The New Wave of SharePoint: #SPFx Release Candidate 0 #RC0 Available
The SharePoint Framework recently reached another milestone with the drop of the Release Candidate 0 (RC0) bits. You can read all of the technical details of this latest drop at GitHub. Changes to The...
View ArticleSPFx 101: Include an Additional Typings Definition in your SPFx Project using...
The SharePoint Framework transitioned from tds to @types for typing declarations with the Release Candidate 0 code drop, which makes it very simple to use no other tool than npm to install and manage...
View ArticleParticipating in the SharePoint / Office 365 Dev Patterns and Practices (PnP)...
The SharePoint / Office 365 Dev Patterns and Practices (PnP) initiative is changing the way many of us have been working with SharePoint On-prem and Online over the last few years. As a...
View ArticleSharePoint Framework (#SPFx) Hits Generally Available (GA)
Since May 4th, 2016, we have been awaiting the official launch of the general availability of the SharePoint Framework (SPFx). With one release, after another, I knew we were getting closer and closer...
View ArticleWebinar Recap: Who Needs a Developer for SharePoint Provisioning?
Last week I presented on Sharepoint Provisioning with PnP, during one of many upcoming #PixelMillWebinars. First, I want to say thank you to all those who attended. We had excellent attendance, which...
View ArticleScript Editor Webpart (SEWP) now Available for the SharePoint Framework #SPFx...
During the March 14th, 2017 SharePoint PnP Monthly Community Call, Mikael Svenson introduced a SharePoint Framework (#SPFx) webpart he recently created. Essentially, the SPFx webpart provides an...
View ArticleA new honor – Microsoft Regional Director
I was standing in the Expo Hall at SPTechCon Austin, it was the 3rd day of the conference and I had just given my first session that morning on SharePoint UI Customization options. As I was conversing...
View ArticlePodcasts & PnP – Discussing Customizing SharePoint w/ Jeremy Thalke
I have had a very busy last few weeks. A week in Redmond with all my developer friends, a week in Austin at SPTechCon, a SharePoint Saturday in Vancouver, and now currently I’m polishing my sessions in...
View ArticlePublic Facing SharePoint Online Sites Going Dark May 1st, 2017
If you have a public facing SharePoint Online site as a part of your Office 365 tenant, i.e. for those of you that spun this up prior to March 9th, 2015, this will be my final reminder to you that...
View ArticleSharePoint Virtual Summit 2017 in Review
Just a few hours ago, Microsoft wrapped up their SharePoint Virtual Summit 2017, a follow-up to their May 4th, 2016 “Future of SharePoint” event. After watching the Summit keynote, I quickly jumped...
View Article#SPFx Extensions Dev Preview Drop 1 Breaks Placeholder Control
The SharePoint Framework (#SPFx) Extensions Dev Preview Drop 1 utilizes a new version of one of the core node modules, sp-webpart-base v1.1.1. This module removed, possibly by accident, a particular...
View ArticleSharePoint Search – Querying Private Groups and Documents Within Private Groups
Since private Groups were provided in Office 365, we have had a need to surface private groups and private group content in SharePoint Search. A while back many quickly found that the “WebTemplate” for...
View ArticleSharePoint Framework Extensions Milestone – Release Candidate 0 Available
We are one step closer to the highly anticipated release of SharePoint Framework Extensions. Microsoft announced yesterday the release of SharePoint Framework Extensions RC0. My obvious questions are,...
View ArticlePermanently Remove a Site Collection from SharePoint Online Admin Recycle Bin
When deleting a site collection from your SharePoint Online tenant in the SharePoint Online Admin Center, by default a deleted site collection will stay in the recycle bin for 30 days. This is great as...
View ArticleEuropean SharePoint Conference 2017 – November 13-16 – Dublin Bound!
European SharePoint Conference 2017 (ESPC17) is only a few months away, and the countdown has begun for Europe’s largest SharePoint, Office 365, and Azure Conference! This year’s ESPC is taking place...
View ArticlePnP PowerShell Upgrade Error –“Authenticode issuer” certificate invalid
With the December 2017 release SharePoint PnP PowerShell, if you update the PnP PowerShell commendlets using “Update-Module” via PowerShell, you might receive the following error....
View ArticleConditional Load of External Library such as jQuery in SharePoint Framework...
When a SharePoint Framework based use-case arising that includes conditionally loading an external library such as jQuery, an option exists that includes looking to see if a library has already been...
View ArticleSharePoint Conference North America 2018 @SPConf #SPC18 – May 21st through...
On the off chance you’ve not yet heard, there is in fact a SharePoint Conference returning to Las Vegas, this May 2018. For those of you that have missed the large yearly SharePoint-focused conference...
View ArticleBlockchain – Hype or the Next Internet?
Now that the top was blown off the top of cyber currencies such as bitcoin, Ethereum, and many other altcoins (circa February 2018), let’s jump on the hype, push it down, and continue the very...
View ArticleExtended Native Graph API Support Shipping Soon to SPFx
The SharePoint Dev Ecosystem hosts monthly community calls that are not to be missed. The February 2018 Community call was no different. Fortunately for those of us that are busy, we always have the...
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