Microsoft 365 PnP Weekly - Episode 108 - 7th of December 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 Data Architect, Transition Evangelist, Data Platform MVP Isabelle van Campenhoudt (ShareQL - Power Platform Associates) | @thesqlgrrrl, based in Belgium.  Topics discussed – The challenge for customers today is too much data, its availability, accuracy, recency, history, and shareability.   

The multiple levels of reporting on which all agree that what’s more important is what information needs to be conveyed in the report.  Training needs to focus on “Consuming a Report” – and how to understand and manipulate data in a visual way.   Finally, discussion on organizing or cataloging data, there is a data governance tool - Microsoft Azure Pureview - previously known as data catalog.

This episode was recorded on Monday, December 7, 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:

• 12th of December - Microsoft 365 Saturday Bangalore 2020
• 16th of December - Learn Together: Developing Apps for Teams - Microsoft

Microsoft articles:

• What’s New in Microsoft Teams | November 2020 - Microsoft
• Microsoft Teams calling devices for every user - Microsoft
• Host your next virtual party in Microsoft Teams with apps and screen sharing games - Microsoft
• Introducing the SharePoint Success Site – Drive adoption and get the most out of SharePoint - Matt Wolodarsky (Microsoft)
• SharePoint Roadmap Pitstop: November 2020 - Mark Kashman (Microsoft)
• Microsoft Search query API for Microsoft Graph is now Generally Available! - Microsoft 365 Team
• Announcing public preview of the Microsoft Teams Activity Feed API on Microsoft Graph - Abhishek Anand (Microsoft)
• How to create single sign-on authentication for tab apps with Microsoft Teams Toolkit for Visual Studio Code - Microsoft 365 Team
• Microsoft 365 Collaboration Conference – keynotes, sessions, and workshops - Mark Kashman (Microsoft)

Community articles:

• New Microsoft 365 Patterns and Practices (PnP) team members - Microsoft 365 PnP team | @m365pnp
• Improving search relevance in Microsoft Teams - Bill Baer (Microsoft) | @williambaer
• Christmas theme for your Modern SharePoint sites - Ram Prasad (Infineon Technologies) | @ram_meenavalli
• How to add Microsoft Clarity to modern SharePoint - João Ferreira (Beezy) | @Joao12Ferreira
• Send Notifications in Teams - Luis Mañez (ClearPeople) | @luismanez
• How to get started with SharePoint Look Book - Gregory Zelfond (SharePoint Maven) | @gregoryzelfond
• SharePoint Framework development tips: enhance your developer experience for newly created components - Sergei Sergeev (Mastaq) | @sergeev_srg
• Microsoft Teams Incoming Webhooks - 365 Days of Cloud | @365days_cloud
• Episode #131 - Building Microsoft Teams Messaging Extensions with Yo Teams - Paolo Pialorsi (PiaSys) | @PaoloPia
• PnP Core SDK - Working with pages: an introduction | - Bert Jansen (Microsoft) | @O365Bert
• The tools for a SharePoint developer - Part 2 - Laurent Sittler (UMAknow) | @laul0_68
• A little bit more security - Robert Crane (Computer Information Agency) | @directorcia
• How to install or upgrade to the latest Office Yeoman Generator (Yo Office) - Cameron Dwyer (OnePlace Solutions) | @CameronDwyer

Samples:

• Send Notifications from SPFx to Teams using Microsoft Graph | Luis Mañez (ClearPeople)

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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