Microsoft 365 PnP Weekly - Episode 107 - 30th of November 2020

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 Independent Consultant, Office Developer and Business Apps (Power Platform) MVP Fabio Franzini | @franzinifabio. 

Topics discussed in this session include: 

• Becoming and prospering as an independent consultant – drive exposure by delivering training, watch parties, and speaking at conferences.   
• When to go with Power Platform vs traditional coding – the key is architecting the complete solution and including change management.   
• Thoughts on extending SPFx beyond SharePoint and Teams to create add-ins for all office clients. 
• And finally, a few words from Fabio around styling with Tailwind CSS.

This episode was recorded on Monday, November 30, 2020.

• Video at Microsoft 365 Community YouTube channel.

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Here are all the links and people mentioned in this recording. Thanks, everyone for your contributions to the community!

Events:

• 4th of December - Collab Days - Winter across the alps - Munich-Vienna 2020 - CollabDays Munich
• 5th of December - Microsoft 365 Saturday Ahmedabad 2020 - M365 Ahmedabad
• 16th of December - Learn Together: Developing Apps for Teams - Microsoft

Community articles:

• CLI for Microsoft 365 v3.3 - Microsoft 365 PnP team
• Secure app-only authentication with CLI for M365/PnP PowerShell using Variable Groups in Azure DevOps - Yannick Reekmans (Qubix) | @YannickReekmans
• Tips for Getting Started with SharePoint Custom Development - Liam Workman (Navo)
• Handle app button events in Microsoft Teams tabs - Waldek Mastykarz (Microsoft) | @waldekm
• Build full-page Microsoft Teams tabs - Waldek Mastykarz (Microsoft) | @waldekm
• How to present at online meetings and events like an Ignite Superstar - Thomy Goelles (Solvion) | @thomyg
• How to use Microsoft Graph Toolkit with React - Let’s Learn a Microsoft 365 Topic – Vlog 5 - Kislay Sinha (CGI) | @SinhaKislay
• Episode 130 - Building Microsoft Teams Task Modules with yo Teams - Paolo Pialorsi (PiaSys) | @PaoloPia
• Me Experience in Teams using MS Graph Toolkit and SPFx /W Rabia Williams and Mert Yeter - Rabia Williams (Microsoft) | @williamsrabia & Mert Yeter  (360 dotnet) | @m3rtyeter
• Authentication to Azure AD protected APIs with Managed Identity - No Key Vault Required - Laura Kokkarinen (Sulava) | @LauraKokkarinen
• Is ‘Inbox Zero’ achievable (or relevant) in a Microsoft Teams world? - Sarah Haase | @sarahhaase
• Self-service Microsoft Form for external guests to use Power App - John Liu | @johnnliu
• #DevHack: Dismiss messaging extension dialog in MS Teams - Elio Struyf (Valo Intranet) | @eliostruyf
• How to deploy a Yo Teams generated project to Azure through Azure DevOps - Wictor Wilen (Avanade) | @wictor
• The target in the Launch function in Power Apps - Pieter Veenstra (HybrIT Services) | @PieterVeenstra

Samples:

• Personal Links SharePoint Framework web part - Adam | @Adam25858782
• Microsoft Graph Toolkit Events web part - João Mendes | @joaojmendes
• Integrate Tailwind CSS framework into a SPFx React project - Fabio Franzini | @franzinifabio

Additional resources:

• PnP Sharing is Caring initiative - Getting started guidance and training for using GitHub and contributing to the community
• Check out all the great community calls, SDKs, and tooling for Microsoft 365 from https://aka.ms/m365pnp

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