Viva Connections & SharePoint Framework Community Call – 29th of December, 2022

Viva Connections & SharePoint Framework Community Call – 29th 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, January 3, 2023, 8:00 am PT.
    • During the holiday season, the calls have been transformed into coffee & tea with the community meetings – Q&A and discussions and without specific demos and agenda. Please join as you are able.
  • Project releases
    • Viva Connections Toolkit for VS Code – v0.2.2 (preview)
      • Install directly from the VS Code extensions tab. With the Viva Connections Toolkit extension, you can create and manage your Viva Connections solutions in your tenant. All actions you need to perform during the development flow are at your fingertips. Note: Works with any SPFx solution.

Demos

  • Building SPFx Password Vault Web Part and SharePoint quick links extension for browser – two solutions are presented here. From idea and design criteria to code and demos for the Password Vault web part (encrypted password protected page and data) and for the SharePoint Quicklinks extension (dynamic quick links to site contents, site settings, etc.). Install and configure web part and extension, look at the code – focusing on PasswordValueService for web part and on a single file for extension.
  • My experience as a first-time contributor to CLI for Microsoft 365 – a personal step-by-step experience that includes practical guidance on how to contribute. Creating your local playground, creating a fork, identifying good first issues and types of issues, getting the green light to work on the issue, writing a command, creating a PR and PR approval. The chance to work with maintainers and yes, the sense of addiction you may experience in the process!

The host of this call is Vesa Juvonen (Microsoft) | @vesajuvonen. Q&A takes place as always in chat throughout the call.

Agenda items

  • 08:13 – SharePoint Framework – Vesa Juvonen (Microsoft) | @vesajuvonen
  • 10:21 – PnPjs Client-Side Libraries – Vesa Juvonen (Microsoft) | @vesajuvonen
  • 10:54 – CLI for Microsoft 365 – Vesa Juvonen (Microsoft) | @vesajuvonen
  • 11:58 – PnP SPFx Controls – Vesa Juvonen (Microsoft) | @vesajuvonen
  • 12:31 – Viva Connections Toolkit for Visual Studio Code – Vesa Juvonen (Microsoft) | @vesajuvonen
  • 14:10 – PnP Modern Search – Vesa Juvonen (Microsoft) | @vesajuvonen
  • 14:29 – PnP Samples – Vesa Juvonen (Microsoft) | @vesajuvonen
  • 15:09 – Together mode picture – Vesa Juvonen (Microsoft) | @vesajuvonen
  • 16:22 – Demo – Building SPFx Password Vault Web Part and SharePoint quick links extension for browser – Sergej Schwabauer (AURUM GMBH)
  • 32:52 – Demo – My experience as a first-time contributor to CLI for Microsoft 365 – Nico De Cleyre (Ordina Belgium) | @NicoDeCleyre

Together Mode

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Thank you once again for joining the call during this holiday week. It’s really awesome to see you right before the new year. All the best to you in 2023.

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
Viva Connections Toolkit for VS Codev0.2.2 (preview)
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 - 29th of December 2022