Microsoft 365 & Power Platform Community Call - 30th 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
- Summer schedule for this call only. This call will not take place from July 4th through August 15th. The weekly call will resume on August 22nd.
- Agenda set for next Microsoft 365 & Power Platform weekly call - Tuesday, June 6th, 8:00 am PT.
- Latest news from Microsoft engineering on Microsoft 365 topics
- Marc Windl – Introduction to Microsoft Syntex Repository Services – live demo
- Luca Bandinelli – Introduction to Bot Framework powered Viva Connections cards
- Paolo Pialorsi - Extend SPFx apps across Microsoft 365 - Contoso Retail
- Event Registration is open - HackTogether: The Microsoft Teams Global Hack (June 1 – 15, 2023) | aka.ms/hack-together-teams
- News
- Microsoft 365 Sample Solution Gallery has 1590+ samples now! aka.ms/m365/samples
- Article - Microsoft Build 2023 – Book of News - Microsoft
- Article - Empowering every developer with plugins for Microsoft 365 Copilot - Rajesh Jha (Microsoft)
- Article - Microsoft outlines framework for building AI apps and copilots; expands AI plugin ecosystem – John Roach
- Article - Introducing Microsoft Teams support for Microsoft 365 Targeted Release commercial cloud customers - Shikha Varshney (Microsoft)
- Article - Get the right work done at the right time: Task automation for your frontline with Microsoft Teams - Andrew Friedman (Microsoft)
- Article - Microsoft Mesh: Transforming how people come together in the modern workplace – Lori Craw (Microsoft)
- Article - Build 2023: Building apps that bring together AI and collaboration – Ben Summers (Microsoft) | @bensum365
- Article - Teams Toolkit for Visual Studio Code 5 now available – John Miller (Microsoft) | @jmillerdev & Ji Dong (Microsoft)
- Shows and Events
- 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
- Monday’s @ Microsoft – Episode Two (Mon, June 5th , 8:00 am PT)
- Conversations
- Microsoft 365 PnP Weekly – Episode 212 (May 29th) with UK-based Cloud Consultant, Viva Explorer Visionary and Microsoft MVP - Leslie Crook (CloudWay) | @Lesley_wolan | video | podcast
- Microsoft 365 Developer Podcast – Open AI Chat GPT, Azure Communication Services and Microsoft Graph with Dan Wahlin (May 22nd) | podcast
Demos
- Introduction to Microsoft Syntex Repository Services – this new PaaS offering allows you to store and connect your custom application’s content in app storage containers within your tenant via Graph APIs. Similar to how Microsoft 365 apps store/access OneDrive and SharePoint content via Microsoft 365 App APIs. Understand why this new capability is relevant to you. Join the Private Preview and join this call next week (June 2nd) for a live demo.
- Introducing Microsoft Viva Connections for Education – 85% of EDU app interaction happens via mobile phones. Viva Connections is mobile device optimized. Now all EDU Viva cards (assignments, courses, library loans, tuition loans, internships, etc.) are open source, GA to all EDU customers. Cards simplify resource access connect students and immediately deployable. See the latest cards, look at the samples, build actionable ACE cards for EDU. Future direction suggested.
- Latest on using SPFx on building extensibility for SharePoint – an elemental review of core SharePoint capabilities to showcase how the platform retains its backward compatibility as the UX evolves. Core SharePoint elements are cards, web parts, extensions, app pages and more. GA extension options include Application customizer, Command set, Field customizer, Form Customizer and Search Query Modifier. Glimpse the new UX version of SharePoint Online announced earlier this month at Microsoft 365 Conference.
The host of this call was Vesa Juvonen (Microsoft) | @vesajuvonen. Q&A takes place in chat throughout the call.
Agenda items
00:00 – Intro
09:47 – Latest updates – news across the Microsoft blogs – Vesa Juvonen (Microsoft) | @vesajuvonen
11:36 – Together mode picture
12:50 – Demo - Introduction to Microsoft Syntex Repository Services – Marc Windl (Microsoft)
22:40 – Demo - Introducing Microsoft Viva Connections for Education – Jethro Seghers (Microsoft) | @jseghers
36:12 – Demo - Latest on using SPFx on building extensibility for SharePoint – Vesa Juvonen (Microsoft) | @vesajuvonen
56:55 – Closing
Thank you for your creativity and work execution. Samples are often showcased in Demos.
Together Mode
The Gold Auditorium is fully booked today. Great! Thank you for joining once again on the call.
Actions
- Register for HackTogether: The Microsoft Teams Global Hack (June 1 – 15, 2023) | aka.ms/hack-together-teams
- 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, June 20th, 7am PST - Register
- 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 1570+ samples from Microsoft and community.
- Download the recurrent invite for this call – aka.ms/m365-dev-call
Demo references
- Introduction to Microsoft Syntex Repository Services
- Article - Introducing Syntex repository services: Microsoft 365 superpowers for your app | aka.ms/syntex/repositorybuild23
- Preview - Register for more details about Microsoft Syntex | aka.ms/repositorypreview
- Introducing Microsoft Viva Connections for Education
- Article – Microsoft Viva Connections for Education – Now Available to all Customers
- Documentation - Overview of Viva Connections for Education
- Web page – Microsoft Viva Learning
- Previous demo – Creating custom SPFx components for Microsoft Viva Connections for Education – Jethro Seghers (Microsoft) | @jseghers (delivered 18th May)
- Samples - EDU ACE Code samples
- Latest on using SPFx on building extensibility for SharePoint
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
- Viva Connections & SharePoint Framework call | Thursday, June 1, 7:00 am PT - https://aka.ms/spdev-spfx-call (bi-weekly)
- Microsoft 365 platform call | Tuesday, June 6, 8:00 am PT – https://aka.ms/m365-dev-call (weekly)
- Microsoft 365 & Power Platform Dev call | Thursday, Junee 8, 7:00 am PT - https://aka.ms/m365-dev-sig (bi-weekly)
- Office add-in monthly call | Wednesday, June 14, 8:00 am PT - https://aka.ms/officeaddinscall (monthly)
- Microsoft Identity Platform call | Thursday, June 15, 9:00 am PT - https://aka.ms/IDDevCommunityCalendar (monthly)
- Power Platform monthly call | Wednesday, June 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 - 30th of May 2023