Microsoft 365 Developer Community Call recording – 2nd of September, 2021

 

Call Summary

Welcome back from summer holiday!  Have a look at Microsoft 365 tenant – script samples gallery - scripts for PowerShell and CLIs.  Sign up and attend one of a growing list of events hosted by Sharing is Caring this month.  Announced the PnP Recognition Program.  No project releases this week, but as many are back from holidays, you can surely expect releases soon.  

 

Open-source project status:  (Bold indicates new this call)

 

Project	Current Version	Release/Status
PnP .NET Libraries - PnP Framework	v1.6.0 GA, PnP Provisioning Engine Schema v202103	Version 1.7.0 – Late Summer 2021
PnP .NET Libraries - PnP Core SDK	v1.3.0 GA	Version 1.4.0 – Late Summer 2021
PnP PowerShell	v1.7.0 GA
Yo teams - generator-teams	v3.2.0 GA	v3.3.0 Preview soonish
Yo teams - yoteams-build-core	v1.2.0 GA, v1.2.1 Preview
Yo teams – yoteams-deploy	v1.1.0 GA, v1.0.1 Preview
Yo teams - msteams-react-base-component	v3.1.0
Microsoft Graph Toolkit (MGT)	v2.2.0 GA	Bug fixes and Updates, v2.3.0 later in August

 

There are 2 new Microsoft Teams samples this week.  Have you visited the Teams Samples wish list?  Need an idea for a sample?  Consider collaborating with Microsoft Teams Engineering to create a sample and earn a Credly badge.   The host of this call was David Warner II (Catapult Systems) @DavidWarnerII.   Q&A takes place in chat throughout the call.

 

 

Actions:  

• Create a Teams Sample - Microsoft Teams Samples Wish list – 10 opportunities to share your Teams Dev prowess with the community | https://aka.ms/teams-sample-wishlist
• Opt in to PnP Recognition Program | https://aka.ms/m365pnp-recognition
• Register for Sharing is Caring Events:
  • First Time Contributor Session – September 21^st (EMEA, APAC & US friendly times available)
  • Community Docs Session – October 5^th 
  • PnP – SPFx Developer Workstation Setup – TBS
  • PnP SPFx Samples – Solving SPFx version differences using Node Version Manager – September 28^th 
  • Ask Me anything (AMA) – Recognition Program – September 7^th
  • Ask Me anything (AMA) – Script Samples – September 14^th
  • Ask Me Anything (AMA) – Power Platform Development & Samples – September 28^th
  • Ask Me Anything (AMA) – List Formatting – October 5^th
  • First Time Presenter – October 12^th
  • More than Code with VSCode – September 14^th 
  • Maturity Model Practitioners – September 21^st and every 3^rd Tuesday of month, 7:00am PT
  • PnP Office Hours – 1:1 session – Register
  • PnP Buddy System – Request a Buddy
• Download the recurrent invite for this call – http://aka.ms/m365-dev-sig
• Call attention to your great work by using the #PnPWeekly on Twitter.

 

Microsoft Teams Development Samples:  (https://aka.ms/TeamsSampleBrowser)

• Teams Tab with SSO and Microsoft Graph Toolkit usage - Markus Möller (Avanade) | @Moeller2_0
• Teams Tab Single Sign-on (SSO) Sample (updated) - Doğan Erişen (Microsoft)

Microsoft Power Platform Samples:  (https://aka.ms/powerplatform-samples)

• No new Power Platform samples this week

Script Samples:  (https://aka.ms/script-samples)

• No new Script samples this week

 

Demos delivered in this session

• SharePoint Approval Workflow Status Tracking with Column Formatting – create dynamic multi-step expense approval workflow in SharePoint leveraging a Power Automate flow.   Very deliberate step-by-step explanation of list creation and of flow/process.  Create 2 SharePoint lists – Expense Types and Expense Reports (with column and view formatting + list form configuration), Add the approval process flow (a sample) to Power Automate, done!    Clear visual status in UI to track output and status of workflows.

• Build your first conversational chatbot for Teams without any development using – in Bot Framework Composer, use the CoreWithLanguage bot template with triggers calling an Azure Bot.  Stephen defines various elements to have before building.  Add triggers to new bot – GetREportsDialog, add OAuth login service connection, store turn.tokens, and install Microsoft.Bot.Components.Graph package for more action options, deploy app to Azure.  Create new Microsoft Teams app in App Studio, add the Azure Bot to a Channel.   

• Updates on the Independent Publisher Connectors for Power Platform – connectors can be submitted by anyone in GitHub.com and they are subsequently certified by Microsoft.  Since July 19^th, 8 connectors have been submitted/certified, 11 in process.   Quick demo of fun dogs API – the Placedog connector.  A Power Apps Canvas app displays 12 dog photos.  Connector functionality - get a dog photo, store it in SharePoint, and make URL available to the Power App.         

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

 

Topics covered in this call

• PnP .NET library updates - Bert Jansen (Microsoft) @O365bert - 5:57
• PnP PowerShell - Bert Jansen (Microsoft) @O365bert - 7:30
• yo Teams updates - Paolo Pialorsi (PiaSys.com) @paolopia - 8:22
• Microsoft Graph Toolkit updates - Beth Pan (Microsoft) | @beth_panx - 9:23
• Microsoft Teams Samples - Bob German (Microsoft) | @Bob1German - 11:24
• Microsoft Power Platform Samples - April Dunnam (Microsoft) | @aprildunnam  - 12:45

• Demo:  SharePoint Approval Workflow Status Tracking with Column Formatting - Reza Dorrani (Catapult) | @RezaDorrani - 15:16

• Demo:  Build your first conversational chatbot for Teams - Stephan Bisser (Solvion) | @stephanbisser - 34:39

• Demo:  Updates on Independent Publisher Connectors for Power Platform - Natalie Pienkowska (Microsoft) | @NataliePienkow1 and Troy Taylor (Hitachi Solutions) | @troystaylor - 45:46

Resources:

Additional resources around the covered topics and links from the slides.

• Repo – rdorrani/SharePoint 

• Playlist - SharePoint List Formatting 

• Documentation - Bot Framework Composer documentation 

• Documentation - Add authentication to your Teams bot 

• Documentation  - Create your project 

• Connectors - Microsoft Power Platform Connectors 

• Demo - Publish a connector to the Power Platform – Natalie Pienkowska (Microsoft)  | @NataliePienkow1

 

General resources:

• Samples - Power Platform Samples | aka.ms/powerplatform-samples
• Microsoft 365 tenant – Script Samples Gallery | aka.ms/script-samples
• Microsoft Teams Samples Gallery | aka.ms/teams-samples
• Microsoft 365 Extensibility look book gallery | aka.ms/m365/extensibility
• Archives - Microsoft 365 PnP Weekly - Videos, Podcasts  
• PnP Teams Quickstart | aka.ms/pnp-teams-quickstart
• Microsoft Teams Toolkit v2.2 | https://aka.ms/teams-toolkit
• Microsoft 365 PnP Community hub | aka.ms/m365pnp/community 
• Microsoft Graph Toolkit in Microsoft Learn | http://aka.ms/learn-mgt
• Viva Connections https://aka.ms/VivaConnections
• SharePoint look book
• Yo Teams video training package
• .NET Standard 2.0 version of SharePoint Online CSOM API
• Microsoft 365 community (PnP) videos | aka.ms/m365pnp-videos
• Microsoft Teams Toolkit for Visual Studio Code
• yo Teams | aka.ms/yoteams
• Video - Getting started using yo Teams | Wictor Wilén (Avanade)| @wictor
• Build a crisis management site to connect people and information
• Developer documentation | https://aka.ms/spdev-docs
• PnP Power Shell
• SharePoint Modernization Partner Guidance - Feedback welcome
• Solution - Building a modern search experiences with SharePoint Framework web parts
• Page transformation guidance
• Page transformation videos
• Modernization scanner
• Microsoft 365 developer program site - Need to become a Tenant Admin to test look book capabilities? Get a Microsoft 365 E5 developer subscription (free tenant for 90 days)
• SharePoint Provisioning Service - Easily provision look book designs to any tenant in the world
• SharePoint Provisioning templates on Github
• PnP Provisioning Tenant Templates documentation
• SharePoint Page Transformation webcast series
• PnP Power Shell
• SharePoint Modernization Tools

 

Upcoming Calls | Recurrent Invites:

 

• Microsoft 365 platform call – September 7^that 8:00 am PDT | https://aka.ms/m365-dev-call
• Office add-in monthly call – September 8^th at 8:00 am PDT | https://aka.ms/officeaddinscall
• SharePoint Framework call – September 9^th at 7:00 am PDT | https://aka.ms/spdev-spfx-call
• Adaptive Cards monthly call – September 9^th at 9:00 am PDT | https://aka.ms/adaptivecardscommunitycall
• Power Apps monthly call – September 15^th at 8:00 am PDT | https://aka.ms/PowerAppsMonthlyCall
• M365 General Dev call – September 16^th at 7:00 am PDT | https://aka.ms/m365-dev-sig
• Microsoft Identity Platform call – September 16^th at 9:00 am PDT | https://aka.ms/IDDevCommunityCalendar

 

General Microsoft 365 Dev Special Interest Group bi-weekly calls are targeted at anyone who's interested in the general Microsoft 365 development topics. This includes Microsoft Teams, Bots, Microsoft Graph, CSOM, REST, site provisioning, PnP PowerShell, PnP Sites Core, Site Designs, Microsoft Flow, PowerApps, Column Formatting, list formatting, etc. topics. More details on the Microsoft 365 community from http://aka.ms/m365pnp. We also welcome community demos, if you are interested in doing a live demo in these calls!

 

You can download recurrent invite from http://aka.ms/m365-dev-sig. Welcome and join in the discussion. If you have any questions, comments, or feedback, feel free to provide your input as comments to this post as well. More details on the Microsoft 365 community and options to get involved are available from http://aka.ms/m365pnp.

 

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