agent Builder, Copilot Studio, and declarative agents built with the Microsoft 365 Agents Toolkit (ATK). Each sits on a …
- [My Thoughts on Vibe Coding vs. Agentic Engineering](https://www.andrewconnell.com/articles/vibe-coding-vs-agentic-engineering/index.md): I've been using AI agents in my daily development workflow for a few months, and what I'm doing looks nothing like what most people mean by vibe coding.
- [Microsoft 365 Agents Toolkit v6.6.0 Release Review](https://www.andrewconnell.com/articles/microsoft-365-agents-toolkit-v6-6-0-release-review/index.md): Detailed review of Microsoft 365 Agents Toolkit v6.6.0: GCC-M support, embedded knowledge for declarative agents, MCP GA, and 61 templates removed.
- [25 Years of SharePoint: A Developer's Reflections on Building a Career on One Platform](https://www.andrewconnell.com/articles/sharepoint-developer-career-25-years/index.md): Reflecting on 25 years of SharePoint and a career built on one platform, from reverse-engineering DLLs to building two businesses.
- [Why You Should Create Custom Agents for M365 Copilot](https://www.andrewconnell.com/articles/microsoft-365-copilot-why-you-should-create-agents/index.md): Learn why generic M365 Copilot chat falls short and how custom agents deliver tailored, repeatable experiences that drive real adoption and ROI.
- [Join me - AgentCon NYC - March 9, 2026 - M365 Copilot Agent Options](https://www.andrewconnell.com/articles/joinme-agentcon-newyork-2026/index.md): Join me, March 9, 2026 in New York City at the NASDAQ for AgentCon, talking about Evaluating your Microsoft 365 Copilot Agent options - let's connect!
- [My approach to DOM manipulation in SharePoint Framework](https://www.andrewconnell.com/articles/sharepoint-framework-dom-manipulation-my-approach/index.md): Microsoft doesn't support DOM manipulation in SPFx, and I teach my students the same. But here's the thing: I do it myself. You can do, but do so responsibly.

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