Microsoft Graph API Fundamentals for Developers

Modern applications often need to connect with organizational data to streamline workflows and improve productivity. Understanding how to interact with the Microsoft Graph API is the key to unlocking user profiles, mail, calendars, and files within the Microsoft 365 ecosystem. This text-based course guides you from absolute beginner to confidently making API requests and handling responses. You will learn how to authenticate securely, construct precise queries, and handle data efficiently without needing complex setups or prior API experience. What you'll learn: 1. Understand core API concepts, endpoints, and the structure of Microsoft Graph. 2. Configure secure authentication using modern OAuth protocols and permissions. 3. Construct and test API queries to retrieve user, group, and drive data. 4. Apply query parameters to filter, sort, and paginate API responses efficiently. 5. Handle rate limits, error codes, and batch requests for robust application performance. 6. Read and parse JSON payloads to integrate workspace data into your code. You will start with foundational concepts of REST APIs and Graph permissions before moving on to hands-on query construction and authentication flows. The course concludes with best practices for handling errors, managing rate limits, and optimizing your API calls. This course is designed for beginner developers, IT professionals, and system integrators who want to connect applications to workspace data. No prior experience with the Graph API is required, though a basic understanding of web concepts is helpful. Start reading today to learn how to build data-driven integrations with the Microsoft Graph API.