Microsoft 365 PnP Weekly - Episode 181

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 Belgium based Senior Service Engineer Bert Jansen (Microsoft) | @O365Bert.

Topics discussed in this session

• Evolution of and updates on PnP .NET libraries – PnP Framework and PnP Core SDK, and on Modernization (page transformation) tooling.
• Development opportunities on core PnP tools. Do you write .NET?
• Why should one care about the PnP Core library?
• Work on the Microsoft 365 Assessment Tool (Scanner) with 2 assessment modules today - Syntex and Workflow and another in the works.
• Understanding throttling, rate limit headers (alternative to throttling), resource units, requests and more.
• Current work on a sample to show app performance using rate limit headers vs throttling.
• Tips on app development with throttling and rate limit headers.

Resources referenced during discussion

• Tool - Microsoft 365 Assessment tool | aka.ms/microsoft365assessmenttool
• Documentation - Modernize your classic SharePoint sites | aka.ms/sharepoint/modernization
• Tool - PnP Core SDK
• Documentation - Microsoft Graph throttling guidance
• Documentation - Avoid getting throttled or blocked in SharePoint Online
• Event - European SharePoint, Office 3665 & Azure Conference (ESPC22) – Copenhagen, November 2022 | Bert’s session on APIs and throttling.

Also, we showcased 14 articles/videos published by Microsoft and the PnP Community in the last week.

This week

• Bert – talking to ISVs and customers, starting on spec for new scoring module for Microsoft 365 Assessment tool that will deliver actionable guidance, and on Throttling/Rate Limit Header sample.
• Waldek – celebrating release of CLI for Microsoft 365 v5.8 last Friday and refocusing on v5.9 developments to be released in late October.
• Vesa – defragging his calendar, evaluating an updated release on Microsoft Viva Toolkit (extensibility focus) after Microsoft Ignite. Supporting Ignite preparation plus baseline community coordination activities.

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This session was recorded on Monday, October 3, 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

• What’s New in Microsoft Teams | August and September 2022 - Holly Lehman (Microsoft) | @Lehman__Holly
• Microsoft Ignite 2022 guide to Viva, Syntex, SharePoint, OneDrive, Lists, Stream, Project and more - Mark Kashman (Microsoft) | @mkashman
• Build a stock update notification bot for Microsoft Teams using Teams Toolkit for Visual Studio Code - Garry Trinder (Microsoft) | @garrytrinder
• Microsoft Teams apps coming in preview to Office and Outlook apps on Android - Sanjay Joshi (Microsoft) | @sanjoshi
• Power Platform Developer Tools monthly release update (August Refresh) - Kartik Kanakasabesan (Microsoft)

Community articles

• Build seamless automations to boost productivity with Microsoft Graph, Event Hubs and Logic Apps - Ayça Baş (Microsoft) | @aycabs
• CLI for Microsoft 365 v5.8 - Martin Lingstuyl (I4-YOU) | @martinlingstuyl
• PnP PowerShell extension - Adam Wójcik (Hitachi Energy) | @Adam25858782
• Small Tips and Tricks – Microsoft 365 – How to check available licenses in our Tenant - Sabadra Prasham (Apexon) | @SabadraPrasham
• Additional RefinableString* Managed Property Variants in the Search Schema in SharePoint Online - Marc Anderson (Sympraxis Consulting) | @Sympmarc
• Creating Custom Content Types for Stream in SharePoint - Marc Anderson (Sympraxis Consulting) | @Sympmarc
• Collaborate in Teams meetings with Excel Live - Message Center Show Ep. 255 - Daniel Glenn (InfoWorks, Inc) | @DanielGlenn, Darrell Webster (Modern Workplace Change) | @darrellaas
• HUGE Changes in the MS-600 Exam August 2022 Update! - Andrew Connell (Voitanos) | @Andrewconnell
• Episode #224 - Managing Document Set versions history with Microsoft Graph - Paolo Pialorsi (PiaSys) | @PaoloPia

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

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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