Microsoft 365 Developer Podcast

Sean McDonough shares his tips and tricks for improving SPO performance. Sean's tips are for developers, administrators and users!

Community Links

• Accessing SharePoint sites with resource specific consent (RSC) and Microsoft Graph
• Restrict calls to Azure Functions from SPFx
• Add multiple users to a SharePoint Group using single API Call
• Flexible and powerful logging using PnP Logging in SPFx
• Demystify Microsoft Viva Connections its extensibility model

Prashant G Bhoyer sits down with Paul to answer questions about the AI offerings in Azure and how they are used in M365 and how they can be used by developers.

Microsoft News

• Microsoft 365 Developer channel
  • Using Microsoft Graph Explorer to make REST API requests
  • Understanding authentication and authorization in Microsoft Graph Explorer
  • Building apps with Microsoft Graph Explorer
• Microsoft Graph JavaScript SDK v3 upgrade guide

Community Links

• Putting some more FUN into Azure Functions, Managed Identity & Microsoft Graph (@LuiseFreese)
• Simulating 429 Throttling in Microsoft Graph API (SharePoint/OneDrive workloads) (@camerondwyer)
• Introducing the Property Pane Portal (@Path2SharePoint)

Tom Resing joins Paul at SPFest in Chicago to talk about his work as a Content Designer on SharePoint Syntex.

Microsoft News

• Microsoft Graph .NET SDK v4 now generally available with streamlined authentication and more
• Breaking changes to the Microsoft Graph connectors API (beta)
• What’s Coming to OneNote

Community Links

• Fetching Teams User Info from Microsoft Graph with TeamsFx SDK
• Bring external data into Microsoft 365 using Graph Connectors

Joel Rodrigues joins Paul to talk about his projects using SPFx and Azure Functions, as well as his role as a maintainer of the PnP Re-Usable controls repository.

Links from the show:

• Work with Azure Functions Proxies
• Authentication and authorization in Azure App Service and Azure Functions
• PnP Reusable Controls
• Joel on Twitter
• Joel's blog

Microsoft News

• Office Add-in Development Community (PnP) – July 2021 update
• Introducing the broadcast development kit for Microsoft Teams
• Secure Open API (Swagger) calls with Azure Active Directory

Community Links

• Using VS Code Teams Toolkit Extension for Teams App Development (@girlie_mac)
• Secretless applications: use Azure Identity SDK to access data with a Managed Identity (@YannickReekmans)
• Get with the times & ditch TSLint in favor of ESLint in SharePoint Framework projects (@voitanos)

Zhenya Savchenko and Tim Ng from the Developer Division at Microsoft join Jeremy and Paul to talk about the Microsoft Teams Toolkit.

Links from the show:

• Microsoft Teams Framework (TeamsFx)
• Teams Toolkit for Visual Studio (Preview)
• Teams Toolkit for VSCode (Preview)
• Single sign-on (SSO) support for tabs
• Developer Portal (Preview)
• https://aka.ms/teamsdevdocs

Microsoft News

• MSAL for React is here!
• MSAL for Angular v2 is now available

Community Links

• Azure AD User Account Federation Report (@darrenjrobinson)

Elio Struyf joins Paul to talk about his experiences while building an application in the Microsoft 365 ecosystem, including the Microsoft for Startups program.

Links from the show:

• Squarl
• VSCode: MS Graph Completion
• Elio's extension on Visual Studio Marketplace
• Elio's blog

Microsoft News

• Build apps for Microsoft Teams with .NET
• Improved API support for working with files in the SharePoint recycle bin
• Raise the bar for your app security – Get Microsoft 365 Certification by passing these security controls - Microsoft 365 Developer Blog

Community Links

• Output connection strings and keys from Azure Bicep (@johnny_reilly/a>)
• Updated script to re-index user profiles for search (@mikaelsvenson)
• StreamDeck series on Paul's blog

Paul talks with Jort Rodenburg about his new book Code Like a Pro in C#.

Links from the show:

• Code like a Pro in C#
  • Use code pod365d19 for a discount!
• Book Forum - ask questions here
• Jort Rodenburg on LinkedIn
• Jort's blog

Microsoft News

• Explore new change notification API resources for your Microsoft Teams app
• Attention: breaking changes coming to the Microsoft Graph userPurpose API (beta)
• Manage frontline workers in Microsoft Teams with Tags and Time Clock APIs
• Announcing developer preview of the Microsoft Federated Search Platform
• What Windows 11 Means for Developers

Community Links

• Updates on the Microsoft 365 platform community calls
• Developer Certificate changes in SPFx v1.12.1

Jeremy and Paul talk with Brian T. Jackett about the Graph Connectors API.

Links from the show:

• Microsoft Graph Connector session from Build 2021
• Microsoft Graph Connector documentation (Updated)
• Microsoft Search Developer Private Preview
• Postman Collection (combined with all-up Graph collection)

Microsoft News

• Homepage - Microsoft 365 Developer Blog
• Universal Actions in Adaptive Cards on Microsoft Teams - Microsoft 365 Developer Blog
• Microsoft Graph @ Build 2021
• Microsoft Graph Mailbag – A deeper look into the Microsoft Graph PowerShell SDK
• Protected APIs in Microsoft Teams

Community Links

• New release: New resources and other improvements in SharePointDsc v4.7
• Displaying the Connected Account for Microsoft Graph on the Terminal prompt

Ayca returns to talk with Jeremy and Paul about updates to change notifications in Microsoft Graph.

Links from the show:

• Get Microsoft Graph change notifications delivered through Azure Event Hubs
• Set up change notifications that include resource data
• Build session recording

Microsoft News

• Automate and manage Azure AD tasks at scale with the Microsoft Graph PowerShell SDK
• Application Insights Azure DevOps Release Annotations Implementation Update
• Microsoft Teams: Change notifications extended for federated chats
• Microsoft Build 2021
  • Visual Studio Code at Build 2021
  • Microsoft 365 Developer playlist
  • All Sessions
• Join us to see what's next for Windows

Community Links

• PnP Modern Search web parts v4.2.0 released!
• List Expiring Application Credentials - Graph.Community Samples

Paul talks with John Nguyen and Luca Bandinelli about the developer story for Viva Connections.

Links from the show:

• https://aka.ms/viva/connections/preview/register
• Microsoft Viva Connections helps everyone to stay engaged and informed

Microsoft News

• SharePoint Framework v1.12.1 release notes
• Microsoft Graph community call – May 2021
• Understanding the Office Add-ins runtime

Community Links

• How to determine web part size with SPFx v1.12 (@yhabersaat)
• spfx-fast-serve 2.0: new architecture, better extensibility, support of the latest SPFx
• Building a supply chain attack with .NET, NuGet, DNS, source generators, and more!
• React Groups and Teams – Graphgod