Viva Connections & SharePoint Framework Community Call – 22nd of September, 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

• Agenda set for next Microsoft 365 platform call - Tuesday, September 27th, 8:00 am PT.
  • Latest news from Microsoft engineering on Microsoft 365 topics
  • Monthly community contributors
  • Ayca Bas - Build a productivity dashboard by using Teams Toolkit for Visual Studio
  • Vesa Juvonen & Alex Terentiev - SharePoint Framework – Latest status and the next investments areas
• OnDemand Digital Event - Microsoft Viva Home Experience
• Project releases
  • CLI for Microsoft 365 – v5.8.0 (beta)
  • PnP Modern Search – v4.8.0 (beta)
• Microsoft 365 PnP Weekly – Episode 179 (September 19th) with Netherlands-based Global XR Technology and Metaverse Lead - Alexander Meijers (Avanade) | @ameijers | video | podcast
• Microsoft 365 PnP Weekly – Episode 178 (September 12th) with UK-based Paul Hunt, Microsoft MVP | @cimares| video | podcast

Demos

• Building Viva Connections ACE for public holidays – thorough UX and code walkthrough on an ACE with a card view and multiple quick views to display the public holidays for user based on their detected or selected office location. Uses an ACE component type and InageCard template in SPFx v1.15.0. Relies on a SharePoint list with simple schema (title, location, date, image) in back-end. See upcoming holidays in Quick view.
• Accelerate SPFx development with reusable open-source controls – overview on available PnP React controls and Property pane controls you can leverage in your SPFx solutions. The assignment: Create a carousel web part that will display images stored in a document library. The web part should work on site across tenant. A complex endeavor if starting from ground zero. See how controls are plugged into web part delivering a native experience in short order.

The host of this call is Garry Trinder (Microsoft) | @garrytrinder. Q&A takes place as always in chat throughout the call.

Agenda items

• SharePoint Framework – Vesa Juvonen (Microsoft) | @vesajuvonen – 9:43
• PnPjs Client-Side Libraries - Julie Turner (Sympraxis Consulting) | @jfj1997 – 13:04
• CLI for Microsoft 365 - Garry Trinder (CPS Solutions) | @garrytrinder – 14:55
• PnP SPFx Controls - Alex Terentiev (Microsoft) | @alexaterentiev – 17:54
• PnP Modern Search - Garry Trinder (CPS Solutions) | @garrytrinder – 18:43
• PnP Samples - Vesa Juvonen (Microsoft) | @vesajuvonen – 19:26
• Demo – Building Viva Connections ACE for public holidays - Nanddeep Nachan | @NanddeepNachan & Ravi Kulkarni (Microsoft) | @RaviKul16a87 – 21:19
• Demo - Accelerate SPFx development with reusable open-source controls – Alex Terentiev (Microsoft) | @alexaterentiev – 35:59

Actions

• Opt into the PnP Recognition Program | aka.ms/m365pnp-recognition
• Register for upcoming Sharing is Caring events:
  • Maturity Model Practitioners | Tuesday, October 18th, 7am PST – Download reoccurring invite.
  • 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

• Building Viva Connections ACE for public holidays
  • Sample – Public Holidays
• Accelerate SPFx development with reusable open-source controls
  • Tools - Reusable React controls for your SharePoint Framework solutions
  • Tools - Reusable property pane controls for the SharePoint Framework solutions

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

• Microsoft 365 platform call | Tuesday, September 27, 8:00 am PT – https://aka.ms/m365-dev-call (weekly)
• Microsoft 365 General Dev call | Thursday, September 29, 7:00 am PT - https://aka.ms/m365-dev-sig (bi-weekly)
• Viva Connections & SharePoint Framework call | Thursday, October 6, 7:00 am PT - https://aka.ms/spdev-spfx-call (bi-weekly)
• Office add-in monthly call | Wednesday, October 12, 8:00 am PT - https://aka.ms/officeaddinscall (monthly)
• Adaptive Cards monthly call | Thursday, October 13, 9:00 am PT - https://aka.ms/adaptivecardscommunitycall (monthly)
• Power Platform monthly call | Wednesday, October 19, 8:00 am PT - https://aka.ms/PowerAppsMonthlyCall (monthly)
• Microsoft Identity Platform call | Thursday, October 20, 9:00 am PT - https://aka.ms/IDDevCommunityCalendar (monthly)

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 - 22nd of September 2022