Microsoft 365 Platform Call – 25th of January, 2022

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Microsoft 365 Platform Community Call - weekly community call recording from January 25th, is now available from the Microsoft 365 Community YouTube channel at http://aka.ms/m365pnp/videos. 

Call Summary

Welcome to the weekly call focused on capabilities of the Microsoft 365 platform.   

• Register for the Microsoft 365 Developer Program and get a free E5 developer tenant with instant availability and other assets.  
• Get started with free training modules to accelerate learning Microsoft 365 platform capabilities. Now with new Viva Connections training!
• Preview the Microsoft 365 Sample Solution Gallery with 880+ samples from Microsoft and community that allow you to learn by example, expedite your development and appreciate what is possible.
• Sign up and participate in one of a growing number of events hosted by Sharing is Caring this month and next.   Upcoming AMAs on PnP React Controls and on Graph and MGT.
• Tune into the weekly
  • Microsoft 365 Developer Podcast focused exclusively on Microsoft 365 dev topics – hosted by Jeremy Thake (Microsoft) and Paul Schaeflein (Addin365).
  • Microsoft 365 PnP Weekly - Videos, Podcasts focused on the latest news and topics on Microsoft 365 hosted by Vesa Juvonen and Waldek Mastykarz
• Hear about the latest 4 Microsoft 365 Platform related stories and absorb 3 demos delivered by Microsoft presenters on latest capabilities of the Microsoft 365 platform.

The host of this call was Vesa Juvonen (Microsoft) | @vesajuvonen.  Q&A takes place in chat throughout and live at end of the call.   

Microsoft 365 Platform News Flash

• Learn how to set up decentralized identities on Azure
• Experience high-fidelity audio in Microsoft Teams
• ‘Without Microsoft Teams, my business wouldn’t be open right now’
• January 2022 – Viva Topics Updates and Year End Recap

Actions:  

• Opt into PnP Recognition Program | https://aka.ms/m365pnp-recognition
• Register for Sharing is Caring Events:
  • PnP Sharing is Caring - AMA (Ask Me Anything) - SPFx React Controls – Tuesday, February 22nd, 9am PST
  • PnP Sharing is Caring - AMA (Ask Me Anything) -- Microsoft Graph Toolkit - Tuesday, March 1st, 9am PST
  • First Time Contributor Session – To be scheduled
  • Community Docs Session – 2022 Sessions Coming Soon  
  • Power Platform Samples – First Time Contributor – Tuesday, January 25th, 2pm PST
  • PnP – SPFx Developer Workstation Setup – Tuesday, February 8th, 2pm PST
  • PnP SPFx Samples – Solving SPFx version differences using Node Version Manager – Wednesday, January 26th, 7am PST
  • First Time Presenter – Wednesday, February 9th, 9am PST
  • More than Code with VSCode – Tuesday, February 15th, 2pm PST
  • Maturity Model Practitioners – Tuesday, February 15th, 7am PST (every 3^rd Tuesday of month, 7:00am PT)
  • Getting Started with Viva Connection ACEs (2-part session) – TBS soon
  • PnP Office Hours – 1:1 session – Register
  • PnP Buddy System – Request a Buddy
• Request a Demo spot on the call – https://aka.ms/m365pnp/request/demo
• Download the recurrent invite for this call – https://aka.ms/m365-dev-call
• Call attention to your great work by using the #PnPWeekly on Twitter.

Thank you everybody for joining the call today.  Great to see a full auditorium. 

Demos delivered in this session

• Latest with Microsoft Graph connectors – used to bring external data into Microsoft Search and other Microsoft 365 experiences.  Overview including supported hubs, query experience, development, and Administration.  130+ connectors currently.  Build a custom connector – create a connection (container for external data on Graph), register the schema (define labels or metadata for data), ingest items (into the connection).  Customize for verticals, setup custom filters.  See how data renders in Microsoft Search. 

• When to build Viva Connections Adaptive Card Extensions – and not a web part?  Think Lightweight (mobile first), Immediate (single idea, actionable) and Personal (provide direct value to user).  Link out to richer experiences – Teams apps, SharePont page, SaaS solutions.   ACE use cases include – solicit feedback, track task status, check paystub, clock in/out, book travel...  ACEs can be location based, allow audience targeting, and deliver an organization’s mobile portal experience.   

• Microsoft Graph Toolkit – Using the Teams Channel Picker Component in your solutions – this session opens with an overview of Microsoft Graph then dives into the Teams Channel Picker component that can display channels user is a member, find a channel and show members, and send a message to channel users.  Not only can you get data from Graph, but post data via Graph and optionally add a custom template experience.  See code and rendering side-by-side.

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

Topics covered in this call

• Latest updates and news on the Microsoft 365 platform – Vesa Juvonen (Microsoft) | @vesajuvonen – 7:01
• D1:  Latest with Microsoft Graph connectors – Arvind Ravi (Microsoft) – 10:09
• D2:  When to build Viva Connections Adaptive Card Extensions – Patrick Rodgers (Microsoft) | @mediocrebowler – 26:02
• D3:  Microsoft Graph Toolkit – Using the Teams Channel Picker Component in your solutions – Sébastien Levert (Microsoft) | – 38:13

Resources:

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

• D1:  Repo - Microsoft Graph connector Sample 

• D1:  Documentation - Overview of Microsoft Graph connectors | aka.ms/GraphConnectors

• D1:  Documentation - Microsoft Graph connectors overview | aka.ms/GraphConnectorsAPI

• D1:  Catalog - Microsoft Graph connectors | aka.ms/GraphConnectorsCatalog

• D1:  Feedback - Feedback: Microsoft Graph Connectors | aka.ms/GraphConnectorsFeedback

• D1:  Preview - Preview of Microsoft Graph Connectors and features - sign up here | aka.ms/GraphConnectorPreview

• D1:  Blog - What’s new and what’s next for Microsoft Graph connectors | 

• D2:  PnP JS Library - @pnp/odata/caching 

• D2:  Repo - SharePoint Framework Reference Samples 

• D3:  Documentation - Microsoft Teams Channel Picker component in the Microsoft Graph Toolkit 

• D3:  Repo - MGT Sandbox Seb’s demos 

• D3:  MGT Playground – Teams Channel Picker 

• D3:  Repo – Microsoft Graph Toolkit | aka.ms/mgt

• D3:  Documentation - Microsoft Graph Toolkit: UI Components and Authentication Providers for Microsoft Graph | aka.ms/MGT/docs

• D3:  Learn - Develop apps with the Microsoft Graph Toolkit | aka.ms/mgt/learn

• Previous demos delivered by Sébastien Levert on Microsoft Graph Toolkit (MGT)

  • Discover the Microsoft Graph Toolkit – 7 December 2021
  • Microsoft Graph Toolkit – Using Login Component in your solutions – 14 December 2021
  • Microsoft Graph Toolkit – Using the Person Component in your solutions – 4 January 2022
  • Microsoft Graph Toolkit – Using the People Component in your solutions – 11 January 2022
  • Microsoft Graph Toolkit – Using the People Picker Component in your solutions – 18 January 2022

• PnP Weekly – Episode 150 (January 24^th) with London, UK-based SharePoint developer architect and MVP, Anoop Tatti (Content+Cloud) | @anooptells | video | podcast

General resources:

• 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:

• Viva Connections & SharePoint Framework call – January 27^th  at 7:00 am PST | https://aka.ms/spdev-spfx-call
• Microsoft 365 platform call – February 1^st at 8:00 am PST | https://aka.ms/m365-dev-call
• M365 General Dev call – February 3^rd at 7:00 am PST | https://aka.ms/m365-dev-sig
• Office add-in monthly call – February 9^th at 8:00 am PST | https://aka.ms/officeaddinscall
• Adaptive Cards monthly call – February 10^th at 9:00 am PST | https://aka.ms/adaptivecardscommunitycall
• Power Apps monthly call – February 16^th at 8:00 am PST | https://aka.ms/PowerAppsMonthlyCall
• Microsoft Identity Platform call – February 17^th at 9:00 am PST | https://aka.ms/IDDevCommunityCalendar

Microsoft 365 Platform community call focuses on latest Microsoft 365 Platform updates and demos delivered by Microsoft presenters and takes place weekly on Tuesday.  The alternating Special Interest Group community calls each Thursday focus on SharePoint Framework (client-side development/implementation) and Microsoft 365 Platform (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.) with demos commonly delivered by community members.   More details on the Microsoft 365 community from http://aka.ms/m365pnp. 

You can download recurrent invite for this call from https://aka.ms/m365-dev-call.  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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