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Data Streamer

Data Streamer Home Page: What is Data Streamer{:target="_blank"}
Enable Data Streamer : Enable Data Streamer{:target="_blank"}
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Using MakeCode : How to enable Data Streamer Extension in MakeCode{:target="_blank"}

Office Setup

Office 365 Education: Get up for O365 Education
Office Insiders: Early builds of Office

App Service / Desktop Conversion

App Service Overview: How to create and consume an app service
Desktop Bridge: Converting Desktop to UWP
Electron: Enable Background tasks in Electron
Data Streamer App Service Sample: UWP App Sample

Microsoft Store Publishing

Publishing to Microsoft Store: How to publish to the Microsoft Store
Beta Testing and targeted distribution: Beta testing your app

Connecting to External App

After the 3rd application has been installed and you have enabled Data Streamer follow these steps to connect and stream data to Excel

Open Excel
Click on the Data Streamer tab in Excel
Click on Connect Device
In the drop down the 3rd party application should be listed.
Select the 3rd party app
Approve on the connection to the 3rd party app
Select Start Data
Data Streamer will create three new tabs, Data In, Data Out and Settings ( if they are not already there in the workbook)
Data In , will receive data from the 3rd party app
Data Out , will pass data to the 3rd party app ( if supported by the 3rd party app)
Settings will configure, how much data and frequency of the data coming from the app

Navigation

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