What’s in the first SharePoint Framework v1.15 beta?
Microsoft release the first beta of the SharePoint Framework v1.15 on March 8, 2022. In this post I’ll dig in to see what’s in it!
Thursday, March 10, 2022
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Microsoft Cloud Show - 449 | Our Take on the State of Microsoft 365
Microsoft 365 is over 11 years old. In this episode, AC & CJ sit down to look back at the evolution of Microsoft 365, evaluate the current state of it, predictions, & some hopes for the future of the platform.
Wednesday, March 9, 2022
SPFx Basics: four (4) lesser-known web part manifest properties
In this SharePoint Framework (SPFx) quick tip, I want to focus on some properties in a web part’s manifest file that many people aren’t familiar with.
Tuesday, March 8, 2022
Microsoft Cloud Show - 448 | Our Take on the State of Microsoft Azure
Microsoft Azure is over 13 years old. In this episode, AC and CJ sit down to discuss the state of the Azure nation, where it stands in the cloud wars, and where they would like to see it improve.
Wednesday, March 2, 2022
State of SharePoint Client-Side Dev - Winter 2022
In this post, I’ll give you an update on where we are with popular frameworks and tools developers use in the client-side SharePoint development world.
Tuesday, March 1, 2022
Microsoft Cloud Show - 447 | Office in Microsoft Teams, Microsoft 365 Pitches Legacy G-Suite Customers, and More Cloud News
In this episode, AC and CJ cover some recent updates and releases in the Microsoft 365 world, get cheeky with Microsoft 365’s offer to customers that will lose their G Suite legacy free edition, more news!
Wednesday, February 23, 2022
SPFx Basics: Initializing components - constructor vs. onInit()
How do you properly initialize your component? Should you use the object’s constructor, or the onInit() method? You should always use the onInit() method if your initialization process needs anything in the SharePoint Framework API or in the current page’s context. Otherwise, you can safely use the …
Tuesday, February 22, 2022
SharePoint Framework v1.14 - What’s in the latest Update of SPFx?
In this post, I’ll summarize what you can find, and share some additional details I found after spending some time picking apart this latest release of SPFx.
Thursday, February 17, 2022
Debut of the Voitanos Podcast + relaunch of YouTube channel
While the Voitanos YouTube channel launched with the business in 2016, it hasn’t been one of our best resources. But that changes now, alongside our new podcast debuting today!
Thursday, February 17, 2022
Microsoft Cloud Show - 446 | Microsoft Tries to Make Nice With FTC and Microsoft Teams Saving the Environment
Microsoft to avoid the wrath of the FTC, Microsoft Teams tries keep your laptop from exploding, and we discuss some .NET development with Microsoft Graph.
Thursday, February 17, 2022
Microsoft Cloud Show - 445 | Is 2022 the Year of Gaming Consolidation or the Metaverse Burn Pit
Is 2022 the year of gaming acquisitions after we’ve seen over $80 billion spent in the first 5 weeks? Or will it be the metaverse burn pit after Meta has already blown through $10 billion & Microsoft cans Hololens creating turmoil in the halls of Redmond? Tune into episode 445 and hear what AC …
Wednesday, February 9, 2022
Microsoft Learning: Create interactive meeting apps for Microsoft Teams
Microsoft just published a self-paced module I’ve been working on the last few weeks to: learn how to create meeting apps for Microsoft Teams!
Tuesday, February 8, 2022
Microsoft Cloud Show - 444 | Microsoft's Astronomical Growth, Mainframes in the Cloud & Some News
This week Microsoft dropped the news of its biggest acquisition to date and AC and CJ dive in to dissect it from their points of view.
Thursday, February 3, 2022
AndrewConnell.com v5 - new year & a new site theme
After 3,240 days, I figured it was a good time for a good refresh. Recently I took some time to rebuild my site theme & after launching it, I’m excited to share it with you! In this post, learn about some of the things that went into the process.
Mea culpa - always install gulp-cli globally, not gulp
This is a story about a mea culpa. You should have been installing the gulp-cli package globally (as the docs show), not gulp globally. To better understand why, keep reading.
Tuesday, February 1, 2022
Microsoft Cloud Show - Episode 443 | Microsoft's Blockbuster Blizzard Acquisition & Updates to Azure Kubernetes Service
This week Microsoft dropped the news of its biggest acquisition to date and AC and CJ dive in to dissect it from their points of view.
Wednesday, January 26, 2022
How to set up SPFx development environments for multiple SharePoint Server deployments
In this post, learn how to set up a development development environment to create SPFx projects for all SharePoint deployments.
Tuesday, January 25, 2022
Microsoft Cloud Show - Episode 442 | New Azure Features, TLS Changes & SDKs for Developers
Tune in to episode 442 and hear Andrew Connell & Chris Johnson cover the latest news related to Microsoft Azure products & services, Microsoft Teams, and what’s new from Microsoft 365!
Wednesday, January 19, 2022
Definitive guide for developers: SharePoint Framework for SharePoint Server 2016
These days, all of Microsoft’s updates about the SPFx, or community content have one thing in common: they ignore SharePoint Server 2016. Not this post!
Tuesday, January 18, 2022
Wednesday, January 12, 2022
Definitive guide for developers: SharePoint Framework for SharePoint Server SE
These days, all of Microsoft’s updates about the SPFx, or community content have one thing in common: they ignore SharePoint Server SE. Not this post!
Tuesday, January 11, 2022
Definitive guide for developers: SharePoint Framework for SharePoint Server 2019
These days, all of Microsoft’s updates about the SPFx, or community content have one thing in common: they ignore SharePoint Server 2019. Not this post!
Tuesday, January 11, 2022
Understand difference SharePoint Framework generator related packages
Since the SharePoint Framework initial v1 release, I’ve seen questions coming up about a concept that confuses developers. This is a simple concept, one that could have been avoided with a better naming decision many years ago. In this post, I’m going to attempt to clear it up.
Tuesday, January 4, 2022
What's new with the MS-600 exam for the Microsoft 365 Dev Cert | January 2022
In this webinar, I’ll cover what’s new with the MS-600 exam today, and look forward to some changes we can expect Microsoft to make to the exam in the coming months.
This is free webinar is ideal if you’re a Microsoft developer who’s interested in taking the MS-600 exam to …
Sunday, January 2, 2022