Microsoft 365 PnP Weekly - Episode 180

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 UK based Independent consultant and Microsoft MVP - Chirag Patel (Patel Consulting) | @techChirag.

Topics discussed in this session

• Considerations when thinking about becoming an independent consultant?
• Why remain a 1 man show vs creating a larger consultancy? The FORM approach.
• What are consulting challenges today?
• How did Chirag become an MVP?
• What are the advantages of being an MVP?
• What is the strategy for successful migrations?
• How to drive adoption during a migration?
• Is there still a demand for migrations – growing/shrinking and for certain types of migrations?
• How do you stay up to date on constantly evolving technologies?
• What is Chirag’s involvement in technical communities?
• Do speaking engagements generate new business?

Resources referenced during discussion

• Hacktoberfest 2022
• Hacktoberfest and Microsoft Docs

Also, we showcased 20 articles/videos published by Microsoft and the PnP Community in the last week.

This week

• Chirag – absorbing Microsoft Viva announcements from last week. Working on Viva pilots and on Viva presentations to deliver at CollabDays, South Coast Summit, Viva Explorers Community Day, and European SharePoint Conference.
• Waldek – yes, Waldek and friends created a Graph related hack prototype tool last week during Microsoft Hack week. Maybe you will see the product one day.
• Vesa – catching up with things after last week’s Power Platform Conference.

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This session was recorded on Monday, September 26, 2022.

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• 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

• Empower and energize employees with Microsoft Viva - Seth Patton (Microsoft) | @SethPat
• The Power Platform Conference: A celebration of community, collaboration, and career growth - Charles Lamanna (Microsoft) | @clamanna
• Power Apps brings collaboration to center stage with 3 big announcements - Ryan Cunningham (Microsoft) | @rc_says
• Announcing Deeper SAP Integration for the Power Platform - Jon Gilman (Microsoft) | @jongilman88
• People in Microsoft Viva – Putting people at the center of the employee experience - Jolene Tam (Microsoft)
• New experiences coming to Microsoft Viva Engage - Michael Holste (Microsoft) | @Mike_Holste
• Microsoft Viva Connections and daily briefing email enhancements to unify the employee experience - Malavika Rewari (Microsoft)
• Announcing Answers in Microsoft Viva - Chris McNulty (Microsoft) | @cmcnulty2000
• Viva Topics product updates: Answers in Viva, new topic types, and more - Tehzeeb Versey-Patel (Microsoft)
• Microsoft’s ‘HRWeb’ portal runs on SharePoint in Microsoft 365 - Mark Kashman (Microsoft) | @mkashman

Documentation updates

• Share to Teams from personal app or tab
• Get meeting transcripts using Graph APIs
• Get incoming audio state

Community articles

• Managed Identity rocks with PnP.PowerShell! - Rodridgo Pinto (Storm Tehcnologies) | @ScoutmanPt
• Where in the world is my Teams conversation? - Loryan Strant (Rapid Circle) | @LoryanStrant
• Register SPFx list form customizers with the SharePoint REST API - Andrew Connell (Voitanos) | @Andrewconnell
• 1 step to update an item in an array in Power Automate - Pieter Veenstra (HybrIT Services) | @PieterVeenstra
• Build seamless automations to boost productivity with Microsoft Graph, Azure Event Hubs and Functions - Ayça Baş (Microsoft) | @aycabs
• Episode #223 - Advanced SPFx Form Customizers with DynamicForm - Paolo Pialorsi (PiaSys) | @PaoloPia
• 5 Power Apps Best Practices for Early Makers - Shane Young (PowerApps911) | @shanescows

Additional resources

• 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

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