Microsoft 365 & Power Platform Community Call - 9th of May, 2023
Call summary
Welcome to the weekly call focused on capabilities of the Microsoft 365 and Power Platform. In this call, we highlight recently announced and key existing developer resources, news, community events and three demos.
New this week
- Announcements
- Agenda set for next Microsoft 365 & Power Platform weekly call - Tuesday, May 16th, 8:00 am PT.
- Latest news from Microsoft engineering on Microsoft 365 topics
- Srinivas Varukala & Rick Shire – Building a Microsoft Teams Call queue scheduler solution for customers
- Supriti Bhan – Introduction to Live Share SDK for Microsoft Teams apps
- Vesa Juvonen - Latest on building Microsoft Viva extensibility with SPFx
- Monday’s @ Microsoft – Premier Episode (Mon, May 15th , 8:00 am PT)
- Agenda set for next Microsoft 365 & Power Platform weekly call - Tuesday, May 16th, 8:00 am PT.
- News
- Article – Welcome to the new era of SharePoint and OneDrive in Microsoft 365 – Jeff Teper (Microsoft) | @jeffteper
- Article – SharePoint in the AI Era: Introducing Copilot in SharePoint & 10 more innovations for creators - Adam Harmetz (Microsoft) | @AdamHarmetz
- Article – Microsoft Lists: Easier, Better, Faster, Stronger - Lincoln DeMaris (Microsoft)
- Article – New era in content management and security in SharePoint, OneDrive, and Teams - Sesha Mani (Microsoft) | @SeshaManiS
- Article – Announcing SharePoint Framework 1.17.2 for Microsoft 365 extensibility - Vesa Juvonen (Microsoft) | @vesajuvonen.
- Article – Streamline your SharePoint experience with the new Microsoft Graph SharePoint Admin API – Mengke Li (Microsoft) & Adriana Wook (Microsoft)
- Article – Announcing the Microsoft Graph Early Adopter recognition program - Waldek Mastykarz (Microsoft) | @waldekm & Kristen Womack (Microsoft)
- Microsoft 365 Sample Solution Gallery has 1560+ samples now! aka.ms/m365/samples
- Shows and Events
- European Collaboration Summit 2023 – May 24 – 26, 2023 – Düsseldorf – collabsummit.eu – Register
- ACT NOW – save €300 on tickets for the European Power Platform Conference – Dublin, 20-23 June
- 365 EduCon - Use promo code “Community” to save 25% off any pass type.
- Washington DC – June 12-16, 2023
- Seattle – August 21-25, 2023 & PWR EduCon
- Chicago – October 30 – November 3, 2023
- Upcoming Community Days Events - aka.ms/communitydays
- Conversations
- Microsoft 365 PnP Weekly – Episode 209 (May 8th) with Belgium-based Microsoft MVP and Microsoft 365 Consultant - Milan Holemans (VanRoey.be) | video | podcast
- Power Platform Connections - Power Platform Connections Ep 12 - MVP Summit Special (May 4th) | video
- Microsoft 365 Developer Podcast – Hackathon winning Magic Note app by Ahmad Mozaffar (May 8th) | podcast
- Monday’s @ Microsoft – Premier Episode (Mon, May 15th , 8:00 am PT)
Demos
- New flows and ideas for Power Automate with Microsoft Teams – create powerful web flow solutions using workflow templates in Teams. Recently added 21 new templates to automate event notifications, initiate file synchronization, connect to third party apps, and more. 2 examples shown – Create a new Trello card from message and add button to notify a user in Teams. 2-3 steps to implement template. Full flow created behind the scenes for you to inspect, learn, modify.
- Latest on the SharePoint site templates - Site creation and template updates – refreshed templates that further simplify the site creation process. Templates show site capabilities and what’s included with template. Preview every page/list, can go back and change template. Create site, add members, add permissions, people can access site as soon as it is created. Templates for both Teams and Communications sites. Q&A includes possible future enhancements. Look book and SharePoint templates similar/different.
- Latest on using SharePoint Framework for Microsoft Teams extensibility – SPFx uses Teams SDK v2.9.1 by default and a custom or auto generated manifest. Solutions created for Teams are also available automatically in Outlook and Microsoft 365 app. See simple steps to onboard a SharePoint web part into Microsoft Teams. The Teams SDK is natively available in context and Teams Toolkit supports SharePoint Framework. As well, improved debugging for SPFx provided by Teams Toolkit v5.
The host of this call was Vesa Juvonen (Microsoft) | @vesajuvonen. Q&A takes place in chat throughout the call.
Agenda items
00:00 – Intro
09:00 – Latest updates – news across the Microsoft blogs – Vesa Juvonen (Microsoft) | @vesajuvonen
10:18 – Together mode picture
11:43 – Demo - New flows and ideas for Power Automate with Microsoft Teams – Eric Scherlinger (Microsoft), Avadhesh Dubey (Microsoft)
22:20 – Demo - Latest on the SharePoint site templates - Site creation and template updates – Cathy Dew (Microsoft) | @catpaint1
38:53 – Demo - Latest on using SharePoint Framework for Microsoft Teams extensibility – Vesa Juvonen (Microsoft) | @vesajuvonen
57:30 – Closing
Thank you for your creativity and work execution. Samples are often showcased in Demos.
Together Mode
A room filled with familiar faces including many from last week’s Microsoft 365 Conference in Las Vegas. Very cool! Thanks for being here today and/or for viewing this call on-demand.
Actions
- Rate this call’s content and let us know how we can improve | aka.ms/community/calls/feedback Thanks!
- Request to Present a demo during Microsoft 365 & Power Platform community calls - aka.ms/community/request/demo
- Register for an Upcoming Event around Microsoft 365 and Power Platform advertised on the Community Days site.
- Community call agendas are published each week at aka.ms/community/meetup
- Opt into PnP Recognition Program – aka.ms/m365pnp-recognition
- Register for upcoming Sharing Is Caring events:
- Maturity Model Practitioners | Tuesday, May 16th, 7am PST – Download reoccurring invite
- PnP Office Hours – 1:1 session | Register
- PnP Buddy System | Request a Buddy
- Register for the Microsoft 365 Developer Program and get a free developer tenant
- Get started with free training modules covering Microsoft 365 platform capabilities.
- Visit the Microsoft 365 Unified Sample Solution Gallery with more than 1650 samples from Microsoft and community.
- Download the recurrent invite for this call – aka.ms/m365-dev-call
Demo references
- New flows and ideas for Power Automate with Microsoft Teams
- Documentation - Create flows in Microsoft Teams
- Documentation - Use flows in teams created from templates
- Template - Create a new Trello card from a message
- Template - Notfity a user in Teams
- Demo - Power Platform Solutions in Microsoft Teams – Example scenario deep dive – Marcus Castro (Microsoft) (May 2nd)
- Demo – Why build Power Platform Solutions in Microsoft Teams? – Stuart McCarthy (Microsoft) & Marcus Castro (Microsoft) (April 25th)
- Latest on the SharePoint site templates - Site creation and template updates
- Templates - SharePoint look book
- Templates - Apply and customize SharePoint site templates
- Template - Use the SharePoint Brand Central template
- Latest on using SharePoint Framework for Microsoft Teams extensibility
- Documentation - Overview of the SharePoint Framework
- Documentation – Teams Toolkit Overview
- Marketplace – Microsoft Teams Toolkit for Visual Studio Code
Links in this call
- Microsoft 365 & Power Platform community videos - aka.ms/community/videos
- LinkedIn group for discussions and updates - aka.ms/community/Li
- Open-source assets –
- github.com/pnp
- github.com/officedev
- github.com/sharepoint
- github.com/microsoftgraph
- Unified Sample gallery - aka.ms/community/samples
- Product sample galleries
- aka.ms/teams-samples
- aka.ms/spfx-webparts
- aka.ms/spfx-extensions
- aka.ms/powerplatform-samples
- aka.ms/list-formatting
- One place for Open-source initiatives and samples - aka.ms/community/home
- Microsoft 365 & Power Platform community calls - aka.ms/community/calls
- Community call agendas - aka.ms/community/meetup
- Request to Present - aka.ms/community/request/demo
- Free E5 developer tenant - aka.ms/m365/devprogram
- Learn training modules - aka.ms/m365/dev/learn
- Conversations - Microsoft 365 Developer Podcast – m365devpodcast.com
- Conversations - Microsoft 365 PnP Weekly
- Video - aka.ms/pnpweekly
- Podcast - pnpweekly.podbean.com
- Conversations - Power Platform Connections – aka.ms/powerplatform-connections
- Microsoft 365 & Power Platform sample gallery - aka.ms/community/samples
- Learn how to get started in the open-source PnP community! – aka.ms/sharing-is-caring
- Event – Microsoft 365 Conference – Las Vegas, May 2-4
- Event – European Collaboration Summit 2023, Düsseldorf. May 24-26
- Event – Microsoft 365 EduCon conferences – DC, Seattle, Chicago
- Event – European Power Platform Conference, Dublin, June 20-22
- Upcoming Community Events - communitydays.org
- News – Microsoft 365 Developer Blog - aka.ms/m365dev/blog
- News – Teams Blog - aka.ms/teams/blog
- News – Microsoft Viva Blog - aka.ms/microsoftviva/blog
- News – Microsoft SharePoint Blog - aka.ms/sp-blog
- Teams Platform Updates - aka.ms/TeamsPlatformUpdates
- Teams Toolkit Cloud Skills Challenge – aka.ms/LearnTeamsToolkit
- Teams Documents – aka.ms/TeamsDevDocs
- Teams Samples – aka.ms/TeamsSamples
- Teams Feedback – aka.ms/TeamsPlatformFeedback
- Invite (ics) for the weekly Microsoft 365 & Power Platform call - aka.ms/community/ms-speakers-call-invite
- Feedback on this call - aka.ms/community/calls/feedback
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
- Office add-in monthly call | Wednesday, May 10, 8:00 am PT - https://aka.ms/officeaddinscall (monthly)
- Microsoft 365 & Power Platform Dev call | Thursday, May 11, 7:00 am PT - https://aka.ms/m365-dev-sig (bi-weekly)
- Microsoft 365 platform call | Tuesday, May 16, 8:00 am PT - https://aka.ms/m365-dev-call (weekly)
- Power Platform monthly call | Wednesday, May 17, 8:00 am PT - https://aka.ms/PowerAppsMonthlyCall (monthly)
- Viva Connections & SharePoint Framework call | Thursday, May 18, 7:00 am PT - https://aka.ms/spdev-spfx-call (bi-weekly)
- Microsoft Identity Platform call | Thursday, May 18, 9:00 am PT - https://aka.ms/IDDevCommunityCalendar (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 - 9th of May 2023