Microsoft 365 PnP Weekly - Episode 184

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 Microsoft MVP and Power Platform Technical Architect - Kristine Kolodziejski (Computacenter) | @kristinekk94.

Topics discussed in this session

• What’s changed for you since becoming an MVP on October 1st?
• The great thing about being an MVP?
• What is role of a technical architect for Power Platform?
• What are your specialties and superpowers?
• Explain the meaning behind the statement - Don’t judge an app by its UI.
• Where are we today with out-of-box Canvas Apps UI?
• How stay up to date on the latest trends? A few recommendations.
  • Favourite UI/UX expert - Michal Malewicz
  • UI inspiration – Dribbble.com
  • CSS/HTML/JS inspiration – CodePen
  • Gary Simon – live streamer, website UI/UX and pro dev content judging/advisory – DesignCourse

Also, we showcased 18 articles/videos published by Microsoft and the PnP Community in the last week.

This week

• Waldek – hacked an app that will be demoed during the Nov 1st Platform call, planning meetings, create more Microsoft Graph learning content, and closing in on next release of CLI for Microsoft 365 that includes a number of PRs from Hactoberfest.
• Vesa – SPFx v1.16 beta release on Tuesday (proper Microsoft Teams JavaScript SDK v2 integration), learning videos and a ka jillion other things!

Action requested

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This session was recorded on Monday, October 24, 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

• Your guide to the magic of the European SharePoint Conference (ESPC22) - Mark Kashman (Microsoft) | @mkashman
• Join the 30 Days of Microsoft Graph Challenge - Ayça Baş (Microsoft) | @aycabs
• Prevent throttling in your application by using RateLimit headers in SharePoint Online - Microsoft
• Removal of SPHome APIs from SharePoint Online - Microsoft
• 5 ways to boost your collaborative app development - Daniel Carrasco (Microsoft) | @danielserver
• Ignite 2022: Highlights for Microsoft Teams app builders - Rabia Williams (Microsoft) | @williamsrabia
• Connect with other makers in your organization via maker matching, now in public preview! - Zankar Desai (Microsoft)
• 10 New Independent Publisher Connectors in September 2022 - Amjed Ayoub (Microsoft)

Community articles

• How to use React hooks with the SharePoint Framework (SPFx) - Andrew Connell (Voitanos) | @Andrewconnell
• How to Show Upcoming Meetings for a Microsoft 365 User - Waldek Mastykarz (Microsoft) | @waldekm
• Use Power Automate to Retrieve Data from an Azure Function for Reporting - Dan Wahlin (Microsoft) | @DanWahlin
• New! Format data by examples in Power Automate - Pieter Veenstra (HybrIT Services) | @PieterVeenstra
• Using Content Types in SharePoint’s Site Pages Library - Marc Anderson (Sympraxis Consulting) | @Sympmarc
• Microsoft Teams Premium and other goodies - Message Center Show Ep. 258 - Daniel Glenn (InfoWorks, Inc) | @DanielGlenn, Darrell Webster (Modern Workplace Change) | @darrellaas
• React Hooks: Class Components vs. Functional Components & Opinions on When & Where to use them - Julie Turner (Sympraxis Consulting) | @jfj1997 & Andrew Connell (Voitanos) | @andrewconnell
• Episode #227 - Extending Azure AD objects with Microsoft Graph and Directory Extensions - Paolo Pialorsi (PiaSys) | @PaoloPia
• Animating text using SVG and CSS for Power Apps! - Kristine Kolodziejski (Computacenter) | @kristinekk94
• Meet Buddy + PowerApps Puppy Tracker Complete Build - Shane Young (PowerApps911) | @shanescows

Upcoming events

Here are the most upcoming events from the centralized Community Days site where you can find in-person, hybrid and online events for Microsoft 365 and mroe.

• Global AI Developer Day - November 2, New York, USA
• Microsoft Community Days Mexico City 2022 - November 3-4, Mexico City, Mexico
• Microsoft 365 / Dynamics 365 Ottawa Event - November 4, Ottawa, Canada
• M365 Change Management Forum - November 7, Online
• DYNUG Autum Conference - November 8-9, Oslo, Norway
• Tech Summit Nigeria 2022 - November 9-10, Lagos, Nigeria
• M365 Chicago - November 11-12, Online
• Viva Explorers Community Day - UK - November 12, Manchester, United Kingdom
• aMS Germany Microsoft Community Event 2022 - November 11-15, Aachen, Germany

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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