Microsoft 365 PnP Weekly - Episode 172

In this installment of the weekly discussion revolving around the latest news and topics on Microsoft 365, hosts – Vesa Juvonen (Microsoft) | @vesajuvonen, Waldek Mastykarz (Microsoft) | @waldekm are joined by Colorado, US based Architect, Developer and MVP at DMI - Beau Cameron | @Beau__Cameron.

Topics discussed in this session

• Thoughts on using SharePoint Framework (SPFx) including the clear advantage of being able to easily tap into Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Azure resources.
• Tips to developers on transitioning from SharePoint on-premises to SPO and SPFx.
• SPFx and development platform options - Windows, macOS, iOS, Linux
• Thoughts on moving from the big city to relative isolation in the Colorado Rocky Mountains – there is great community, but no pizza delivery.
• The many reasons for getting involved in PnP Community.
• Consider these three forums for keeping up with the latest technology developments:
  • https://reddit.com/r/sharepoint/
  • https://discord.gg/7FqFA9rQzR
  • https://www.facebook.com/groups/2226513806

Also, we showcased 16 articles/videos published by Microsoft and the PnP Community in the last week.

This week

• Waldek – planning and business as usual – recording, building code, creating content and helping people build on Microsoft 365.
• Vesa – shipped SPFx v1.15 last week, now closing on actions, planning, and catching up before personal holiday.

Please remember to keep on providing us feedback on how we can help on this journey. We always welcome feedback on making the community more inclusive and diverse.

This session was recorded on Monday, June 27, 2022.

• Video at Microsoft 365 Community YouTube channel.
• Podcast at https://pnpweekly.podbean.com.

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Here are all the links and people mentioned in this recording. Thanks, everyone for your contributions to the community!

Microsoft articles

• Microsoft Loop components: Extending capabilities in Microsoft Teams and Outlook - Tricia Van Hollebeke (Microsoft)
• Privacy changes and API support for Microsoft 365 usage reports – Rolling out starting June 23 - James Bell (Microsoft)
• New site template updates: new templates and the template history panel - Nicole Woon (Microsoft) | @NovelNicole
• Power platform Developer tools May Refresh - Kartik Kanakasabesan (Microsoft)
• Announcing SharePoint Framework 1.15 – with updates for Viva Connections, Microsoft Teams and SharePoint - Microsoft

Community articles

• Manage Teams Devices in Graph - Lee Ford (Symity) | @lee_ford
• A collection of resources for Microsoft 365 developers - Eli Schei (Point Taken AS) | @acupof_dev
• Easily Automate a Table in SQL Server Management Studio with Power Automate - Rachel Irabor | @Richie4love
• We love community - Luise Freese | @LuiseFreese
• CLI for Microsoft 365 v5.4 - Adam Wójcik (Hitachi Energy) | @Adam25858782
• Replace that Classic SharePoint Root Site - Marc Anderson (Sympraxis Consulting) | @sympmarc
• Missing Site Nav Edit Link and Extraneous Icons - Marc Anderson (Sympraxis Consulting) | @sympmarc
• hTWOo ReactJS 1.1.0 version release announcement - Julie Turner (Sympraxis Consulting) | @jfj1997
• Change Power Apps Owner with Power Automate in Under 10 Minutes - April Dunnam (Microsoft) | @aprildunnam
• Power Apps formula Reference + 5 uncommon functions - Shane Young (PowerApps911) | @ShanesCows

Additional resources

• Release Notes for PnPjs v3.4.1
• PnP Sharing is Caring initiative - Getting started guidance and training for using GitHub and contributing to the community
• Check out all the great community calls, SDKs, and tooling for Microsoft 365 from https://aka.ms/m365/community

If you’d like to hear from a specific community member in an upcoming recording and/or have specific questions for Microsoft 365 engineering or visitors – please let us know. We will do our best to address your requests or questions.

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