SharePoint Framework Community Call -- 1st of July, 2021

SharePoint Framework Special Interest Group (SIG) bi-weekly community call recording from July 1st is now available from the Microsoft 365 Community YouTube channel at https://aka.ms/m365pnp-videos. You can use SharePoint Framework for building solutions for Microsoft Teams and for SharePoint Online.

Call summary

Summer break and community call schedule updates reviewed.  Register now for June trainings on Sharing-is-caring.   PnP Recognition Program announced. 

Join the Viva Connections private preview!

Update on SharePoint Framework v1.13.0 features – extensibility options with Viva Connections, Teams improvements, tooling updates, Store modernization and more. Released PnPjs for Client-side Libraries v2.6.0, CLI for Microsoft 365 v3.11.0 Beta, and PnP Modern Search v4.2.3 & v3.20.0.    There were four PnP SPFx web part samples delivered in last 2 weeks.  Great work!     **Latest project updates include: **

(Bold indicates update from previous report 2 weeks ago) 

PnP Project Current version Release/Status SharePoint Framework (SPFx) v1.12.1  v1.13.0 Preview in summer PnPjs Client-Side Libraries v2.6.0 v2.7.0 scheduled for July 9, v3.0.0 developments underway CLI for Microsoft 365 v3.11.0 Beta, **v4.0.0 Preview ** v3.10.0 preview released Reusable SPFx React Controls v2.8.0 (SPFx v1.11), v3.2.1 (SPFx v1.12.1)   Reusable SPFx React Property Controls v2.7.0 (SPFx v1.11), v3.2.0 (SPFx v1.12.1)   PnP SPFx Generator v1.16.0 v1.17.0 on the way PnP Modern Search v4.2.3 & v3.20.0 July versions in progress

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

Actions

Demos

  • Bringing your custom apps to Viva Connect mobile experience - three graduating levels or views of information and customizability in Viva Connections.  Use SPFx to build an Adaptive Card Extension (ACE) that supports 2 views – Card View (level 1 basic information) and Quick View (level 2 more information) and a deep link to a Teams tab (level 3 full information).   Future, seamlessly drill down from high level to detail - mobile and desktop experiences.    

  • Copy PnP Search results web part settings – scenario:  Many of your pages are based a template page you now need to update.  After updating your template page, use this list view command set extension accessed from Pages Library, to copy the settings of the PnP search results web part present on a page to the settings of the PnP search results web part present on other selected pages.

  •  Follow Documents in Modern Workspace with SPFx – many capabilities in 2 related samples – 1 extension, 1 web part.  Both accomplish same objective:  Easily identify/follow/unfollow a user’s key documents within Tenant and easily open them in Modern Pages (use extension) or Modern Pages and Microsoft Teams (use web part + extension).  This solution uses the Out of Box Social functionality "Follow document" and Microsoft Graph queries.   Exhaustive feature list by sample.

SPFx extension samples:  (https://aka.ms/spfx-extensions)

SPFx web part samples:  (https://aka.ms/spfx-webparts)

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

Agenda items

Demos

  • Demo:  Bringing your custom apps to Viva Connect mobile experience – Vardhaman Deshpande (Valo Intranet) | @vrdmn – 19:14

  • Demo:  Copy PnP Search results web part settings – Anoop Tatti (Content and Code) | @anooptells – 31:24

  • Demo:  Follow Documents in Modern Workspace with SPFx – André Lage (Datalynx AG) | @aaclage – 44:26

Resources

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Upcoming Calls | Recurrent Invites

  • M365 General Dev call – July 8that 7:00 am PDT | https://aka.ms/m365-dev-sig

  • Adaptive Cards monthly call – July 8th at 9:00 am PDT | https://aka.ms/adaptivecardscommunitycall

  • Office add-in monthly call – July 14th at 8:00 am PDT | https://aka.ms/officeaddinscall

  • SharePoint Framework call – July 15that 7:00 am PDT | https://aka.ms/spdev-spfx-call

  • Microsoft Identity Platform – July 15that 9:00 am PDT | https://aka.ms/IDDevCommunityCalendar

  • Power Apps monthly call – July 21st at 8:00 am PDT | https://aka.ms/PowerAppsMonthlyCall PnP SharePoint Framework Special Interest Group bi-weekly calls are targeted at anyone who is interested in the JavaScript-based development towards Microsoft Teams, SharePoint Online, and also on-premises. SIG 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 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 - 1st of July 2021