Microsoft 365 PnP Weekly - Episode 113 - 8th of February 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 UK based MVP and Developer focused on Teams, Bots and Voice – Tom Morgan (Modality Systems) | @tomorgan. 

Topics raised in today’s discussion include voice extensibility, Microsoft Teams – the OS for work, and the value of integrating communications into apps or business processes enabling users to take action without having jump from environment to environment.   Viewing the Microsoft Graph as APIs organized by workload with the benefit of shared authentication and discussion and articles on the recent Microsoft Viva announcement.   Additionally, discussed the impact of remote working, 25 articles from Microsoft and Community.  The session was recorded on Monday, February 8, 2021.

This episode was recorded on Monday, February 8, 2021.

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

Microsoft articles:

• Introducing Microsoft Viva, the Employee Experience Platform in Microsoft Teams - Seth Patton (Microsoft) | @SethPat
• Microsoft Teams Release Processes - Why do I not see a feature but my colleague does? - Martin Rinas (Microsoft)
• Update information at the speed of type: Edit in grid view - Miceile Barrett (Microsoft) | @MSFTMiceile
• Microsoft 365 apps say farewell to Internet Explorer 11 and Windows 10 sunsets Microsoft Edge Legacy - Microsoft
• Designing SharePoint sites with beautiful headers - Cathy Dew (Microsoft) | @catpaint1
• SharePoint Roadmap Pitstop: January 2021 - Mark Kashman (Microsoft) | @mkashman
• Microsoft Viva Connections helps everyone to stay engaged and informed - Seth Patton (Microsoft) | @SethPat
• Introducing Microsoft Viva Topics - Seth Patton (Microsoft) | @SethPat
• Microsoft Viva Insights helps people nurture wellbeing and be their best - Seth Patton (Microsoft) | @SethPat
• Announcing Microsoft Viva Learning private preview - Seth Patton (Microsoft) | @SethPat
• Use the shared JavaScript runtime to improve the UI experience of your Office Add-in - Microsoft
• Best practices and updates for bot lifecycle events in Microsoft Teams - Ojasvi Choudhary (Microsoft) | @Ojasvi

Community articles:

• Microsoft Viva repositioning tweet - Dion Hinchcliffe | @dhinchcliffe
• What is the M365 PnP Community Hub - Luise Freese | @LuiseFreese
• thoughtstuff blog by Tom Morgan - Tom Morgan (Modality Systems) | @tomorgan
• Tom Morgan YouTube channel - Tom Morgan (Modality Systems) | @tomorgan
• The Massive Market Impact of Microsoft Viva - Josh Bersin | @Josh_Bersin
• Provision folder structure for Files tab in Teams - Joel Rodrigues (Storm Technology Ltd) | @JoelFMRodrigues
• How to build a weather web part for SharePoint using a list view formatting - João Ferreira (Beezy) | @joao12ferreira
• How I stay up to date on Microsoft cloud - Yannick Reekmans (Qubix365) | @YannickReekmans
• How to create a Content plan for your Social Media activities in a calendar view in SharePoint lists & automate all the boring work - Luise Freese | @LuiseFreese
• SP Formatter: the big update - Sergei Sergeev (Mastaq) | @sergeev_srg
• Use GraphServiceClient with HttpClient in muti-thread apps - Alexey Sadomov (Valo Intranet) | @sadomovalex
• Knowledge Management Series - Introduction to Viva Topics - Kevin McDonnell (CPS) | @kevmcdonk
• SharePoint Online Branding - a Microsoft 365 Voice Discussion - Sarah Haase | @sarahhaase, Antonio Maio | @AntonioMaio2, Mike Maadarani | @mikemaadarani and Thomas Daly | @_tomdaly_

Additional resources:

• Doctor - the static site generator for SharePoint - Tool from Elio Struyf on converting Markdown documentation to modern SharePoint pages
• 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

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