Viva Connections & SharePoint Framework Community Call – 16th of December, 2021

[Vesa Juvonen]

Viva Connections & SharePoint Framework bi-weekly community call recording from December 16th is now available from the Microsoft 365 Community YouTube channel at http://aka.ms/m365pnp/videos. You can use SharePoint Framework for building solutions for Microsoft Teams and for SharePoint Online.

Call summary:

• Tune in each Tuesday for the Microsoft 365 platform community call.  Next call on the 21^st of December @ 8 AM PT – Social gathering for coffee/tea or your chosen drink.  Got questions? – Join and let’s have a chat.
• Register for training events in January - February hosted by Sharing is Caring.
• Register for the PnP Recognition Program.
• The Road Ahead after 1.14 and future
• PnP project activities in the last two weeks – Happy Holiday’s!
  • SharePoint Framework (SPFx) v1.14 public developer preview released
  • PnPjs client-side libraries - v 2.12 delayed
  • CLI for Microsoft 365 v4.3 beta released
  • Reusable SPFx React Controls v3.5.0 released
  • PnP Modern Search v4.5.2, v3.23.0 released
• 1 ACE was delivered as well.  Thank you, João Mendes!
• Interesting summary on Samples by SPFx version  

Latest project updates include: (Bold indicates update from previous report 2 weeks ago) 

PnP Project	Current version	Release/Status
SharePoint Framework (SPFx)	v1.14 public developer preview	v1.14.0 GA targeted for January
PnPjs Client-Side Libraries	v2.11.0 GA, v3.0.0 Preview.  v 2.12 Delayed	nightly builds of v3
CLI for Microsoft 365	v4.2.0 GA, v4.3 beta
Reusable SPFx React Controls	v2.9.0 (SPFx v1.11), v3.5.0	3.5.0 with SPFx v1.13 support is coming soon
Reusable SPFx React Property Controls	v2.7.0 (SPFx v1.11), v3.2.0 (SPFx v1.12.1)	3.3.0 with SPFx v1.13 support is coming soon
PnP SPFx Generator	v1.16.0	v1.17.0 on the way
PnP Modern Search	v4.5.2, v3.23.0	Release expected by calendar year end

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

Great to see all of you today.  Happy Holidays.  Enjoy some down time from work and up time with family, friends, hobbies.

Actions:

• Opt into PnP Recognition Program | https://aka.ms/m365pnp-recognition
• Weigh in – Should we drop support for CommonJS modules in PnPjs v3.0?  
• Holiday Break Challenge!!! Choose and update an SPFx sample v1.7, v1.8, v1.9, earn a special Credly badge.  
• Register for Sharing is Caring Events:
  • Ask me anything (AMA) PnP Search – Tuesday, January 11th, 9am PST
  • First Time Contributor Session – Tuesday, January 25th, 2pm PST
  • Community Docs Session – 2022 Sessions Coming Soon  
  • Power Platform Samples – First Time Contributor – Tuesday, January 18th, 1pm 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, January 18th, 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/spdev-spfx-call

Demos:

• Building advanced Enterprise Search Center with PnP Search Web Parts v4 – presenter highlights extensibility and customization layout options for PnP Modern Search.  Non SPFx customization options include – the slots, edit Handlebars, edit results template with conditional rendering, create a template in place or point to an external template.  The SPFx option - install PnP Modern Search – Extensibility library v4.5.2 (many samples) and create flexible and personalized search based layout templates in minutes.

• Building a custom React based Microsoft Graph Group Viewer experience – this web part with a single text field provides the functionality to search using Microsoft Graph for groups in your tenant and allow users to view the details of a selected group, view a list of group members as well as to export the list of members to a CSV file.  Concise code walkthrough. 

• Introduction to Adaptive Card Extensions (ACEs) for Microsoft Viva Connections –

  starting with a high-level overview of Microsoft Viva with full integration with Microsoft Teams for developers.  Extend Viva Connections with SPFx, exclusively.  Step-by-step showing how to create your very first configurable (Property Pane) ACE with SPFx on SharePoint Workbench.  Scaffold an SPFx project, register views and step through the files to understand what exactly was created.  Subsequent demos will go deep in areas.   

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

• Holiday Break Challenge!!! Choose and update an SPFx sample v1.7, v1.8, v1.9, earn a special Credly badge.

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

• Holiday Break Challenge!!! Choose and update an SPFx sample v1.7, v1.8, v1.9, earn a special Credly badge.

PnP SPFx ACEs  https://aka.ms/spfx-aces

• COVID Indicator* - João Mendes | @joaojmendes

* to be posted soon.

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

Agenda items:

• SharePoint Framework - Vesa Juvonen (Microsoft) | @vesajuvonen – 3:25
• PnPjs Client-Side Libraries - Julie Turner (Sympraxis Consulting) | @jfj1997 – 4:56
• CLI for Microsoft 365 - Patrick Rodgers (Microsoft) | @mediocrebowler – 7:22
• PnP SPFx Controls - Patrick Rodgers (Microsoft) | @mediocrebowler – 8:09
• PnP Modern Search - Mikael Svenson (Microsoft) | @mikaelsvenson – 8:52
• PnP SPFx Samples - Hugo Bernier (Tahoe Ninjas) | @bernierh – 9:43
• PnP SPFx ACEs Samples - David Warner II (Catapult Systems) | @DavidWarnerII – 11:52

Demos:

• D1:  Building advanced Enterprise Search Center with PnP Search Web Parts v4 – Franck Cornu | @FranckCornu – 13:43

• D2:  Building a custom React based Microsoft Graph Group Viewer experience – Zach Roberts | @ZachSPODev – 28:40

• D3:  Introduction to Adaptive Card Extensions (ACEs) for Microsoft Viva Connections – Paolo Pialorsi (PiaSys) | @PaoloPia – 33:50 

Resources:

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

• D1:  Github - PnP Modern Search v4 | https://aka.ms/pnp-search

• D1:  Samples - PnP Modern Search - Extensibility samples 

• D1:  Documentation - Store custom templates in SharePoint 

• D1:  Repo - helpers/handlebars-helpers 

• D2:  Sample Repo - Graph Group Viewer
• D3:  Blog - Microsoft Viva: Empowering every employee for the new digital age | http://aka.ms/viva/blog

• D3:  Documentation - Overview of Viva Connections Extensibility | https://aka.ms/viva/connections/extensibility

• D3:  Sample Repo - Viva Connection Adaptive Card Extensions (ACEs) sample repository | https://aka.ms/spfx-aces

• PnP Weekly – Episode 147 (December 13^th) with Munich, Germany-based consultant and MVP, Markus Möller (Avanade) | @Moeller2_0 | video | podcast
• PnP Weekly – Episode 146 (December 6^th) with Reykjavik, Iceland-based Consultant and MVP, Derek Cash-Peterson (Sympraxis Consulting) | @spdcp | video | podcast

General Resources:

• Viva Connections https://aka.ms/VivaConnections
• Archives - Microsoft 365 PnP Weekly - Videos, Podcasts  
• Tools - Teams Toolkit (v2.2 Preview) 

• Tools - Microsoft Teams Framework (TeamsFx) 

• Gallery - Microsoft 365 Extensibility look book gallery   
• Microsoft Build sessions guide (Modern Work Digital Brochure) - aka.ms/modernworkbuildsessions
• SharePoint Framework - v1.12.1 npm install –g @microsoft/generator-sharepoint@next
• CLI for Microsoft 365 v3
• CodeTour
• Sharing is Caring | aka.ms/sharing-is-caring
• Tools - PnP Modern Search v4  | https://aka.ms/pnp-search
• M365 PnP site | aka.ms/m365pnp
• SharePoint Starter Kit v2
• Blog: "A Lap Around Microsoft Graph Toolkit" blog series
• New Microsoft 365 Patterns and Practices (PnP) team model with new community leads
• Microsoft 365 Community Content (non-Dev docs)
• PnP SPFx web part samples
• PnP SPFx extension samples
• GitHub PnPjs
• Tutorials - Getting started with SharePoint Framework v1.10 Tutorials (12 videos)
• Tutorials - Getting started with SharePoint Framework v1.10 Extensions (6 videos)
• Docs - Tutorials and training material for SharePoint Development
• SPFX Training Package
• SPFx Web Parts
• SPFx Extensions
• SPFx Library Components
• Documentation - PnPjs v2 documentation
• Link - Microsoft 365 developer training
• Link - Office 365 Developer Program
• Latest documentation on SharePoint Framework
• Found an issue with SharePoint Dev? - please let us know at http://aka.ms/spdev-issues
• Reusable web part property controls
• Reusable react controls for SharePoint Framework solutions
• Reusable controls webcast
• Office 365 CLI
• PnP SPFx Yeoman Generator - Extends the out-of-the-box experience with open-source community capabilities
• SharePoint Dev UserVoice - for new feature requests

Other mentioned topics:

• SharePoint dev documentation
• SharePoint dev issue list

Upcoming calls | Recurrent invites:  

• Microsoft 365 platform call – December 21^st at 8:00 am PST | https://aka.ms/m365-dev-call
• M365 General Dev call – December 23^rd at 7:00 am PST | https://aka.ms/m365-dev-sig
• SharePoint Framework call – December 30^th at 7:00 am PST | https://aka.ms/spdev-spfx-call
• Office add-in monthly call – January 12^th at 8:00 am PST | https://aka.ms/officeaddinscall
• Adaptive Cards monthly call – January 13^th at 9:00 am PST | https://aka.ms/adaptivecardscommunitycall
• Power Apps monthly call – January 19^th at 8:00 am PST | https://aka.ms/PowerAppsMonthlyCall
• Microsoft Identity Platform call – January 20^th at 9:00 am PST | https://aka.ms/IDDevCommunityCalendar

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
• Office 365 CLI 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 - 17th of December 2021