Microsoft Graph:
the Microsoft 365 API explained simply
How can documents shared via Teams be found in SharePoint?
Where do the tips come from that Viva Insights offers to better manage the Outlook calendar?
If you want to know the secret of integration between Microsoft 365 products, this is the right article.
What is Microsoft Graph
Microsoft Graph is the REST API that connects information in Microsoft 365.
In other words, it is the interface that unifies the user experience when moving from one work app to another.
Let's see together how it works.
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What are the main features of
Microsoft Graph
Intelligence systems, data collection, and integrations between apps that are part of the Microsoft 365 ecosystem are enabled by the Microsoft Graph API.
Specifically, we can divide the functionality of this system into 4 macro categories:
- Document control.
In fact, Graph records changes that affect the lifecycle of files created, stored and shared in the Microsoft 365 environment.
In this way, it allows users to use information such as the last modification date to organize their archives, whichever app--between OneDrive, Teams and SharePoint--they use.
- Conversation control.
Whether in an email or chat, Graph exposes information exchanged between users to Microsoft 365 apps that can turn it into useful suggestions.
One example is Viva Insights, which is allowed to read and interpret data in Outlook to help the individual user better manage his or her schedule, including meetings and events organized via email and saved in the calendar.
- Personalization of the user experience.
Graph gathers content published in its digital workspace and filters it based on user behavior.
This gives rise to the Feeds that characterize the SharePoint, Yammer and Viva Engage apps, in which Microsoft's algorithm arranges not only recent or trending content in the company, but also and especially that which it deems to be most useful for the user and the activities they perform in their Microsoft 365 account.
- Support for Microsoft Search.
Graph expands the scope of searches that users can do in Microsoft 365.
It allows them to retrieve content and information stored in the suite's apps from anywhere in their digital workspace.
It also allows Microsoft Search to reach data from external sources, such as a company's local databases.
Now that we have summarized the macro areas in which Microsoft Graph operates, let's turn to how it affects the functionality of some of the most important Microsoft 365 applications.
If you use Teams, SharePoint, and Outlook daily, you will find some pretty interesting insights in the next chapter.