Microsoft 365 PnP Weekly - Episode 196
In this installment of the weekly discussion revolving around the latest news and topics on Microsoft 365, host – Vesa Juvonen (Microsoft) | @vesajuvonen and Waldek Mastykarz (Microsoft) | @waldekm are joined by Austria-based Microsoft AI & M365 Development MVP and Technical Project Lead at Solvion - Stephan Bisser | @stephanbisser
Topics discussed in this session
- What is the role of the Technical Architect as opposed to a Building Architect?
- As an MVP, how is Stephan balancing the onslaught of new features with customer adoption timelines?
- Elaborate on how customers are no longer in a pandemic panic move mode but are now in value maximization during recessionary times mode.
- How critical did Modern Workplace become in the last few years?
- Observations on customer interaction with digital workplace over the past few years and into the future?
- Tips on enabling interactivity/connection between employees and their organizations during the Great Resignation and the Great Reset.
- What are the key trends related to Microsoft 365 development in your region?
- How are you helping your customers manage the proliferation of Power Apps.
- What are the benefits of exposing an app through a messaging extension as opposed to a Teams tab?
- Why does Yo Teams exist and what are the differences between Yo Teams (PnP Community) and Microsoft Teams Toolkit (Microsoft)?
Also, we showcased 25 articles/videos published by Microsoft and the PnP Community in the last week.
This week
- Stephan – effort estimations for future projects and resuming tech webinars and recordings with the first recording happening today.
- Waldek – prepping for a Microsoft Graph related event to happen in March and work on Microsoft Graph Proxy roadmap.
- Vesa – meetings and product team connections regarding deliverables to come.
Agenda items
00:00 – Intro
02:08 – Interview
40:50 – Weekly Articles
1:10:33 – Closing
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This session was recorded on Monday, February 6, 2023.
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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 Teams Premium: Cut costs and add AI-powered productivity - Nicole Herskowitz (Microsoft) | @nicolelamb
- Microsoft boosts Viva Sales with new GPT seller experience - Lori Lamkin (Microsoft) | @LoriLamkin
- What’s New in Microsoft Teams | January 2023 - Holly Lehman (Microsoft) | @Lehman__Holly
- Delivering new webinar experiences with Microsoft Teams - Amber Waisanen (Microsoft)
- What’s New in Viva Sales – January 2023 - David Shin (Microsoft)
- Viva Sales customization is here! - Eran Manor (Microsoft)
- SharePoint Roadmap Pitstop: January 2023 - Mark Kashman (Microsoft) | @mkashman
- Create a list across Microsoft 365 - Mark Kashman (Microsoft) | @mkashman
- Let’s Talk Education - Microsoft EDU - Brian R. (Microsoft)
- The new look for model driven Power Apps is available now in preview - Ben Appleby (Microsoft)
- Microsoft Graph Developer Proxy v0.4 with improved output, more guidance, and plugins - Waldek Mastykarz (Microsoft) | @waldekm & Garry Trinder (Microsoft) | @garrytrinder
- From zero to hero: Build a meetings app with Azure Communication Services and Microsoft Teams – Part 1 - Dan Wahlin (Microsoft) | @DanWahlin & Ayça Baş (Microsoft) | @aycabs
- Do more with less in Microsoft 365 using SharePoint Framework (SPFx) - Vesa Juvonen (Microsoft) | @VesaJuvonen
- Learn how to develop apps for Microsoft Teams using Teams Toolkit in Visual Studio Code - Rabia Williams (Microsoft) | @williamsrabia
- How To Create Multiple Power Platform Developer Environments for Free - April Dunnam (Microsoft) | @aprildunnam
Community articles
- CLI for Microsoft 365 v6.2 - Milan Holemans (VanRoey)
- A smarter way to integrate your standing desk with Microsoft Teams - Loryan Strant (Rapid Circle) | @LoryanStrant
- Running .NET Function Apps or App Services accessing Microsoft 365 - Martin Lingstuyl (I4-YOU) | @martinlingstuyl
- Applying site designs failing to apply the site design to SharePoint - Pieter Veenstra (HybrIT Services) | @PieterVeenstra
- PnP React Controls Part 11 - List Picker - Sudharsan Kesavanarayanan (NTT Ltd Singapore)
- Update a custom content provider for Viva Learning with an RSS feed - Alexander Holmeset (CloudWay) | @AlexHolmeset
- 365 Message Center Show - Updated meeting recap for Outlook on the web - #270 - Daniel Glenn (Creospark) | @DanielGlenn, Darrell Webster (Modern Workplace Change) | @darrellaas
- Episode #236 - Advanced scenarios with Power Automate and Office Scripts - Paolo Pialors (PiaSys) | @PaoloPia
- Unleashing the Power of the COE Toolkit for Power Platform - An interview with Manuela Pichler - Shane Young (PowerApps 911) | @ShanesCows & Manuela Pichler (Microsoft) | @ManuelaPichler_
- 📄 How to create or migrate SharePoint pages with Microsoft Graph API [Public Preview & Improvements] - Giuliano De Luca (CGI) | @delucagiulian
Upcoming events
Here are the upcoming events from the centralized Community Days site where you can find in-person, hybrid and online events for Microsoft 365 and more.
- AMS Sophia-Antipolis - February 7, 2023 - Biot, France
- Cloud Technology Townhall Tallinn 2023 - February 10, 2023 - Tallinn, Estonia
- Microsoft Power Automate Bootcamp - February 10-11, 2023 - London, UK
- M365 ReVival - February 16, 2023 - Oslo, Norway
- Nordic Virtual Summit - February 17, 2023 - Virtual
- Workplacedudes Summit - February 24, 2023 - Nieuwkoop, Netherlands
- Global Power Platform Bootcamp 2023 - February 24-25, 2023 - New York, NY, USA
- CollabDays Utah - March 3, 2023 - Utah, USA
- M365 Community Days - Women in Tech 2023 - March 3, 2023 - Virtual
- Global Power Platform Bootcamp Nairobi 2023 - March 4, 2023 - Nairobi, Kenya
- Globa AI Bootcamp 2023 - March 10-11, 2023 - Virtual
- Microsoft Dynamics ERP Finance & Supply Chain Community Summit - March 11, 2023 - Lisbon, Portugal
- DynamicsCon Virtual - March 15-16, Virtual
- Modern Workplace Conference Paris - March 27-29, 2023 - Paris, France
- Dynamics Power Israel - March 30, 2023 - Tel Aviv, Israel
- Latinamerican Modern Workplace Conference - April 27-29, 2023 - Mexico City, Mexico
- CollabDays Montreal - April 28, 2023 - Montreal, Canada
- M365 Conference - May 1-5, 2023 - Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
- CollabDays Poland 2023 - May 13, 2023 - Warsaw, Poland
- Techorama Belgium - May 15 - 17, 2023 - Antwerp, Belgium
- Power Automate Bootcamp - May 19-20, 2023 - London, United Kingdom
- Power Apps Developer Bootcamp - May 20, 2023 - Manchester, United Kingdom
- CollabDays Italy - May 20, 2023 - Milan, Italy
- European Collaboration Summit - May 22-24, 2023 - Duesseldorf, Germany
- DYNUG Spring Conference - May 31, 2023 - Oslo, Norway
- CollabDays Netherlands - June 10, 2023 - Utrecht, Netherlands
- 365 EduCon DC - June 12-16, 2023 - Washington, D.C., USA
- AMS Berlin 2023 - June 15, 2023 - Berlin, Germany
- CollabDays Central Europe - June 17, 2023 - Zurich, Switzerland
- European Power Platform conference, June 20-22, 2023 - Dublin, Ireland
- 365 EduCon Seattle – August 21-25, 2023 - Seattle, WA, USA
- Metaverse One 2023 - September 20, 2023 - Virtual
- South Coast Summit 2023 - October 13-14, 2023 - Farnborough, United Kingdom
- Microsoft Ignite 2023 - November 15-16, 2023
- CollabDays Lisbon 2023 - November 25, 2023 - Lisbon, Portugal
- European SharePoint, Office 365 & Azure Conference 2023 - November 27-30 - Amsterdam, Netherlands
- AMS Aachen - November 16, 2023 - Aachen, Germany
- European Cloud Summit - December 4-6, 2023 - Wiesbaden, 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 and Power Platform 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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