Microsoft 365 PnP Weekly - Episode 207

Microsoft 365 PnP Weekly - Episode 207

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 India-based Cloud Consultant and Microsoft 365 Developer MVP - Chandani Prajapati (Rapid Circle) | @Chandani_SPD

Topics discussed in this session

  • Vesa and Waldek’s thoughts on how the Microsoft MVP Summit changed over time.
  • Chandani’s favorite travel destination to date and favorite recipe.
  • On being a developer at Rapid Circle.
  • How did Chandani become a SPFx developer?
  • What does it mean to be a Microsoft MVP?
  • Chandani’s fascinating journey with Community.
  • Using your talents to address both personal and community needs.
  • Why continue to contribute?
  • Why do certain companies encourage their people to contribute to open-source?
  • Raising the bar by working collaboratively in the open as opposed to working alone to reinvent the wheel.
  • The impact of Chandani’s latest contributions to the SharePoint Starter Kit.
  • Tips on how to start contributing – yes you are good enough to contribute.

Referenced during conversation

  • Shoutout to Hugo, David and Stefan Bauer for positively influencing Chandani’s experience with this special PnP community.
  • Recipe for Panipuri

Also, we showcased 19 articles/videos published by Microsoft and the community in the last week.

This week

  • Waldek – silence before storm week. Final work and release notes on updates for Microsoft Graph Developer Proxy and CLI for Microsoft 365 to be released next week. Continued planning for the next BIG thing, stay tuned for more updates. Prepping for Microsoft Build and ECS.
  • Vesa – quickly - conference prep, conference prep, conference pred. Microsoft 365 Conference next week, then onto ECS (European Collaboration Summit) and Build.

Agenda items

00:00 – Intro

07:43 – Interview

35:00 – Weekly Articles

52:40 – Closing

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This session was recorded on Monday 24th of April 2023.

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Microsoft articles

Microsoft Events

Community articles

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