Do you need to use MS Graph? If not you could build your own simple web server on the company intranet or host it in the cloud. Something like Go with SQLite db would be easy enough to setup, you could even register it and then use it with the MS Graph api to get extra data if needed.

^^^ I believe this would be the same concept as hard-coding it into our acad.lsp file. It would still need updated by me, but I'd rather have it come from Graph since IT has to update these profiles already anyways 

Of course, the conspiracist in me immediately thought, scan employee emails and feed them to an AI to build profiles 

That would be bonkers. Plus, that's what Copilot M365 is for yeah? 

Quote from: MickD on May 14, 2024, 10:38:55 PM

Do you need to use MS Graph?

With MS Graph you would have everything. From device info, who they have lunch schedules with, and Sally’s next fingernail appointment

No doubt! 

I guess I hadn't thought of it like that 

Well, I watched a couple of videos and one of them mentioned, and I’m paraphrasing,
companies can access employee emails via the REST API to scan for keyword words as a search tool.

Of course, the conspiracist in me immediately thought, scan employee emails and feed them to an AI to build profiles 
 

I had plot routines that did as I suggested already, looked at user name and would send output to correct printer near them, we had a multi story building. Again (getenv "Username")

Yes if people leave have to change the list of names.

Note username is returned for current logged in user on a pc.

What is this, spyware for companies? 

I guess I hadn't thought of it like that 
But the Python docs were pretty helpful for seeing some of the setup involved!

Do you just want "Username" ? That is a big Hint. getenv.

I'm trying to retrieve department / manager of the user to help determine which programs should load for them! I could hard-code it, but then it needs updated anytime someone new comes, if people leave, etc. Would be nice to keep it dynamic.


..... So if I'm understanding this process a little better, It seems that I am desiring delegated credentials for the user, but perhaps I still need somekind of Client key? So I would have to register an app for the company on Azure or something? I'm not totally familiar with all this web business like web apps and what not. But I'd like to get my feet wet with it where I can