Episodes

Tuesday Jun 08, 2021
Microsoft 365 PnP Weekly - Episode 130 - 7th of June 2021
Tuesday Jun 08, 2021
Tuesday Jun 08, 2021
In this installment of the weekly discussion revolving around the latest news and topics on Microsoft 365, hosts – Vesa Juvonen (Microsoft) | @vesajuvonen, Waldek Mastykarz (Microsoft) | @waldekm are joined by the Software Engineer in the Windows team behind the Microsoft Graph Toolkit, Nikola Metulev (Microsoft) | @metulev. Topics discussed in this session include - why Microsoft is committed to working with Community and open source. Nikola’s evangelist roots, his many projects while on one team and key learnings on open source. How Microsoft Graph Toolkit (MGT) came about, how the team prioritizes what to build and what’s coming in the next 6 months. And as the usual practice, each participant covers off on what they are doing this week – did one say: A new Microsoft Teams SSO provider? Covering also 18 new articles from Microsoft and the Community!
Please remember to keep on providing us feedback on how we can help on this journey. We always welcome feedback on making the community more inclusive and diverse.
This episode was recorded on Monday, June 7, 2021.
These videos and podcasts are published each week and are intended to be roughly 45 - 60 minutes in length. Please do give us feedback on this video and podcast series and also do let us know if you have done something cool/useful so that we can cover that in the next weekly summary! The easiest way to let us know is to share your work on Twitter and add the hashtag #PnPWeekly. We are always on the lookout for refreshingly new content. “Sharing is caring!”
Here are all the links and people mentioned in this recording. Thanks, everyone for your contributions to the community!
Microsoft articles:
- SharePoint Roadmap Pitstop: May 2021 - Mark Kashman (Microsoft) | @mkashman
- Using 360° Imagery in SharePoint Spaces - Matt Crisler (Microsoft) | @mccrisler
- Migrate content from Box, Dropbox, and Google Workspace into Microsoft 365 - release update - Mark Kashman (Microsoft) | @mkashman
- Deep dive on Viva Learning at the Learning Transformation Briefings - John Mighell (Microsoft)
- Maximize results with collaborative work management in Microsoft 365 - Andrea Lum (Microsoft)
- Choose the right Microsoft tool for managing your work - Shin-Yi Lim (Microsoft)
- Change notifications extended for federated chats - Microsoft
- Universal Actions in Adaptive Cards on Microsoft Teams - Shiladitya Saha (Microsoft)
Community articles:
- Getting started with graph API in SPFx web part - Chandani Prajapati | @Chandani_SPD
- Announcing new file components, MSAL 2 Provider, and SharePoint Framework library in Microsoft Graph... - Microsoft
- Sample script: quickly remove pending SharePoint API permission requests - Waldek Mastykarz (Microsoft) | @waldekm
- Using sp-core-library with jest - Marcin Wojciechowski (Valo) | @mgwojciech
- We shipped version 1.2.0 of the PnP Core SDK - Bert Jansen (Microsoft) | @O365Bert
- SPFx SwatchColorPicker Office UI Fabric React Control example - Bijay Kumar (SPGuides.com) | @fewlines4biju
- Issue with PnP JS sp.site.exists() call when page url contains hashes - Alexey Sadomov (Valo) | @sadomovalex
- #DevHack: Get the shared file info with Microsoft Graph - Elio Struyf (Squarl) | @eliostruyf
- Dataverse tables relevant to approvals - Pieter Veenstra (HybrIT Services) | @PieterVeenstra
- Custom Backgrounds For Microsoft Teams Together Mode - Daniel Glenn (InfoWorks, Inc) | @DanielGlenn, Darrell Webster (Modern Workplace Change) | @darrellaas
Additional resources:
- Microsoft Graph Toolkit - aka.ms/mgt
- PnP Sharing is Caring initiative - Getting started guidance and training for using GitHub and contributing to the community
- Want to ask a question or in general engage with the community - Add a note in the Microsoft 365 PnP Community hub at https://aka.ms/m365pnp/community
- Check out all the great community calls, SDKs, and tooling for Microsoft 365 from https://aka.ms/m365pnp
If you’d like to hear from a specific community member in an upcoming recording and/or have specific questions for Microsoft 365 engineering or visitors – please let us know. We will do our best to address your requests or questions.
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Tuesday Jun 01, 2021
Microsoft 365 PnP Weekly - Episode 129 - 31st of May 2021
Tuesday Jun 01, 2021
Tuesday Jun 01, 2021
In this instalment of the weekly discussion revolving around the latest news and topics on Microsoft 365, hosts – Vesa Juvonen (Microsoft) | @vesajuvonen, Waldek Mastykarz (Microsoft) | @waldekm discuss the announcements from Build 2021 and the latest articles published by the Microsoft 365 community.
Please remember to keep on providing us feedback on how we can help on this journey. We always welcome feedback on making the community more inclusive and diverse.
This episode was recorded on Monday, May 31, 2021.
These videos and podcasts are published each week and are intended to be roughly 45 - 60 minutes in length. Please do give us feedback on this video and podcast series and also do let us know if you have done something cool/useful so that we can cover that in the next weekly summary! The easiest way to let us know is to share your work on Twitter and add the hashtag #PnPWeekly. We are always on the lookout for refreshingly new content. “Sharing is caring!”
Here are all the links and people mentioned in this recording. Thanks, everyone for your contributions to the community!
Events:
- June 1-2, 2021 - European SharePoint Conference 2021 - Online
- August 9-11, 2021 - North American Collaboration Summit
- Register with coupon code "PnP" for 25% off from the prize at https://nacs.ticketspice.com/nacs2021
Microsoft articles:
- Build the next generation of collaborative apps for hybrid work - Nicole Herskowitz (Microsoft) | @nicolelamb
- Microsoft Build - Book of News - Microsoft
- Microsoft Teams announces new developer features | Build 2021 - Microsoft
- Build apps faster with the latest Microsoft Teams Toolkit - Microsoft
- What’s New in Microsoft Teams | May 2021 - Microsoft
- Visualize and contextualize people and teams with a new organization browser in Outlook - Bill Baer (Microsoft) | @williambaer
- What's new for admins in Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise - April and May 2021 - Microsoft
- What’s New for the Microsoft 365 Developer | Build 2021 - Microsoft
- Four new features to build richer apps for Microsoft Teams meetings - Microsoft
- What’s new in Office Platform at Build 2021 - Microsoft
- Microsoft Graph @ Build 2021 - Microsoft
- Microsoft Teams App Development Challenge Winners! - Microsoft
Community articles:
- Microsoft 365 PnP Community Spotlight: Hugo Bernier - Hugo Bernier (Microsoft) | @bernierh & Luise Freese | @LuiseFreese
- How to invite external users to a SharePoint site or Microsoft Team using Power Automate & Graph API - Mohamed Ashiq Faleel (Tata Consultancy Services) | @ashiqfaleel
- SPFx webpart form validation using React Formik - Chandani Prajapati | @Chandani_SPD
- Cache data when using the Microsoft Graph JavaScript SDK - Waldek Mastykarz (Microsoft) | @waldekm
- CLI for Microsoft 365 v3.10 - Garry Trinder (CPS) | @garrytrinder
- New features in hTWOo UI version 0.2.0 - Stefan Bauer (N8D) | @StfBauer
- How to use hTWOo with a SPFx ReactJS web part - Stefan Bauer (N8D) | @StfBauer
- Custom Icon Buttons in Power Apps with Hover Color - Chris Kent (DMI) | @theChrisKent
- Environment Variables in Power Apps - Pieter Veenstra (HybrIT Services) | @PieterVeenstra
- Showing the Intranet’s Link in the App Bar’s Global Navigation - Marc D Anderson (Sympraxis Consulting) | @sympmarc
- Simplify secret keys management for M365 applications with Azure Key Vault and Azure Managed Identit... - Sergei Sergeev (Mastaq) | @sergeev_srg
- Microsoft 365 Fiscal Year Retention | Event-Based Library default - Joanne C Klein | @JoanneCKlein
- Power Platform News Rewind May 2021 - April Dunnam (Microsoft) | @aprildunnam
- Episode #156 - Microsoft Graph Toolkit To Do Component - Paolo Pialorsi (PiaSys) | @PaoloPia
- Power Apps can now display images from Microsoft Lists - Daniel Glenn (InfoWorks, Inc) | @DanielGlenn, Darrell Webster (Modern Workplace Change) | @darrellaas
Additional resources:
- Power Platform Sample Gallery - for finding easily samples from the GitHub - contributions from the community are welcome!
- PnP Sharing is Caring initiative - Getting started guidance and training for using GitHub and contributing to the community
- Want to ask a question or in general engage with the community - Add a note in the Microsoft 365 PnP Community hub at https://aka.ms/m365pnp/community
- Check out all the great community calls, SDKs, and tooling for Microsoft 365 from https://aka.ms/m365pnp
If you’d like to hear from a specific community member in an upcoming recording and/or have specific questions for Microsoft 365 engineering or visitors – please let us know. We will do our best to address your requests or questions.
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Tuesday May 25, 2021
Microsoft 365 PnP Weekly - Episode 128 - 24th of May 2021
Tuesday May 25, 2021
Tuesday May 25, 2021
In this installment of the weekly discussion revolving around the latest news and topics on Microsoft 365, hosts – Vesa Juvonen (Microsoft) | @vesajuvonen, Waldek Mastykarz (Microsoft) | @waldekm are joined by US-based, Microsoft Senior Product Designer on the SharePoint Team, Katie Swanson (Microsoft) | @kswansondesign. Topics discussed in this session include: The art of the possible, the design process and baking in customer feedback, accessibility testing, evolution of and possible future updates to SharePoint look book, diversity and inclusion in the PnP community and in IT generally. Microsoft and the Community delivered 16 articles in the last week! This episode was recorded on Monday, May 24, 2021.
Please remember to keep on providing us feedback on how we can help on this journey. We always welcome feedback on making the community more inclusive and diverse.
These videos and podcasts are published each week and are intended to be roughly 45 - 60 minutes in length. Please do give us feedback on this video and podcast series and also do let us know if you have done something cool/useful so that we can cover that in the next weekly summary! The easiest way to let us know is to share your work on Twitter and add the hashtag #PnPWeekly. We are always on the lookout for refreshingly new content. “Sharing is caring!”
Here are all the links and people mentioned in this recording. Thanks, everyone for your contributions to the community!
Events:
- May 25-27, 2021- Microsoft Build 2021
- June 1-2, 2021 - European SharePoint Conference 2021 - Online
- August 9-11, 2021 - North American Collaboration Summit
- Register with coupon code "PnP" for 25% off from the prize at https://nacs.ticketspice.com/nacs2021
Microsoft articles:
- Rebrand apps to your own organization's branding with App customization in Teams - Vaibhav Agarwal (Microsoft)
- Best practices for using global navigation in the SharePoint app bar - Melissa Torres (Microsoft) | @Meltorac
- Publish your apps to the Microsoft Teams store - Microsoft
- Announcing new file components, MSAL 2 Provider, and SharePoint Framework library in Microsoft Graph... - Microsoft
Community articles:
- Microsoft 365 PnP Community Spotlight: Garry Trinder - Garry Trinder (CPS) | @garrytrinder & Luise Freese | @LuiseFreese
- Do you need ngrok to develop Microsoft Teams apps? - Bob German (Microsoft) | @Bob1German
- HTWOO UI launched – Fluent Design in HTML and CSS - Stefan Bauer (N8D) | @StfBauer
- Find Power Automate Flows that are connected to your site or list - Albert-Jan Schot (Portiva) | @appieschot
- Power Apps Validation and JSON Parsing with Regex - April Dunnam (Microsoft) | @aprildunnam
- Power Automate SharePoint Get Column Changes - April Dunnam (Microsoft) | @aprildunnam
- Problems Restricting SharePoint People Column to a Specific Group - Cameron Dwyer (OnePlace Solutions) | @CameronDwyer
- Preconsent multiple scopes with Microsoft Graph Toolkit - Waldek Mastykarz (Microsoft) | @waldekm
- The right way to publish SharePoint Framework library packages - Waldek Mastykarz (Microsoft) | @waldekm
- Episode #155 - Microsoft Graph Toolkit Agenda Component - Paolo Pialorsi (PiaSys) | @PaoloPia
- Pro tips: What to do when you don’t feel heard at work - Sarah Haase | @sarahhaase, Antonio Maio | @AntonioMaio2 and Mike Maadarani | @mikemaadarani
- Microsoft 365 Fiscal Year Retention - Joanne C Klein | @JoanneCKlein
Additional resources:
- Power Platform Sample Gallery - for finding easily samples from the GitHub - contributions from the community are welcome!
- PnP Sharing is Caring initiative - Getting started guidance and training for using GitHub and contributing to the community
- Want to ask a question or in general engage with the community - Add a note in the Microsoft 365 PnP Community hub at https://aka.ms/m365pnp/community
- Check out all the great community calls, SDKs, and tooling for Microsoft 365 from https://aka.ms/m365pnp
If you’d like to hear from a specific community member in an upcoming recording and/or have specific questions for Microsoft 365 engineering or visitors – please let us know. We will do our best to address your requests or questions.
"Sharing is caring!"

Tuesday May 18, 2021
Microsoft 365 PnP Weekly - Episode 127 - 17th of May 2021
Tuesday May 18, 2021
Tuesday May 18, 2021
In this installment of the weekly discussion revolving around the latest news and topics on Microsoft 365, hosts – Vesa Juvonen (Microsoft) | @vesajuvonen, Waldek Mastykarz (Microsoft) | @waldekm are joined by Belgium-based, MVP, author, Microsoft Teams developer, and CTO with Advantive, Rick Van Rousselt | @RickVanRousselt.
Topics discussed in this session can be summarized with one word. Change! The leap from Teams tab (iFrame) to Extension (Bot Framework) development, or transition from Skype to Teams, in the customer’s mind. Many customers are now circling back to Microsoft partners for guidance on optimizing Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Teams, yet interestingly at differing rates Worldwide. Clearly in part, adoption is cultural. As well, the partner business has changed from having a development to a consultative focus, from selling and executing long term to short term projects, and the staff from specialists to generalists. The pace of change is fast, challenging and rewarding. Case in point on the pace of change - Microsoft and the Community delivered a box busting 29 articles in this last week!
Please remember to keep on providing us feedback on how we can help on this journey. We always welcome feedback on making the community more inclusive and diverse.
This episode was recorded on Monday, May 17, 2021.
These videos and podcasts are published each week and are intended to be roughly 45 - 60 minutes in length. Please do give us feedback on this video and podcast series and also do let us know if you have done something cool/useful so that we can cover that in the next weekly summary! The easiest way to let us know is to share your work on Twitter and add the hashtag #PnPWeekly. We are always on the lookout for refreshingly new content. “Sharing is caring!”
Here are all the links and people mentioned in this recording. Thanks, everyone for your contributions to the community!
Events:
- May 25-27, 2021- Microsoft Build 2021
- June 1-2, 2021 - European SharePoint Conference 2021 - Online
- August 9-11, 2021 - North American Collaboration Summit
- Register with coupon code "PnP" for 25% off from the prize at https://nacs.ticketspice.com/nacs2021
Microsoft articles:
- Behind the scenes on Microsoft Viva with Microsoft Mechanics - Seth Patton (Microsoft) | @SethPat
- Microsoft 365 admin center network connectivity is now generally available - Paul Andrew (Microsoft) | @pndrw
- Customer Key support for Microsoft Teams now Generally Available! - Microsoft
- Experience the magic of ESPC21 Online training – free and paid options - Mark Kashman (Microsoft) | @mkashman
- “Viva Topics is the on-hovercraft of knowledge” :studio_microphone: – The Intrazone podcast - Mark Kashman (Microsoft) | @mkashman, Chris McNulty (Microsoft) | @cmcnulty2000 & CJ Tan (Microsoft)
- Microsoft Graph .NET SDK v4 adds enhanced features – now in preview - Microsoft
- New renewal offering for your app’s Publisher Attestation and Microsoft 365 Certification - Microsoft
- Microsoft Graph Mailbag – Azure AD applications and users for testing - Brian T. Jackett (Microsoft) | @BrianTJackett
- Five new features enhancing Adaptive Cards in Microsoft Teams - Ojasvi Choudhary (Microsoft) | @Ojasvi
Community articles:
- Excel Scripts and Cloud Flows - Data Manipulation - Damien Bird (Aberdeen City Council) | @DamoBird365
- Microsoft 365 PnP Community Spotlight: Arjun Menon - Arjun Menon (Tata Consultancy Services) | @arjunumenon & Luise Freese | @LuiseFreese
- React Groups and Teams Filters - Alison Collins
- Getting Started with Azure Shell and PnP PowerShell with Certificates - Paul Bullock (Capa Creative) | @pkbullock
- Setting up https for Teams Tabs projects - without ngrok - Bob German (Microsoft) | @Bob1German
- Power Automate: skip the Parse JSON action to reference data - Django Lohn (InSpark) | @LohnDjango
- Community Sample: News Ticker app (SPFx Extensions) - Ari Gunawan (DevStack) | @AriGunawan
- Resubmit your failed Power Automate flow runs automatically using M365 CLI and REST API - Mohamed Ashiq Faleel (Tata Consultancy Services) | @ashiqfaleel
- SPFx People Search web part, v2.5.0 - Yannick Reekmans (Qubix) | @yannickreekmans
- Configure Teams Applications with Azure App Configuration (nodeJS) - Markus Möller (Avanade) | @Moeller2_0
- SharePoint Online CSS Classes - Denis Molodtsov (Point Alliance) | @Zerg00s
- Teams + Power Apps: Building context/theme aware apps - Michel Mendes (Storm Technology Ltd) | @michelcarlo
- Teams Activity Notifications using Azure Services - Aakash Bhardwaj (Microsoft) | @aakash_316
- PnPjs 2.5 change log - Julie Turner (Sympraxis Consulting) | @jfj1997
- spfx-fast-serve 3.0: it's all about simplicity - Sergei Sergeev (Mastaq) | @sergeev_srg
- Find who deleted files in SharePoint Online using PowerShell PnP (from the recycle bin) - Veronique Lengelle (CPS) | @veronicageek
- Episode #154 - Introducing the Microsoft Graph Toolkit - Paolo Pialorsi (PiaSys) | @PaoloPia
- Power Automate SharePoint Get Column Changes - April Dunnam (Microsoft) | @aprildunnam
- Flow Approval Dashboard in Power Apps for SharePoint - Reza Dorrani (Catapult Systems) | @RezaDorrani
- Lesson 1: The attitude of a decision maker can impact the entire platform experience - Megan Strant (Strant Consulting) | @MeganStrant
Additional resources:
- Power Platform Sample Gallery - for finding easily samples from the GitHub - contributions from the community are welcome!
- PnP Sharing is Caring initiative - Getting started guidance and training for using GitHub and contributing to the community
- Want to ask a question or in general engage with the community - Add a note in the Microsoft 365 PnP Community hub at https://aka.ms/m365pnp/community
- Check out all the great community calls, SDKs, and tooling for Microsoft 365 from https://aka.ms/m365pnp
If you’d like to hear from a specific community member in an upcoming recording and/or have specific questions for Microsoft 365 engineering or visitors – please let us know. We will do our best to address your requests or questions.
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Tuesday May 11, 2021
Microsoft 365 PnP Weekly - Episode 126 - 10th of May 2021
Tuesday May 11, 2021
Tuesday May 11, 2021
In this installment of the weekly discussion revolving around the latest news and topics on Microsoft 365, hosts – Vesa Juvonen (Microsoft) | @vesajuvonen, Waldek Mastykarz (Microsoft) | @waldekm are joined by Rhode Island, US-based, MVP, professional archer, blogger and presenter specializing in UI/UX, information architecture and user adoption at TrnDigital, D'arce Hess | @ DarceHess. Topics discussed in this session include: The path to IT and on becoming an MVP, reflections on UX/UI changes over the years and designing custom experiences that addresses business processes. In post pandemic times, organizations will be circling back to optimize Microsoft Teams experiences while vendors will continue efforts to land the right extensibility stories. Microsoft Viva – with great power comes great responsibility and ideas about prepping for Viva. Finally, thoughts on women in IT and on using what we learn in school in the field. Microsoft and the Community delivered 18 articles in this last week.
Please remember to keep on providing us feedback on how we can help on this journey. We always welcome feedback on making the community more inclusive and diverse.
This episode was recorded on Monday, May 10, 2021.
These videos and podcasts are published each week and are intended to be roughly 45 - 60 minutes in length. Please do give us feedback on this video and podcast series and also do let us know if you have done something cool/useful so that we can cover that in the next weekly summary! The easiest way to let us know is to share your work on Twitter and add the hashtag #PnPWeekly. We are always on the lookout for refreshingly new content. “Sharing is caring!”
Here are all the links and people mentioned in this recording. Thanks, everyone for your contributions to the community!
Events:
- May 25-27, 2021- Microsoft Build 2021
- August 9-11, 2021 - North American Collaboration Summit
- Register with coupon code "PnP" for 25% off from the prize at https://nacs.ticketspice.com/nacs2021
Microsoft articles:
- Use SharePoint's new site templates today! - Nicole Woon (Microsoft) | @NovelNicole and Holland Kaviani (Microsoft)
- New ways to use Microsoft Whiteboard for Education - Ian Mikutel (Microsoft) | @ianmikutel
- Understanding the Office Add-ins runtime - Microsoft
- Application permissions support for assignments API in Microsoft Graph now available - Microsoft
- SharePoint Syntex Updates - April 2021 - Chris McNulty (Microsoft) | @cmcnulty2000
Community articles:
- SharePoint App Catalog Development Tips - Julie Turner (Sympraxis Consulting) | @jfj1997
- Upgrade your SharePoint Framework (SPFx) projects to v1.12.1 with CLI for Microsoft 365 - Yves Habersaat (Sword Group) | @yhabersaat
- Adding custom formatting to all list views - Don Kirkham (GM Financial) | @DonKirkham
- Get Started with the New SharePoint App Bar - Matt Jimison (DMI) | @mjimison
- How to update an AdaptiveCard with a Teams Messaging Extension - Markus Möller (Avanade) | @Moeller2_0
- React Groups and Teams - Alison Collins
- spfx-fast-serve 2.0: new architecture, better extensibility, support of the latest SPFx - Sergei Sergeev (Mastaq) | @sergeev_srg
- Restrict SharePoint list item attachments by file type using a custom form - Michel Mendes (Storm Technology) | @michelcarlo
- Organization Chart web part - João Mendes (Storm Technology) | @joaojmendes
- Episode #153 - Batching with Microsoft Graph SDK for .NET - Paolo Pialorsi (PiaSys) | @PaoloPia
- SharePoint Framework What's New 1.12.1 [Teams - Web Part APIs] - Giuliano De Luca | @delucagiulian
- Save Microsoft Forms Attachments to SharePoint with Power Automate - April Dunnam (Microsoft) | @aprildunnam
- Access files offline in Teams mobile - Daniel Glenn (InfoWorks Inc) | @DanielGlenn & Darrel Webster (WM Reply) | @DarrellaaS
Additional resources:
- Power Platform Sample Gallery - for finding easily samples from the GitHub - contributions from the community are welcome!
- PnP Sharing is Caring initiative - Getting started guidance and training for using GitHub and contributing to the community
- Want to ask a question or in general engage with the community - Add a note in the Microsoft 365 PnP Community hub at https://aka.ms/m365pnp/community
- Check out all the great community calls, SDKs, and tooling for Microsoft 365 from https://aka.ms/m365pnp
If you’d like to hear from a specific community member in an upcoming recording and/or have specific questions for Microsoft 365 engineering or visitors – please let us know. We will do our best to address your requests or questions.
"Sharing is caring!"