Microsoft 365 Platform Call -- 11th of January, 2022

Microsoft 365 Platform Community Call - weekly community call recording from January 11th, is now available from the Microsoft 365 Community YouTube channel athttps://aka.ms/m365pnp/videos

Call Summary

Welcome to the weekly call focused on capabilities of the Microsoft 365 platform.   

• Register for the Microsoft 365 Developer Program and get a free E5 developer tenant with instant availability and other assets.  
• Get started with free training modules to accelerate learning Microsoft 365 platform capabilities. Now with new Viva Connections training!
• Preview the Microsoft 365 Sample Solution Gallery with 780+ samples from Microsoft and community that allow you to learn by example, expedite your development and appreciate what is possible.
• Sign up and participate in one of a growing number of events hosted by Sharing is Caring during January - February.   Upcoming Ask Me Anything (AMA) session - Open Discussions 2022!   New class coming Viva Connections ACEs (Feb 2022)
• Tune into the weekly
  • Microsoft 365 Developer Podcast focused exclusively on Microsoft 365 dev topics – hosted by Jeremy Thake (Microsoft) and Paul Schaeflein (Addin365).
  • Microsoft 365 PnP Weekly - Videos, Podcasts focused on the latest news and topics on Microsoft 365 hosted by Vesa Juvonen and Waldek Mastykarz
• Hear about the latest 2 Microsoft 365 Platform related stories and take in 3 demos delivered by Microsoft presenters on latest capabilities of the Microsoft 365 platform.

The host of this call was Brian T. Jackett (Microsoft) *| *@BrianTJackett.  Q&A takes place in chat throughout and live at end of the call.   

Microsoft 365 Platform News Flash

• Microsoft Graph Mailbag – Using LargeFileUploadTask with Microsoft Graph SDKs

• How to Manage Microsoft Teams Meeting Recording Auto-Expiration

• Opt into PnP Recognition Program | https://aka.ms/m365pnp-recognition

• Register for Sharing is Caring Events:

  • First Time Contributor Session – Tuesday, January 25th, 2pm PST
  • Community Docs Session – 2022 Sessions Coming Soon  
  • Power Platform Samples – First Time Contributor – Tuesday, January 18th, 1pm PST
  • PnP – SPFx Developer Workstation Setup – Tuesday, February 8th, 2pm PST
  • PnP SPFx Samples – Solving SPFx version differences using Node Version Manager – Wednesday, January 26th, 7am PST
  • First Time Presenter – Wednesday, February 9th, 9am PST
  • More than Code with VSCode – Tuesday, February 15th, 2pm PST
  • Maturity Model Practitioners – Tuesday, January 18th, 7am PST (every 3rd Tuesday of month, 7:00am PT)
  • Getting Started with Viva Connection ACEs (2-part session) – TBS soon
  • PnP Office Hours – 1:1 session – Register
  • PnP Buddy System – Request a Buddy

• Request a Demo spot on the call – https://aka.ms/m365pnp/request/demo

• Download the recurrent invite for this call – https://aka.ms/m365-dev-call

• Call attention to your great work by using the #PnPWeekly on Twitter.

Demos

Demos delivered in this session

• Introduction to Microsoft Graph connectors SDK - learn about the connectors SDK that will be available for preview in February.  The SDK allows developers to write reliable and scalable custom Graph Connectors that are subsequently installed, configured and managed by Admins.   Review connector terminology, development, implementation, and management (via Admin portal).  Many capabilities of connector development are now addressed by components in the SDK.   Register for the Preview today. 

• Building a Microsoft Teams bot for scheduling tasks and to get reminders - this sample “Bot daily task reminder” is about sending a proactive chat message/request to app users.  Users are able to schedule a recurring task and get a reminder at scheduled times via Adaptive Cards.  Comprehensive walk-through from cloning sample repo, to creating and registering an Azure bot, to updating endpoints, creating App manifest file and sideloading into your dev tenant.    

• Microsoft Graph Toolkit – Using the People Component in your solutions – this session focuses on the Microsoft Graph People control and options for customization.  See how to use the People component to display a group of people or contacts (photos or initials).  Find people trending around you, users from a group or array, show their presence, see managers and direct reports.  Build a custom People component with custom templating.  See code and rendering side-by-side.

Thank you for your work. Samples are often showcased in Demos.

Topics

Topics covered in this call

• Latest updates and news on the Microsoft 365 platform – Brian T. Jackett (Microsoft) *| *@BrianTJackett – 5:21
• D1:  Introduction to Microsoft Graph connectors SDK – Rajdeep Chandra (Microsoft) – 7:31
• D2:  Building a Microsoft Teams bot for scheduling tasks and to get reminders – Wajeed Shaikh (Microsoft) – 19:38
• D3:  Microsoft Graph Toolkit – Using the People Component in your solutions – Sébastien Levert (Microsoft) | @sebastienlevert – 36:03

Resources

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

• D1:  Registration - Microsoft Graph connectors SDK - Preview Sign Up | aka.ms/gcsdkpreview

• D2: Microsoft Teams Samples - Bot daily task reminder 

• D2: Documentation – Send Proactive Messages 

• D2: Documentation – Proactive Messages 

• D2: Feedback – Teams Feedback | aka.ms/TeamsPlatformFeedback

• D3: Documentation - People component in the Microsoft Graph Toolkit 

• D3: Playgound – People component 

• D3: Repo – Microsoft Graph Toolkit | aka.ms/mgt

• D3: Documentation - Microsoft Graph Toolkit: UI Components and Authentication Providers for Microsoft Graph | aka.ms/MGT/docs

• D3: Learn - Develop apps with the Microsoft Graph Toolkit | aka.ms/mgt/learn

   

• Previous demos delivered by Sébastien Levert on Microsoft Graph Toolkit (MGT)

  • Discover the Microsoft Graph Toolkit – 7 December, 2021
  • Microsoft Graph Toolkit – Using Login Component in your solutions – 14 December 2021
  • Microsoft Graph Toolkit – Using the Person Component in your solutions – 4 January 2022

• PnP Weekly – Episode 148 (December 10th) with Belgium-based Power Platform Architect and Business Applications MVP, Carmen Ysewijn (Qubix) | @CarmenYsewijn | video | podcast

General resources

• Archives - Microsoft 365 PnP Weekly - Videos, Podcasts  
• PnP Teams Quickstart | aka.ms/pnp-teams-quickstart
• Microsoft Teams Toolkit v2.2 | https://aka.ms/teams-toolkit
• Microsoft 365 PnP Community hub | aka.ms/m365pnp/community 
• 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 community (PnP) videos | aka.ms/m365pnp-videos
• Microsoft Teams Toolkit for Visual Studio Code
• yo Teams | aka.ms/yoteams
• Video - Getting started using yo Teams | Wictor Wilén (Avanade)| @wictor
• Build a crisis management site to connect people and information
• Developer documentation | https://aka.ms/spdev-docs
• PnP Power Shell
• SharePoint Modernization Partner Guidance - Feedback welcome
• Solution - Building a modern search experiences with SharePoint Framework web parts
• Page transformation guidance
• Page transformation videos
• Modernization scanner
• 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)
• SharePoint Provisioning Service - Easily provision look book designs to any tenant in the world
• SharePoint Provisioning templates on GitHub
• PnP Provisioning Tenant Templates documentation
• SharePoint Page Transformation webcast series
• PnP Power Shell
• SharePoint Modernization Tools

Upcoming Calls | Recurrent Invites

• Office add-in monthly call – January 12th at 8:00 am PST | https://aka.ms/officeaddinscall

• SharePoint Framework call – January 13th at 7:00 am PST | https://aka.ms/spdev-spfx-call

• Adaptive Cards monthly call –January 13th at 9:00 am PST | https://aka.ms/adaptivecardscommunitycall

• Microsoft 365 platform call – January 18th** **at 8:00 am PST | https://aka.ms/m365-dev-call

• Power Apps monthly call– January 19th at 8:00 am PST | https://aka.ms/PowerAppsMonthlyCall

• M365 General Dev call – January 20th at 7:00 am PST | https://aka.ms/m365-dev-sig

• Microsoft Identity Platform call – January 20th at 9:00 am PST | https://aka.ms/IDDevCommunityCalendar

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 PnP team, Microsoft - 12th of January 2022