Viva Connections & SharePoint Framework Community Call – 15th of December, 2022

Viva Connections & SharePoint Framework Community Call – 15th of December, 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, December 20th 8:00 am PT.
    • During the holiday season, we will transform the calls to be coffee & tea with the community meetings – Q&A and discussions and without specific demos and agenda. Please join as you are able.
  • Announcements
    • The Road Ahead – SPFx roadmap
    • Registration open
      • Power Platform Samples Contributor | Tuesday, January 10th, 10:30am PST | Register
      • First Time Contributor | Thursday, January 12th, 10am PT | 1pm ET | 7pm CET – Register
      • Writing for the Web | Monday, January 23rd, 10am PT | 1pm ET | 7:00pm CET - Register
      • PnP SPFx Samples w/ NVM | Wednesday, January 25th, 9am PT | 12pm ET - Register
  • Project releases
  • ACE samples
  • Conversations
    • Microsoft 365 PnP Weekly – Episode 191 (December 12th) with Microsoft Redmond based Visual Studio Development Program Manager - Julia Kasper | @Jujujuliakasper | video | podcast
    • Microsoft 365 PnP Weekly – Episode 190 (December 5th) with Germany based developer, architect, business owner, Microsoft MVP, and regional conference event coordinator Adis Jugo | @adisjugo | video | podcast

Demos

  • Using custom SDK built with Microsoft Graph Kiota generator within SharePoint Framework solution – using a Kiota generated client in an SPFx Teams webpart. Review what is Kiota, the OpenAPI Initiative (OAI), a Teamified SPFx web part, and architecture overviews on working with Graph and on Azure and Kiota client authentication in SPFx. Dive into the code to see how the SPFx TypeScript web part calls the API using Kiota and how Kioto can list off all dependencies for your project.
  • Building an ACE for showing real time trade prices of stocks – an Adaptive card extension that displays prices of US stocks, forex and crypto in real time with the help of finnhub APIs. Simple change in property pane to see pricing in local currency. Code walkthrough. Uses finnhub APIs and WebSocket for fetching real-time data and Viva dashboard to target audience inside an organization. Samples available now and feedback greatly appreciated.

The host of this call is Paolo Pialorsi (PiaSys.com) @paolopia. Q&A takes place as always in chat throughout the call.

Agenda items

  • 05:56 – SharePoint Framework – Vesa Juvonen (Microsoft) | @vesajuvonen
  • 07:53 – PnPjs Client-Side Libraries - Julie Turner (Sympraxis Consulting) | @jfj1997
  • 09:44 – CLI for Microsoft 365 - Garry Trinder (Microsoft) | @garrytrinder
  • 12:01 – PnP SPFx Controls - Alex Terentiev (Microsoft) | @alexaterentiev
  • 12:48 – PnP Modern Search - Paolo Pialorsi (PiaSys.com) @paolopia
  • 13:56 – PnP Samples - Hugo Bernier (Microsoft) | @bernierh
  • 14:30 – PnP SPFx ACEs Samples - David Warner II (Microsoft) | @DavidWarnerII
  • 15:33 – Together mode picture
  • 16:10 – Demo – Using custom SDK built with Microsoft Graph Kiota generator within SharePoint Framework solution – Luis Mañez (ClearPeople) | @luismanez
  • 29:36 – Demo – Building an ACE for showing real time trade prices of stocks – Kunj Sangani (Cognizant) | @sanganikunj

Together Mode

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Thank you everybody for joining. Really, really cool to have you in the call. If you missed the call, no worries, view it on demand and plan on joining us on a future call.

Actions

Demo references

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

Open-source project status

PnP ProjectCurrent versionRelease/Status
SharePoint Framework (SPFx)v1.16.1 (GA)v1.17 - Q1, 2023
PnPjs Client-Side Librariesv3.10 GA, v2.13 GA
CLI for Microsoft 365v6.1 (beta), v5.9.0 GA
Reusable SPFx React Controlsv3.12.0 (GA), v2.9.0
Reusable SPFx React Property Controlsv3.11.0 (GA), v2.7.0
PnP SPFx Generatorv1.16.0v1.17.0 on the way
PnP Modern Searchv4.7.0 (GA), v4.8.0 (beta), v3.23.0 (GA)

General Resources

Other mentioned topics

Upcoming calls | Recurrent invites

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 - 15th of December 2022