Microsoft 365 Developer Community Call recording -- 16th of September, 2021

Microsoft 365 Developer Community Call recording -- 16th of September, 2021

Call Summary

Have a look at Microsoft 365 tenant – script samples gallery (84 scenarios and 111 scripts)*. * Sign up and attend an event hosted by Sharing is Caring.  Have you signed up for the PnP Recognition Program?   Do it.  Project releases this week include Yo teams - generator-teams v3.3.0 Preview2, – yoteams-build-core v1.2.1 GA + v1.3.0 Preview and - yoteams-deploy v1.0.1 GA, and also Microsoft Graph Toolkit (MGT) v2.3.0 GA.  All key features in this release of MGT were contributed by the community! Open-source project status:  (Bold indicates new this call)

Project Current Version Release/Status PnP .NET Libraries - PnP Framework v1.6.0 GA, PnP Provisioning Engine Schema v202103 Prepping for Version 1.7.0 release PnP .NET Libraries - PnP Core SDK v1.3.0 GA Prepping for Version 1.4.0 release PnP PowerShell v1.7.0 GA 52nd nightly release* Yo teams - generator-teams v3.2.0 GA, v3.3.0 Preview2   Yo teams - yoteams-build-core v1.2.1 GA, v1.3.0 Preview   Yo teams – yoteams-deploy v1.0.1 GA   Yo teams - msteams-react-base-component v3.1.0   Microsoft Graph Toolkit (MGT) v2.3.0 GA  

*** Note:  While version releases are periodic, nightly releases are nightly!  Subscribe to nightly releases for the latest capabilities.      **

There were 3 new script samples this week.  The host of this call was David Warner II (Catapult Systems) @DavidWarnerII.   Q&A takes place in chat throughout the call.

Actions

Demos

Demos delivered in this session

  • List Formatting Magic Tips & Tricks​ – create a list, add and format a location column.  Add a location with link to a map and then add multiple sub properties (street, state, country) under the Location’s name.  Add a weather column and formatting to display an image and details for weather.  When list items are updated, then weather entries will be updated.   Implement this today – get the address and weather samples.

  • Build your first conversational chatbot for Teams – create a new bot in Composer (use Core Bot with Language template), set up Language Understanding in Azure, install the Teams package into the new project (in Composer), add triggers to operate in Teams and to receive and respond to orders.  Conduct your Pizza business via an Adaptive Card and task modules.  Build task modules using Bot Framework Composer without writing (almost) any code!   

  • Updates on the Independent Publishing Connectors for Power Platform – beginning with a report on number of connectors delivered to date and in the pipeline followed by an experiential show-and-tell of the Yelp connector.   Yelp connector services – get business details, get reviews, search business phones and search businesses, allows users to search for business by location, phone, and product and more from millions of businesses across 32 countries.   

Thank you for your work. Samples are often showcased in Demos.    Request a Demo spot on the call – https://aka.ms/m365pnp/request/demo

Topics

Topics covered in this call

  • PnP .NET library updates - Bert Jansen (Microsoft) @O365bert - 6:32
  • PnP PowerShell - Erwin van Hunen (Valo Intranet) | @erwinvanhunen - 8:20
  • yo Teams updates - Wictor Wilén (Microsoft) | @wictor - 9:57
  • Microsoft Graph Toolkit updates - Elise Yang (Microsoft) | @elisenyang
  • Microsoft Teams Samples - David Warner II (Catapult Systems) | @DavidWarnerII - 14:00
  • Microsoft Power Platform Samples - April Dunnam (Microsoft) | @aprildunnam  - 14:28
  • D1:  List formatting magic tips and tricks – Chris Kent (DMI) | @theChrisKent - 16:06
  • D2:  Getting started with Bot Framework Composer for building Teams Task Modules – Stephan Bisser (Solvion) | @stephanbisser - 29:27
  • D3:  Updates on Independent Publisher Connectors for Power Platform & Yelp Connector Demo – Natalie Pienkowska (Microsoft) | @NataliePienkow1 & Ahmad Najjar (Infoworker) | @ahmadn82 - 43:33 

Resources

Additional resources around the covered topics and links from the slides.

General resources

Upcoming Calls | Recurrent Invites

  • Microsoft 365 platform call – September 21st at 8:00 am PDT | https://aka.ms/m365-dev-call

  • SharePoint Framework call – September 23rd at 7:00 am PDT | https://aka.ms/spdev-spfx-call

  • M365 General Dev call – September 30th at 7:00 am PDT | https://aka.ms/m365-dev-sig

  • Office add-in monthly call – October 13th at 8:00 am PDT | https://aka.ms/officeaddinscall

  • Adaptive Cards monthly call – October14th at 9:00 am PDT | https://aka.ms/adaptivecardscommunitycall

  • Power Apps monthly call– October 20th at 8:00 am PDT | https://aka.ms/PowerAppsMonthlyCall

  • Microsoft Identity Platform call – October 21st at 9:00 am PDT | https://aka.ms/IDDevCommunityCalendar General Microsoft 365 Dev Special Interest Group bi-weekly calls are targeted at anyone who’s interested in the general Microsoft 365 development topics. This includes Microsoft Teams, Bots, Microsoft Graph, CSOM, REST, site provisioning, PnP PowerShell, PnP Sites Core, Site Designs, Power Automate, PowerApps, Column Formatting, list formatting, etc. topics. More details on the Microsoft 365 community from https://aka.ms/m365pnp. We also welcome community demos, if you are interested in doing a live demo in these calls! You can download recurrent invite from https://aka.ms/m365-dev-sig. Welcome and join in the discussion. If you have any questions, comments, or feedback, feel free to provide your input as comments to this post as well. More details on the Microsoft 365 community and options to get involved are available from https://aka.ms/m365pnp. “Sharing is caring”

Microsoft 365 PnP team, Microsoft - 17th of September 2021