Microsoft 365 PnP Weekly - Episode 209
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 Belgium-based Microsoft MVP and Microsoft 365 Consultant - Milan Holemans (VanRoey.be)
Topics discussed in this session
- Milan’s work at VanRoey - digitizing and automating processes.
- Working as a CLI for Microsoft 365 Maintainer.
- Power Platform usage in general.
- Power Apps or SPFx? Usage decision criteria.
- Are you a general Microsoft 365 Developer or product (Teams, SharePoint, Graph…) specialized developer. Why?
- How did Milan get to be a Microsoft 365 Developer?
- Why did Milan join the PnP community and lately become a CLI for Microsoft 365 Maintainer?
- Overcoming the initial challenge of contributing to a PnP Repo, then to many Repos and then what drew you to the CLI for Microsoft 365 Repo? What are your tips to others on contributing in GitHub?
- Thoughts on the transition from being a user/contributor on outside to maintainer on the inside.
- Why do you spend time being a maintainer?
- What recently released Microsoft 365 capability, not including capabilities you learned about at MVP Summit, most interests you?
- Vesa’s summary on what things were generating the most excitement at the Microsoft 365 Conference in Las Vegas last week.
Referenced during conversation
- Tool - CLI for Microsoft 365
- Tool – Docusaurus
- Tool – MkDocs
- Article - Announcing the Microsoft Graph Early Adopter recognition program | Waldek Mastykarz (Microsoft) | @waldekm and Kristen Womack (Microsoft)
- Event - European Collaboration Summit 2023 – May 24 – 26, 2023 – Düsseldorf – collabsummit.eu – Register
- Article - Introducing Microsoft 365 Copilot—A whole new way to work
- Article - Microsoft outlines plans to refresh SharePoint’s UX and add Copilot AI capabilities
Also, we showcased 19 articles/videos published by Microsoft and the community in the last week.
This week
- Milan – working on next release of CLI for Microsoft 365 - v6.8 and on document migration.
- Waldek – last week announced Microsoft Graph Early Adopter recognition program (recognize people who provide product feedback). On Wednesday, May 10, we’re announcing a really cool Dev focused activity that will take place the first 2 weeks of June. Completing presentations to be delivered at European Collaboration Summit in Düsseldorf, Germany later this month.
- Vesa – releasing a new version of SPFx (v.1.17.2) on May 10. Community coordination activities and catching up after being in Las Vegas last week.
Agenda items
00:00 – Intro
05:45 – Interview
46:25 – Weekly Articles
1:04:36 – Closing
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This session was recorded on Monday 8th of May 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
- Welcome to the new era of SharePoint and OneDrive in Microsoft 365 - Jeff Teper (Microsoft) | @jeffteper
- Microsoft 365 innovations across AI, payments, and collaboration tools help small and medium businesses grow - Brenna Robinson (Microsoft)
- The Future of Customer Support: Creativity in Customer Support | An Interview with ChatGPT - Ross Smith (Microsoft)
- Microsoft Lists: Easier, Better, Faster, Stronger - Lincoln DeMaris (Microsoft)
- New era in content management and security in SharePoint, OneDrive, and Teams - Sesha Mani (Microsoft) | @SeshaManiS
- What’s New in Microsoft Teams | April 2023 - Steven Stein (Microsoft)
- SharePoint Roadmap Pitstop: April 2023 - Mark Kashman (Microsoft) | @mkashman
- SharePoint in the AI Era: Introducing Copilot in SharePoint & 10 more innovations for creators - Adam Harmetz (Microsoft) | @AdamHarmetz
- Announcing the Microsoft Graph Early Adopter recognition program - Kristen Womack (Microsoft) & Waldek Mastykarz (Microsoft) | @waldekm
- Microsoft Graph Data Connect pricing updates - Microsoft
- Microsoft Graph Developer Proxy v0.7 with extended configuration options and improved simulating throttling - Waldek Mastykarz (Microsoft) | @waldekm & Garry Trinder (Microsoft) | @garrytrinder
- What’s new: Power Apps April 2023 Feature Update - Clay Wesener (Microsoft) | @ClayBWesener
Community articles
- Teams Toolkit Cloud Skills Challenge - the winners - Luise Freese | @LuiseFreese
- CLI for Microsoft 365 v6.7 - Martin Lingstuyl (I4-YOU) | @martinlingstuyl
- Automating Purview data retention using Azure Functions - Martin Lingstuyl (I4-YOU) | @martinlingstuyl
- Authentication in Azure Automation with Managed Identity on SharePoint and Microsoft Graph - Markus Möller (Avanade) | @Moeller2_0
- SPFx Upload File to SharePoint Document Library With Metadata [Complete Example] - Bijay Kumar (TSinfo Technologies Pvt. Ltd) | @EnjoySharePoint
- Start Learning Azure AD App Development: Free Resources Guide - Andrew Connell (Voitanos) | @andrewconnell
- Make Dynamic Updates with Power Apps Do Until Loops - Shane Young (PowerApps911) | @ShanesCows
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.
- 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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