Viva Connections & SharePoint Framework Community Call – 6th of April, 2023

Viva Connections & SharePoint Framework Community Call – 6th of April, 2023

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

Demos

  • A SharePoint document generator as Microsoft 365 app with SPFx – with this Microsoft 365 SPFx app, generate template-based Offer documents with custom meta data from within Teams, Outlook, Office, and SharePoint. The “Offer Creation” app shows up in the Add Apps menu within M365 products because it was installed as a personal app in Microsoft Teams. Templates created from M365 apps are stored in the same “Offerings” document library. Review key code elements and configuration.
  • Productivity Studio: SPFx accelerators used in Microsoft to speed up SPFx development cycle – after getting grounded on what is the open-source SPFx Solution Accelerator and its features, step though Rhythm of the Business (RoB) Calendar app sample built with the accelerator to highlight the features, functions and code. The SPFx web part app helps users to manage a team’s events and can be added to SharePoint site or as a Teams tab.

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

Agenda items

00:00 – Intro – Paolo Pialorsi (PiaSys.com) @paolopia

06:33 – SharePoint Framework – Vesa Juvonen (Microsoft) | @vesajuvonen

08:07 – PnPjs Client-Side Libraries – Julie Turner (Sympraxis Consulting) | @jfj1997

10:40 – CLI for Microsoft 365 – Garry Trinder (Microsoft) | @garrytrinder

12:49 – Microsoft Graph Developer Proxy – Garry Trinder (Microsoft) | @garrytrinder

13:32 – PnP SPFx Controls – Paolo Pialorsi (PiaSys.com) @paolopia

14:55 – Viva Connections Toolkit for Visual Studio Code – Paolo Pialorsi (PiaSys.com) @paolopia

15:51 – PnP Modern Search – Paolo Pialorsi (PiaSys.com) @paolopia

17:04 – PnP Samples - Hugo Bernier (Microsoft) | @bernierh

18:17 – PnP SPFx ACEs Samples - David Warner II (Microsoft) | @DavidWarnerII

18:33 – Together mode picture – Vesa Juvonen (Microsoft) | @vesajuvonen

19:41 – Demo – A SharePoint document generator as Microsoft 365 app with SPFx – Markus Möller (Avanade) | @Moeller2_0

35:46 – Demo – Productivity Studio: SPFx accelerators used in Microsoft to speed up SPFx development cycle – Daniel Turley (Avanade)

49:49 – Closing

Together Mode

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Thank you everybody and/or their avatar representative, once again for joining the call and participating in Together Mode. Hope to see you in person at a conference near you this Spring.

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)v1.17 (GA)
PnPjs Client-Side Librariesv3.13 (GA)v3.14 to be released April 17, 2023
CLI for Microsoft 365v6.5 (GA)
Microsoft Graph Developer Proxyv0.6 (Preview)v0.7 to be released April 26, 2023
Reusable SPFx React Controlsv3.13.0 (GA), v2.9.0
Reusable SPFx React Property Controlsv3.12.0 (GA), v2.7.0
Viva Connections Toolkit for VS Codev0.4.1 (GA)
PnP SPFx Generatorv1.16.0v1.17.0 on the way
PnP Modern Searchv4.8.0 (GA), 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 - 6th of April 2023