Microsoft 365 PnP Weekly - Episode 224
In this episode of the weekly discussion revolving around the latest news and topics on Microsoft 365, host – Vesa Juvonen (Microsoft) and Waldek Mastykarz (Microsoft) are joined by Keith Atherton Software Developer at Quorum in the UK working on all things Microsoft Cloud and Business Applications MVP.
We really really really tried again to get this to 60 minutes and failed miserably. It’s the silent Finn, who just can’t stop talking. We will keep on trying. Hopefully you enjoy the episode regardless.
In this episode
- How Power Platform democratizes the use of technology
- 3 tips for building great Power Apps
- Power Platform vs. pro-dev solutions
- What does it mean to you to be an MVP?
References
- PL-900 # Microsoft Power Platform Fundamentals
- Microsoft Power Platform free course on Udacity
- Power Platform DLP policies
- Jeffrey Dent (AT&T) – Crowdsourced Cataloging: Rebranding via PowerApps and AI Models
- M365 and Power Platform community samples
- Scottish Power Platform User Group event
This week
- Keith – lots of interesting client work, got MCT award
- Waldek – presenting about Graph connector, finishing a new sample, wrapping up a new CLI for Microsoft 365 release
- Vesa – voluntold to watch kids on a school trip
Agenda items
00:00 – Intro
02:25 – Interview with Keith
46:32 – Weekly articles
1:14:46 – Closing
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This session was recorded on Monday 30th of October. Session was published on Monday 30th of October, 2023.
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Microsoft articles
- Microsoft Teams Premium: The smart place to work is also a smart investment - Nicole Herskowitz (Microsoft) | @nicolelamb
- Discover and assign the Microsoft 365 E3 Extra Features license - Mariana Prudencio (Microsoft)
- Organize the components in your diagrams with layers in Visio for the web - Karan Malik (Microsoft)
- Microsoft Teams Rooms: Choosing the right platform for your space - Matt Taylor (Microsoft)
- Discover the latest updates to Workflows within Microsoft Teams - Harish Swaminathan (Microsoft)
- Upgrade your BYOD rooms: Introducing entry-level Microsoft Teams Rooms solutions - Karen Alvarez (Microsoft)
- Viva People Science Industry Trends: Finance - Keith Mcgrane (Microsoft)
- “The power of the web part” 🎙 – The Intrazone podcast - Mark Kashman (Microsoft) | @mkashman
- ESPC23 - Amsterdam | Event guide - Mark Kashman (Microsoft) | @mkashman
- Anatomy of a Microsoft Graph connector - Waldek Mastykarz (Microsoft) | @waldekm
- Boost your app’s visibility and engagement in Microsoft 365 - Nnamdi Onuorah (Microsoft) & Daniel Carrasco (Microsoft) | @danielserver
- Update to Exchange callback tokens for Outlook add-ins - Akhilesh Shah (Microsoft)
- Copilot-generated deployment notes for pipelines are Generally Available (GA) - Anthony Sheehi (Microsoft)
- Announcing the HackTogether: Power Platform Global AI Hack Winners - April Dunnam (Microsoft) | @aprildunnam
- Power Platform ommand Line Interface: September Update - ShafQat Nizar (Microsoft)
- Build API-based message extension
Community articles
- Viva Connections Toolkit v2.1.0 release - Adam Wójcik (Hitachi Energy) | @Adam25858782
- How to use Azure OpenAI with your data in SharePoint libraries - Luise Freese | @luisefreese
- Microsoft 365 Copilot and AI Resources - Paul Bullock (Avanade) | @pkbullock
- Where’s My SharePoint Site? Ask the
AAD to SharePoint Sync
User - Marc D Anderson (Sympraxis Consulting) | @sympmarc - Using PnP Modern Search to display today’s birthdays - Kasper Larsen (Fellowind) | @kasperbolarsen
- Connect an OpenAI chat bot to the internet using Bing Search API - Vardhaman Deshpande (Content+Cloud) | @vrdmn
Videos
- Understanding AI Copilots in M365 & Power Platform | Copilot Chronicles Ep.1 - April Dunnam (Microsoft) | @aprildunnam
- Use the Power Automate v2 Trigger for Power Apps - Shane Young (PowerApps911) | @ShanesCows
- Episode #266 - Deleting files and browsing the Recycle Bin with Microsoft Graph - Paolo Pialorsi (PiaSys) | @PaoloPia
- New Teams Features - Julie Turner (Sympraxis Consulting) | @jfj1997, Derek Cash-Peterson (Sympraxis Consulting) | @spdcp, Marc Anderson (Sympraxis Consulting) | @sympmarc & Todd Klindt (Sympraxis Consulting) | @ToddKlindt
- How to create SharePoint news email friendly - Giuliano De Luca | @delucagiulian
- Power Virtual Agents & Power Automate - Simple Integration Setup! - Laura Rogers (IW Mentor) | @WonderLaura & Joelle Jobson (IW Mentor)
Samples
Check out all cool samples from community and from Microsoft. You can access all of them from the Unified Microsoft 365 & Power Platform sample gallery at https://aka.ms/community/samples. Here’s a list of new samples from past week 🚀
- Creation of SharePoint Online sites from CSV - Ganesh Sanap (Cognizant) & Kshitiz Kalra (Microsoft)
- Ingest GitHub repositories and issues using Node.js and TypeScript - Jason Johnston (Microsoft)
- Export Microsoft Teams Direct Routing Calls - Nanddeep Nachan & Smita Nachan
- Create fields and add to Content Types - Ganesh Sanap (Cognizant) & Ahamed Fazil Buhari (RabobankRabobank)
- Export Microsoft Teams PSTN call logs - Nanddeep Nachan & Smita Nachan
- Ingest IBM DB2 sales data using JavaScript and Node.js - João Mendes (Silicon Reef)
- Image Lightbox - João Ferreira & Chris Kent (Takeda)
- Disable Quick property editing (Grid view) from SharePoint list - Ganesh Sanap (Cognizant)
- Ingest Microsoft 365 and Power Platform community samples using JavaScript and Node.js - Waldek Mastykarz (Microsoft), João Mendes (Silicon Reef) & Dan Toft (Evobis)
- Export HTML content from SharePoint Online modern pages - Giacomo Pozzoni (Stena Group IT)
- Yes/No Checkbox - Chris Kent (Takeda) & Tetsuya Kawahara
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.
- 365 EduCon - Chicago - October 30 - November 3, Chicago, IL, USA
- Community Days Mexico City 2023 - November 2-3, 2023 - Mexico City, Mexico
- Dynamics User Group Southeast Regional Meetup - November 8-9, 2023 - Atlanta, GA, USA
- M365 Twin Cities - November 11-12, 2023 - Brooklyn Partk, MN, USA
- Live 360 - November 12-18, 2023 - Orlando, FL, USA
- Microsoft Ignite 2023 - November 14-17, 2023 - Seattle, WA, USA
- AMS Aachen - November 16, 2023 - Aachen, Germany
- Power Of The Cloud - November 17-18, 2023 - Toronto, Canad
- YYC Microsoft Community Day - November 18-19, 2023 - Calgary, Canada
- DynUG Autumn Conference - November 21-22, 2023 - Oslo, Norway
- CollabDays Lisbon 2023 - November 25, 2023 - Lisbon, Portugal
- European SharePoint, Office 365 & Azure Conference 2023 - November 27-30 - Amsterdam, Netherlands
- M365 Community Days Lagos 2023 - December 9, 2023 - Lagos, Nigeria
- M365 Community Day - Phoenix - January 13-14, 2024 - Tempe, AZ, USA
- Microsoft 365 Conference - April 30, May 1 & 2, 2023 - Orlando, FL, USA
- European Collaboration Summit - May 14-16, 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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