New SharePoint CSOM version released for SharePoint Online - November 2017

We are happy to announce the availability of new SharePoint Client-Side Object Model (CSOM) version targeted for the Office 365 or more specifically for SharePoint and Project Online. This release again contains updates on the existing SharePoint and Project CSOM assemblies. Notice that this update includes many new capabilities which are not yet available for preview in normal tenants. We will have separate announcements on the availability of different capabilities when they are released for preview usage.

You can find the latest CSOM package for SharePoint Online, including the Project Online CSOM assembly, from the NuGet gallery with an id of ‘Microsoft.SharePointOnline.CSOM‘. We are also working on updating the redistributable package at some point, but you can already right now start using some of these new capabilities in your solutions. We do recommend you to use the NuGet Package to gain access to the latest version, rather than downloading the SDK to your machine.

The version of the newly released CSOM package is 16.1.7115.1200. Previous versions of the NuGet have not been removed so that your existing solutions will continue working without issues and you can decide when the new version is taken into use. Notice that even though the NuGet version is increased to 16.1.7115.1200, actual assembly version of the released assemblies is 16.1.0.0. You can also check the version of the assemblies from the File Version attribute, which aligns with the NuGet version.

CSOM package visible in the NuGet gallery view at Visual Studio

SharePoint Online Management Shell has been also updated to match with this CSOM release. You can find a new set of cmdlets listed in this article. Notice that many of the new cmdlets do NOT work in the normal Office 365 tenants until the corresponding capability has been released.

Notice that since this NuGet package is targeted to SharePoint Online, you cannot use it directly in on-premises environments (SharePoint 2013 or 2016). This is because of the server side dependencies of the APIs. CSOM versioning model and dependency to your target environment are clarified in following blog post – Using correct Client-Side Object Model (CSOM) version for SharePoint customizations. We have released separate NuGet packages for on-premises. See following blog post for additional details – SharePoint CSOM versions for on-premises released as NuGet packages.

New properties and methods across assemblies

Here’s a raw list of all the changes in the classes, properties and methods within this package.

Microsoft.SharePoint.Client

Following properties, classes and methods have been added.

public property Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.CopyMigrationOptions.AllowSchemaMismatch
public property Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.CustomerKeyStatusInfo.RecoveryEnabled
public method Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.Folder.GetChanges
public method Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.List.SyncFlowInstance
public enum value Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.ListTemplateType.PromotedLinks
public property Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.ObjectSharingInformationUser.HasReviewPermission
public enum value Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.RoleType.Reviewer
public method Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.Site.GetUrlById
public method Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.Web.DefaultDocumentLibraryUrl
public property Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.Web.TenantAppCatalog
public property Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.View.CustomFormatter
public method Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.Utilities.UrlUtility.IsValidAbsoluteWebUrl
public class Microsoft.SharePoint.Marketplace.CorporateCuratedGallery.SiteCollectionAppCatalogAllowedCollection
public class Microsoft.SharePoint.Marketplace.CorporateCuratedGallery.SiteCollectionAppCatalogAllowedItem
public class Microsoft.SharePoint.Marketplace.CorporateCuratedGallery.TenantCorporateCatalogAccessor

Microsoft.Online.SharePoint.Client.Tenant

Following properties, classes and methods have been added.

public class Microsoft.Online.SharePoint.TenantAdministration.HubSiteProperties
public class Microsoft.Online.SharePoint.TenantAdministration.HubSitePropertiesPropertyNames
public property Microsoft.Online.SharePoint.TenantAdministration.SiteProperties.HasHolds
public property Microsoft.Online.SharePoint.TenantAdministration.SiteProperties.OwnerEmail
public enum Microsoft.Online.SharePoint.TenantAdministration.SPOHubSiteUserRights
public method Microsoft.Online.SharePoint.TenantAdministration.Tenant.ConnectSiteToHubSite
public method Microsoft.Online.SharePoint.TenantAdministration.Tenant.CreateSiteDesign
public method Microsoft.Online.SharePoint.TenantAdministration.Tenant.CreateSiteScript
public method Microsoft.Online.SharePoint.TenantAdministration.Tenant.DeleteSiteDesign
public method Microsoft.Online.SharePoint.TenantAdministration.Tenant.DeleteSiteScript
public method Microsoft.Online.SharePoint.TenantAdministration.Tenant.DisconnectSiteFromHubSite
public method Microsoft.Online.SharePoint.TenantAdministration.Tenant.GetHubSitePropertiesById
public method Microsoft.Online.SharePoint.TenantAdministration.Tenant.GetHubSitePropertiesByUrl
public method Microsoft.Online.SharePoint.TenantAdministration.Tenant.GetHubSitesProperties
public method Microsoft.Online.SharePoint.TenantAdministration.Tenant.GetSiteDesign
public method Microsoft.Online.SharePoint.TenantAdministration.Tenant.GetSiteDesignRights
public method Microsoft.Online.SharePoint.TenantAdministration.Tenant.GetSiteDesigns
public method Microsoft.Online.SharePoint.TenantAdministration.Tenant.GetSiteScript
public method Microsoft.Online.SharePoint.TenantAdministration.Tenant.GrantHubSiteRights
public method Microsoft.Online.SharePoint.TenantAdministration.Tenant.GrantSiteDesignRights
public method Microsoft.Online.SharePoint.TenantAdministration.Tenant.RegisterHubSite
public method Microsoft.Online.SharePoint.TenantAdministration.Tenant.RevokeHubSiteRights
public method Microsoft.Online.SharePoint.TenantAdministration.Tenant.RevokeSiteDesignRights
public method Microsoft.Online.SharePoint.TenantAdministration.Tenant.UnregisterHubSite
public class Microsoft.Online.SharePoint.TenantAdministration.TenantSiteDesign
public class Microsoft.Online.SharePoint.TenantAdministration.TenantSiteDesignCreationInfo
public class Microsoft.Online.SharePoint.TenantAdministration.TenantSiteDesignPrincipal
public enum Microsoft.Online.SharePoint.TenantAdministration.TenantSiteDesignPrincipalRights
public class Microsoft.Online.SharePoint.TenantAdministration.TenantSiteScript
public class Microsoft.Online.SharePoint.TenantAdministration.TenantSiteScriptCreationInfo

New PowerShell cmdlets in SharePoint Online Management Shell release

Following cmdlets have been added to the latest release of SPO Managment Shell. Notice that many of the below commands do NOT work in normal tenants until the capability is truly released and enabled. There will be separate communications around availability fo the new capabilities when they are released.