New SharePoint CSOM version released for SharePoint Online - August 2020

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 adds version support for Document Sets and has numerous other tenant level properties which can be used with administrative permissions. We recommend always to use Microsoft Graph APIs when possible and only use CSOM API surface when exposed properties or methods are not available through Microsoft Graph.

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 do recommend you to use the NuGet Package to gain access to the latest version, rather than downloading the SDK to your machine as we do not update the separate MSI installer for SharePoint Online CSOM anymore.

The version of the newly released CSOM package is 16.1.20412.12000. 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 16.1.19814.12000, 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.

SharePoint Online Management Shell has been also updated to match with this CSOM release from the API perspective.

Notice that since this NuGet package is targeted to SharePoint Online, you cannot use it directly in on-premises environments (SharePoint 2013, 2016 or 2019). This is because of the server side dependencies of the APIs. CSOM versioning model and dependency on 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 which are not refreshed on monthly basis. See following blog post for additional details – Updated versions of the SharePoint on-premises CSOM 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.ChangeCollection.LastChangeToken
public property Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.ChangeItem.MoveWasForRecycle
public property Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.ChangeItem.MoveWasForRestore
public property Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.FieldDateTime.DateFormat
public property Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.FieldDateTime.TimeFormat
public property Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.FieldNumber.CommaSeparator
public property Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.FieldNumber.CustomUnitName
public property Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.FieldNumber.CustomUnitOnRight
public property Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.FieldNumber.Unit
public property Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.File.VroomDriveID
public property Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.File.VroomItemID
public property Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.List.DefaultItemOpenInBrowser
public method Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.List.GetLookupFieldChoices
public method Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.List.SearchLookupFieldChoices
public enum Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.LogoAlignment
public property Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.NavigationNode.CurrentLCID
public method Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.SPHSite.IsCommSite
public property Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.SPListRule.CreateDate
public enum Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.SPTeamsChannelType
public method Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.TimeZone.SetId
public property Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.Web.LogoAlignment
public property Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.Web.WebTemplateConfiguration
public property Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.WebParts.LimitedWebPartManager.HasWebPartConnections

Microsoft.Online.SharePoint.Client.Tenant

Following properties, classes and methods have been added.

public property Microsoft.Online.SharePoint.TenantAdministration.Tenant.AIBuilderSiteInfoList
public property Microsoft.Online.SharePoint.TenantAdministration.Tenant.AIBuilderSiteList
public property Microsoft.Online.SharePoint.TenantAdministration.Tenant.AIBuilderSiteListFileName
public property Microsoft.Online.SharePoint.TenantAdministration.Tenant.AnyoneLinkTrackUsers
public property Microsoft.Online.SharePoint.TenantAdministration.Tenant.BlockSendLabelMismatchEmail
public property Microsoft.Online.SharePoint.TenantAdministration.Tenant.BlockUserInfoVisibility
public property Microsoft.Online.SharePoint.TenantAdministration.Tenant.CortexLicenseEnabled
public property Microsoft.Online.SharePoint.TenantAdministration.Tenant.DefaultContentCenterSite
public property Microsoft.Online.SharePoint.TenantAdministration.Tenant.DisableAddToOneDrive
public property Microsoft.Online.SharePoint.TenantAdministration.Tenant.DisableCustomAppAuthentication
public property Microsoft.Online.SharePoint.TenantAdministration.Tenant.DisablePersonalListCreation
public property Microsoft.Online.SharePoint.TenantAdministration.Tenant.EnableAutoNewsDigest
public method Microsoft.Online.SharePoint.TenantAdministration.Tenant.GetAllPortalLaunchWaves
public method Microsoft.Online.SharePoint.TenantAdministration.Tenant.GetPortalLaunchWaves
public property Microsoft.Online.SharePoint.TenantAdministration.Tenant.HasAdminCompletedCUConfiguration
public property Microsoft.Online.SharePoint.TenantAdministration.Tenant.HasIntelligentContentServicesCapability
public property Microsoft.Online.SharePoint.TenantAdministration.Tenant.HasTopicExperiencesCapability
public property Microsoft.Online.SharePoint.TenantAdministration.Tenant.ImageTaggingOption
public property Microsoft.Online.SharePoint.TenantAdministration.Tenant.IncludeAtAGlanceInShareEmails
public method Microsoft.Online.SharePoint.TenantAdministration.Tenant.IsTenantReadyForIdentityChange
public method Microsoft.Online.SharePoint.TenantAdministration.Tenant.IsValidCommSite
public property Microsoft.Online.SharePoint.TenantAdministration.Tenant.LabelMismatchEmailHelpLink
public method Microsoft.Online.SharePoint.TenantAdministration.Tenant.RemovePortalLaunchWaves
public method Microsoft.Online.SharePoint.TenantAdministration.Tenant.SavePortalLaunchWaves
public method Microsoft.Online.SharePoint.TenantAdministration.Tenant.SetTenantIdentityMigrationState
public method Microsoft.Online.SharePoint.TenantAdministration.Tenant.UpdatePortalLaunchWaves
public property Microsoft.Online.SharePoint.TenantAdministration.Tenant.Workflow2010Disabled
public property Microsoft.Online.SharePoint.TenantManagement.Office365Tenant.AIBuilderSiteInfoList
public property Microsoft.Online.SharePoint.TenantManagement.Office365Tenant.AIBuilderSiteList
public property Microsoft.Online.SharePoint.TenantManagement.Office365Tenant.AIBuilderSiteListFileName
public property Microsoft.Online.SharePoint.TenantManagement.Office365Tenant.AnyoneLinkTrackUsers
public property Microsoft.Online.SharePoint.TenantManagement.Office365Tenant.BlockUserInfoVisibility
public property Microsoft.Online.SharePoint.TenantManagement.Office365Tenant.DefaultContentCenterSite
public property Microsoft.Online.SharePoint.TenantManagement.Office365Tenant.DisableAddToOneDrive
public property Microsoft.Online.SharePoint.TenantManagement.Office365Tenant.DisableCustomAppAuthentication
public property Microsoft.Online.SharePoint.TenantManagement.Office365Tenant.DisablePersonalListCreation
public property Microsoft.Online.SharePoint.TenantManagement.Office365Tenant.EnableAutoNewsDigest
public property Microsoft.Online.SharePoint.TenantManagement.Office365Tenant.HasAdminCompletedCUConfiguration
public property Microsoft.Online.SharePoint.TenantManagement.Office365Tenant.ImageTaggingOption
public property Microsoft.Online.SharePoint.TenantManagement.Office365Tenant.IncludeAtAGlanceInShareEmails
public property Microsoft.Online.SharePoint.TenantManagement.Office365Tenant.Workflow2010Disabled

Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.DocumentManagement

Following properties, classes and methods have been added.

public property Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.DocumentSet.DocumentSet.VersionCollection
public class Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.DocumentSet.DocumentSetObjectPropertyNames
public class Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.DocumentSet.DocumentSetVersion
public class Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.DocumentSet.DocumentSetVersionCollection
public class Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.DocumentSet.DocumentSetVersionField
public class Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.DocumentSet.DocumentSetVersionItem
public class Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.DocumentSet.DocumentSetVersionObjectPropertyNames
public class Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.DocumentSet.DocumentSetVersionPropertyNames

Microsoft.ProjectServer.Client

Following properties, classes and methods have been added.

public property Microsoft.ProjectServer.Client.DraftTaskLink.PredecessorTaskId
public property Microsoft.ProjectServer.Client.DraftTaskLink.SuccessorTaskId
public property Microsoft.ProjectServer.Client.PublishedTaskLink.PredecessorTaskId
public property Microsoft.ProjectServer.Client.PublishedTaskLink.SuccessorTaskId

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SharePoint Team, Microsoft – 31st of August 2020