Viva Connections & SharePoint Framework Community Call – 14th of July, 2022

Call summary

Welcome to the bi-weekly call focused on Microsoft 365 client-side development. In this call, we focus on using Viva Connections and SharePoint Framework to build solutions for Microsoft Teams and SharePoint Online.

New this week

• Project releases
  • PnPjs Client-Side Libraries – v3.5.1 (GA)
  • CLI for Microsoft 365 – v5.5.0 (beta)
  • Reusable SPFx React Controls – v3.9.0 (GA)
  • Reusable SPFx React Property Controls – v3.8.0 (GA)
• Web part samples
  • Page Navigator - Jasey Waegebaert | @JWaegebaert
  • Applications Secrets Expiration - Aimery Thomas | @aimery_thomas
  • React List Search - Aaron B.| mackilroy007
• Microsoft 365 Developer Podcast (July 6th) - Microsoft Teams Toolkit with Pierce Boggan | podcast
• Microsoft 365 PnP Weekly – Episode 173 (July 4th) with by UK based Cloud Developer Advocate at Microsoft - Garry Trinder | @garrytrinder | video | podcast

Demos

• Upgrading SPFx solutions to the latest version using the CLI for Microsoft 365 –update your web part functionality that was built using prior version of SPFx. Easy! In this 0 to Done demo – upgrade a SPFx project to v1.15.0 in 10 minutes using the CLI’s spfx project upgrade command. Set up environment, clone a project, and upgrade dependencies and files in project following steps detailed by CodeTour or Markdown in VS Code. Gulp build and done!
• Adaptive Card Extensions - Dynamic Announcements – single ACE component to show multiple cards and items from a SharePoint list. Each list row is rendered separately in a Card view. Card view format based on schema and data stored in list row. Additional information in row rendered in Quick View card or link to external resource. Display and rotate card on Dashboard by time and date. Navigate through card items with Prev/Next.

The host of this call is Patrick Rodgers (Microsoft) | @mediocrebowler. Q&A takes place as always in chat throughout the call.

Agenda items

• PnPjs Client-Side Libraries - Julie Turner (Sympraxis Consulting) | @jfj1997 – 6:08
• CLI for Microsoft 365 - Patrick Rodgers (Microsoft) | @mediocrebowler – 8:23
• PnP SPFx Controls - Patrick Rodgers (Microsoft) | @mediocrebowler – 10:39
• PnP Modern Search - Patrick Rodgers (Microsoft) | @mediocrebowler – 11:42
• PnP Samples - Hugo Bernier (Microsoft) | @bernierh – 12:40
• PnP SPFx ACEs Samples - David Warner II (Microsoft) | @DavidWarnerII – 14:02
• Demo Upgrading SPFx solutions to the latest version using the CLI for Microsoft 365 – Don Kirkham (DMI) | @donkirkham – 15:45
• Demo Adaptive Card Extensions - Dynamic Announcements – Siddharth Vaghasia | @siddh_me – 32:54

Actions

• Opt into the PnP Recognition Program | aka.ms/m365pnp-recognition
• Register for upcoming Sharing is Caring events:
  • Power Platform Samples Contributor | Wednesday, July 20th, 10am PST | 1pm EST - Register
  • Writing for the Web | Tuesday, August 2nd, 9:30am PT | 12:30pm ET | 6:30pm CET- Register
  • Writing for the Web | Tuesday, September 6th, 9:30am PT | 12:30pm ET | 6:30pm CET - Register
  • Maturity Model Practitioners | Tuesday, September 20th, 7am PST - Register
  • PnP Office Hours – 1:1 session | Register
  • PnP Buddy System | Request a Buddy
• Register for the Microsoft 365 Developer Program and get a free developer tenant
• Get started with free training modules covering Microsoft 365 platform capabilities.
• Visit the Microsoft 365 Unified Sample Solution Gallery from Microsoft and community.
• Request a Demo spot on the call | https://aka.ms/m365pnp/request/demo
• Download the recurrent invite for this call | https://aka.ms/spdev-spfx-call

Demo references

• Upgrading SPFx solutions to the latest version using the CLI for Microsoft 365
  • PnP Tool - CLI for Microsoft 365 | aka.ms/cli-m365
  • Article (11July2022) - SharePoint Framework (SPFx) v1.15 and the attack of ESlint – Andrew Connell (Voitanos) | @andrewconnell
• Adaptive Card Extensions - Dynamic Announcements
  • Sample Repo - Dynamic Announcements
  • Sample Repo - Event schedule and registration

Thank you for your great work. Samples are often showcased in Demos.

Open-source project status

General Resources

• Viva Connections https://aka.ms/VivaConnections
• Archives - Microsoft 365 PnP Weekly - Videos, Podcasts  
• Tools - Teams Toolkit (v2.2 Preview) 
• Tools - Microsoft Teams Framework (TeamsFx) 
• Gallery - Microsoft 365 Extensibility look book gallery   
• Microsoft Build sessions guide (Modern Work Digital Brochure) - aka.ms/modernworkbuildsessions
• SharePoint Framework - v1.12.1 npm install –g @microsoft/generator-sharepoint@next
• CLI for Microsoft 365 v3
• CodeTour
• Sharing is Caring | aka.ms/sharing-is-caring
• Tools - PnP Modern Search v4  | https://aka.ms/pnp-search
• M365 PnP site | aka.ms/m365pnp
• SharePoint Starter Kit v2
• Blog: “A Lap Around Microsoft Graph Toolkit” blog series
• New Microsoft 365 Patterns and Practices (PnP) team model with new community leads
• Microsoft 365 Community Content (non-Dev docs)
• PnP SPFx web part samples
• PnP SPFx extension samples
• GitHub PnPjs
• Tutorials - Getting started with SharePoint Framework v1.10 Tutorials (12 videos)
• Tutorials - Getting started with SharePoint Framework v1.10 Extensions (6 videos)
• Docs - Tutorials and training material for SharePoint Development
• SPFX Training Package
• SPFx Web Parts
• SPFx Extensions
• SPFx Library Components
• Documentation - PnPjs v2 documentation
• Link - Microsoft 365 developer training
• Link - Office 365 Developer Program
• Latest documentation on SharePoint Framework
• Found an issue with SharePoint Dev? - please let us know at https://aka.ms/spdev-issues
• Reusable web part property controls
• Reusable react controls for SharePoint Framework solutions
• Reusable controls webcast
• CLI for Microsoft 365
• PnP SPFx Yeoman Generator - Extends the out-of-the-box experience with open-source community capabilities
• SharePoint Dev UserVoice - for new feature requests

Other mentioned topics

• SharePoint dev documentation
• SharePoint dev issue list

Upcoming calls | Recurrent invites

• Power Platform monthly call | Wednesday, July 20, 8:00 am PT - https://aka.ms/PowerAppsMonthlyCall (monthly)
• M365 General Dev call | Thursday, July 21, 7:00 am PT - https://aka.ms/m365-dev-sig (bi-weekly)
• Microsoft Identity Platform call | Thursday, July 21, 9:00 am PT - https://aka.ms/IDDevCommunityCalendar (monthly)
• Viva Connections & SharePoint Framework call | Thursday, July 28, 7:00 am PT - https://aka.ms/spdev-spfx-call (bi-weekly)
• Office add-in monthly call | Wednesday, August 10, 8:00 am PT - https://aka.ms/officeaddinscall (monthly)
• Adaptive Cards monthly call | Thursday, August 11, 9:00 am PT - https://aka.ms/adaptivecardscommunitycall (monthly)
• Microsoft 365 platform call | Tuesday, September 6, 8:00 am PT – https://aka.ms/m365-dev-call (weekly)

About

Viva Connections & SharePoint Framework bi-weekly calls are targeted at anyone who is interested in the JavaScript-based development towards Microsoft Connections, Microsoft Teams, SharePoint Online, and also on-premises. Calls are used for the following objectives.

• SharePoint Framework engineering update from Microsoft
• Talk about PnP JavaScript Core libraries
• CLI for Microsoft 365 Updates
• SPFx reusable controls
• PnP SPFx Yeoman generator
• Share code samples and best practices
• Possible engineering asks for the field - input, feedback, and suggestions
• Cover any open questions on the client-side development
• Demonstrate SharePoint Framework in practice in Microsoft Viva, Microsoft Teams or SharePoint context
• You can download a recurrent invite from https://aka.ms/spdev-spfx-call. Welcome and join the discussion!

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Microsoft 365 PnP team, Microsoft - 14th of July 2022