Microsoft 365 PnP Weekly - Episode 228
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 Cat Schneider Business Apps MVP, Power Platform developer.
In this episode
- The most creative use of Excel for building LOB apps
- Can you use your VBA experience (if you have it) to ramp up in Power Apps?
- What drives in you in the community?
- Favorite Ignite ‘23 announcements?
- How Copilot makes work accessible?
- What changes when you become an MVP?
References
Agenda items
00:00 – Intro
01:28 – Interview with Cat
47:48 – Weekly articles
1:06:26 – Closing
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This session was recorded on Monday 20th of November and Friday 24th of November. Session was published on Tuesday 28th of November, 2023.
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- Podcast at https://pnpweekly.podbean.com.
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Community articles
As we recorded the previous and this episode close by, we wanted to focus on community assets in this one.
- Creating Your First PowerApps Component Framework (PCF) Component with React - Chandani Prajapati (Rapid Circle)
- 5 Tips for Embracing Gen AI in M365 without Using Microsoft 365 Copilot - Mark Rackley (Avanade)
- Highlights from Ignite 2023 - Paul Bullock (Avanande)
- How to transfer files from local system folder to Azure Storage via SFTP - Sudharsan Kesavanarayanan (NTT Ltd.)
- SharePoint column formatting: lookup column and special characters (% and #) - Elianne Burgers (Blis Digital)
- Teams tab fails to load in the new Microsoft Teams Desktop client - Vardhaman Deshpande (Advania)
- Copilot is coming to Windows 10 - #311 - Daniel Glenn & Darrell Webster (Modern Workplace Change)
Videos
- Discover How Microsoft Viva Can Transform Your Business & Improve Productivity - Laura Rogers (IW Mentor)
- Power Platform Copilots you can use TODAY - Shane Young (PowerApps911)
- AI Ethics in the Spotlight: Navigating Copilots Responsibly! | Copilot Chronicles Ep.3 - April Dunnam (Microsoft) | @aprildunnam
- Episode #270 - Accessing Microsoft Graph with a Managed Identity - Paolo Pialorsi (PiaSys) | @PaoloPia
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.
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.
- European SharePoint, Office 365 & Azure Conference 2023 - November 27-30 - Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Microsoft Community Days Mérida 2023 - November 30, 2023 - Merida, Mexico
- 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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