Microsoft 365 Platform Community Call - 29th of November, 2022
Call summary
Welcome to the weekly call focused on capabilities of the Microsoft 365 platform. In this call, we highlight recently announced and key existing developer resources, news, community events and three demos.
New this week
- News
- Samples – Microsoft 365 Unified Sample Solution Gallery - aka.ms/m365/samples now with more than 1300 samples from Microsoft and community.
- Article – Microsoft Graph Python SDK is now available for public preview - Isaac Vargas Chacon (Microsoft)
- Article – Outlook REST API v2.0 & Beta deprecation update - Microsoft 365 Platform team
- Article – Using scripts for Microsoft Bookings calendar and mailbox - Altamish Ahmad (Microsoft)
- Article – “Add to OneDrive” 🎙 – The Intrazone podcast - Mark Kashman (Microsoft) | @mkashman
- Microsoft Teams Platform Updates
- Documentation – Authenticate users in Microsoft Teams (Revamped Authentication Module (Tab, Bot, ME) and Simplified SSO Scenario)
- Documentation - Configure your tab app in Azure AD
- Documentation - Add code to enable SSO
- Documentation - Update manifest for SSO and preview app
- Documentation - Extend tab app with Microsoft Graph permissions and scopes
- Conversations
- Microsoft 365 PnP Weekly – Episode 189 (November 28th) with UK based Microsoft 365 Apps & Services MVP Brett Lonsdale (Lightning Tools) | @brettlonsdale | video | podcast
- Events
Demos
- Preview updates on Microsoft Graph toolkit v3.0 – the next version of Toolkit is weeks away (January). Refreshed components with Fluent UI, multi-account support, generic picker control, disambiguation feature built-in, support for Graph JS SDK v3.0, support for sovereign clouds, support for Node 14-16, and scenario-based samples. See several updated components and disambiguation feature. Please look at the preview and share your thoughts - gaps, ideas, other feedback with the team.
- Scale access to Microsoft 365 data with Microsoft Graph Data Connect – look at new ways to power business decisions with M365 Data & Synapse Analytics. See how to configure your Office to share data with your Azure subscription and get back security and compliance insights regarding information oversharing inside your tenant. Configure Microsoft Graph Data Connect, set up an Azure Storage account and pipeline in Azure Synapse Analytics workspace. Use Power BI dashboard to deliver insights.
- What’s new in the Microsoft Teams Toolkit – Fall, 2022 – updates in the last 3 months on the Teams Toolkit that further simplify Teams app development. Highlights include - new sample app project, simpler APIs for bot and message extension SSO, New project template for Workflow bot, fine-tuned control of Teams Toolkit debussing steps, Add SSO after the fact feature, and more. Also covers what’s next. We always appreciate your feedback!
The host of this call was Brian T. Jackett (Microsoft) | @BrianTJackett. Q&A takes place in chat throughout the call.
Agenda items
- Latest updates and news on the Microsoft 365 platform – Brian T. Jackett (Microsoft) | @BrianTJackett – 6:48
- Microsoft Teams Platform updates – Surbhi Gupta (Microsoft) – 8:49
- Demo - Preview updates on Microsoft Graph toolkit v3.0 – Sébastien Levert (Microsoft) | @sebastienlevert & Gavin Barron (Microsoft) | @gavinbarron – 12:03
- Demo - Scale access to Microsoft 365 data with Microsoft Graph Data Connect – Philip Li (Microsoft) & Jose Barreto (Microsoft) | @josebarreto – 30:46
- Demo - What’s new in the Microsoft Teams Toolkit – Fall, 2022 – John Miller (Microsoft) | @jmillerdev – 45:54
Thank you for your creativity and work execution. Samples are often showcased in Demos.
Together Mode
Great seeing all of you during the 12th minute hand waving stretch during today’s call.
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Demo references
- Preview updates on Microsoft Graph toolkit v3.0
- Tools - Microsoft Graph Toolkit: UI Components and Authentication Providers for Microsoft Graph
- Repo - Microsoft Graph Toolkit | aka.ms/mgt
- Documentation – Microsoft Graph Toolkit overview | aka.ms/mgt/docs
- Samples – Microsoft Graph Toolkit Samples & Tutorial Materials | aka.ms/mgt/samples
- Playground – Microsoft Graph Toolkit Playground | aka.ms/mgt/dev
- Learn – Develop apps with the Microsoft Graph Toolkit | aka.ms/mgt/learn
- Feedback - Feedback on our v3 release! #1966
- Scale access to Microsoft 365 data with Microsoft Graph Data Connect
- Blog - Jose Barreto’s Blog (step-by-step guides) - aka.ms/sharepointdata
- Article - SharePoint and OneDrive + Microsoft Graph Data Connect + Ignite 2022
- Article - Gathering a detailed dataset on your SharePoint Sites
- Article - Four Options for SharePoint Site Analytics
- Article - Links about SharePoint on MGDC
- What’s new in the Microsoft Teams Toolkit – Fall, 2022
- Tools - Microsoft Teams Toolkit
- Samples - Microsoft Teams Framework (TeamsFx) Sample Gallery | aka.ms/teamsfx-samples
- Topic related demos:
- Demo - Add Azure AD single sign-on to your Microsoft Teams bots using Teams Toolkit for Visual Studio Code – Garry Trinder (Microsoft) | @garrytrinder
- Demo - Build your first Workflow bot for Microsoft Teams with Teams Toolkit for Visual Studio Code – Garry Trinder (Microsoft) | @garrytrinder
- Demo - Build your first Command bot in C# for Microsoft Teams with Teams Toolkit for Visual Studio – Ayça Baş (Microsoft) | @aycabs
- Demo - Build your first Command bot for Microsoft Teams with Teams Toolkit for Visual Studio Code – Garry Trinder (Microsoft) | @garrytrinder
- Demo - Build your first Notification bot for Microsoft Teams with Teams Toolkit for Visual Studio Code – Garry Trinder (Microsoft) | @garrytrinder
- Demo - Build a productivity dashboard by using Teams Toolkit for Visual Studio – Ayça Baş (Microsoft) | @aycabs
- Demo - Getting started with Teams Toolkit for Visual Studio – Garry Trinder (Microsoft) | @garrytrinder
General resources
- Archives - Microsoft 365 PnP Weekly - Videos, Podcasts
- Microsoft Teams Toolkit | https://aka.ms/teams-toolkit
- Microsoft Graph Toolkit in Microsoft Learn | https://aka.ms/learn-mgt
- Viva Connections https://aka.ms/VivaConnections
- SharePoint look book
- Yo Teams video training package
- .NET Standard 2.0 version of SharePoint Online CSOM API
- Microsoft 365 Platform Community (PnP) videos | aka.ms/m365/videos
- Microsoft Teams Toolkit for Visual Studio Code
- yo Teams | aka.ms/yoteams
- SPFx Developer documentation | https://aka.ms/spfx
- Microsoft 365 developer program site - Need to become a Tenant Admin to test look book capabilities? Get a Microsoft 365 E5 developer subscription - free tenant for 90 days with automatic renewal if used for dev purposes
Upcoming Calls | Recurrent Invites
- Viva Connections & SharePoint Framework call | Thursday, December 1, 7:00 am PT - https://aka.ms/spdev-spfx-call (bi-weekly)
- Microsoft 365 platform call | Tuesday, December 6, 8:00 am PT – https://aka.ms/m365-dev-call (weekly)
- Microsoft 365 General Dev call | Thursday, December 8, 7:00 am PT - https://aka.ms/m365-dev-sig (bi-weekly)
- Office add-in monthly call | Wednesday, December 14, 8:00 am PT - https://aka.ms/officeaddinscall (monthly)
- Microsoft Identity Platform call | Thursday, December 15, 9:00 am PT - https://aka.ms/IDDevCommunityCalendar (monthly)
- Power Platform monthly call | Wednesday, December 21, 8:00 am PT - https://aka.ms/PowerAppsMonthlyCall (monthly)
Microsoft 365 Platform community call focuses on latest Microsoft 365 Platform updates and demos delivered by Microsoft presenters and takes place weekly on Tuesday. The alternating Special Interest Group community calls each Thursday focus on SharePoint Framework (client-side development/implementation) and Microsoft 365 Platform (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.) with demos commonly delivered by community members.
More details on the Microsoft 365 community from https://aka.ms/m365pnp.
You can download recurrent invite for this call from https://aka.ms/m365-dev-call. 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.
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Microsoft 365 Platform Community team, Microsoft - 29th of November 2022