README.md

How to run the completed project

Prerequisites

To run the completed project in this folder, you need the following:

• PHP installed on your development machine. If you do not have PHP, visit the previous link for download options. (Note: This tutorial was written with PHP version 7.2. The steps in this guide may work with other versions, but that has not been tested.)
• Composer installed on your development machine.
• Laravel installed on your development machine.
• Either a personal Microsoft account with a mailbox on Outlook.com, or a Microsoft work or school account.

If you don't have a Microsoft account, there are a couple of options to get a free account:

• You can sign up for a new personal Microsoft account.
• You can sign up for the Office 365 Developer Program to get a free Office 365 subscription.

Register a web application with the Azure Active Directory admin center

1. Open a browser and navigate to the Azure Active Directory admin center. Login using a personal account (aka: Microsoft Account) or Work or School Account.

2. Select Azure Active Directory in the left-hand navigation, then select App registrations under Manage.

   

3. Select New registration. On the Register an application page, set the values as follows.

   • Set Name to PHP Graph Tutorial.
   • Set Supported account types to Accounts in any organizational directory and personal Microsoft accounts.
   • Under Redirect URI, set the first drop-down to Web and set the value to http://localhost:8000/callback.

   

4. Choose Register. On the PHP Graph Tutorial page, copy the value of the Application (client) ID and save it, you will need it in the next step.

   

5. Select Certificates & secrets under Manage. Select the New client secret button. Enter a value in Description and select one of the options for Expires and choose Add.

   

6. Copy the client secret value before you leave this page. You will need it in the next step.

   [!IMPORTANT] This client secret is never shown again, so make sure you copy it now.

   

Configure the sample

1. Rename the .env.example file to .env.

2. Edit the .env file and make the following changes.

   1. Replace YOUR_APP_ID_HERE with the Application Id you got from the App Registration Portal.
   2. Replace YOUR_APP_PASSWORD_HERE with the password you got from the App Registration Portal.

3. In your command-line interface (CLI), navigate to this directory and run the following command to install requirements.

   composer install

4. In your command-line interface (CLI), run the following command to generate an application key.

   php artisan key:generate

Run the sample

1. Run the following command in your CLI to start the application.

   php artisan serve

2. Open a browser and browse to http://localhost:8000.