{"id":11369,"date":"2022-08-30T11:16:58","date_gmt":"2022-08-30T18:16:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/microsoft365dev\/?p=11369"},"modified":"2022-08-30T11:16:58","modified_gmt":"2022-08-30T18:16:58","slug":"public-preview-of-sharepoint-framework-1-16-first-release-of-upcoming-features","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/microsoft365dev\/public-preview-of-sharepoint-framework-1-16-first-release-of-upcoming-features\/","title":{"rendered":"Public preview of SharePoint Framework 1.16 \u2013 First release of upcoming features"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We are excited to announce the availability of first <strong>public preview of the SharePoint Framework (SPFx) 1.16 \u2013 with updates for Viva Connections, Microsoft Teams and SharePoint Online<\/strong> experiences. This is baseline release for the upcoming 1.16 and you can expect much more new features within upcoming preview releases before version is officially ready for production use.<\/p>\n<p>We are working on getting the General Availability (GA) version published within the second half of calendar year 2022. Like with the previous preview releases, our objective is to provide more insights on the upcoming features and to provide our worldwide ecosystem an option to directly influence on the released capabilities. Your feedback is more than welcome \ud83d\udc4b<\/p>\n<p>You can find full list of release details from the following documentation:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-us\/sharepoint\/dev\/spfx\/release-1.16\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SharePoint Framework 1.16 preview release notes<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"whats-updated-on-this-latest-beta-version\">Key features in this 1.16 preview release \ud83d\udcdd<i class=\"fabric-icon fabric-icon--Link\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/h2>\n<p>Key changes and updates in this preview release are as follows:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ability to render Viva Connections Adaptive Card Extensions asynchronously<\/li>\n<li>Microsoft Teams JavaScript SDK v2 support &#8211; this will be rolling as server-side update gradually to all tenants worldwide enabling new scenarios for SPFx developers. See <a href=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/microsoft365dev\/microsoft-teams-js-sdk-v2-is-now-generally-available\/\">Teams JS SDK v2 release announcement<\/a> for details.<\/li>\n<li>SharePoint web part top actions to include custom actions to web part&#8217;s command bar &#8211; you can for example easily adjust the layout of the web part without opening the property pane, see below picture as an example<\/li>\n<li>New properties for the Form Customizers with easier access on the context of the form<\/li>\n<li>Removal of Node.js v12 and v14 support<\/li>\n<li>Numerous other improvements and adjustments based on the reported issues by customers and partners\n<ul>\n<li>If you ran into any issues, please use Premier Support if that&#8217;s an option or report your issues at <a href=\"https:\/\/aka.ms\/spfx-issues\">https:\/\/aka.ms\/spfx-issues<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>and more \ud83d\ude80<\/p>\n<p>We will be including also other new features for the 1.16 general availability.\u00a0 You can expect few updated preview releases with new features before the general availability will be available.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/microsoft365dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/73\/2022\/08\/webpart-top-actions.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11376 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/microsoft365dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/73\/2022\/08\/webpart-top-actions.png\" alt=\"Image webpart top actions\" width=\"376\" height=\"351\" srcset=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/microsoft365dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/73\/2022\/08\/webpart-top-actions.png 376w, https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/microsoft365dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/73\/2022\/08\/webpart-top-actions-300x280.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 376px) 100vw, 376px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"installing-sharepoint-framework-1-13-preview\">Installing SharePoint Framework 1.16 preview<i class=\"fabric-icon fabric-icon--Link\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/h2>\n<p>You can install\u00a0<strong>preview of the SharePoint Framework 1.16 <\/strong>by using following command \u2013 which will always install the latest preview packages.<\/p>\n<pre tabindex=\"0\"><span class=\"pl-c1\">npm install @microsoft\/generator-sharepoint@next --global\r\n<\/span><\/pre>\n<pre tabindex=\"0\"><\/pre>\n<h2 id=\"whats-sharepoint-framework\">What\u2019s SharePoint Framework?<i class=\"fabric-icon fabric-icon--Link\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/h2>\n<p>SharePoint Framework is widely used extensibility in\u00a0<span class=\"brand\">Microsoft 365<\/span>\u00a0with\u00a0<strong>tens of millions of end users each month for the custom components built by developers for Microsoft Teams, Microsoft Viva and SharePoint<\/strong>. It\u2019s the easiest way to build developer extensibility for <span class=\"brand\">Microsoft 365<\/span>\u00a0and it\u2019s taken advantage by thousands of partners and customers on building custom experiences for end users.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Key capabilities of the SharePoint Framework for\u00a0<span class=\"brand\">Microsoft 365<\/span>\u00a0are following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Content Driven Applications <\/b>\u2013 SharePoint Framework can be used to build content driven applications on surfacing information easily from Microsoft 365 with Microsoft Graph or to integrate with externally hosted content.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Automatic Single Sign On<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 SharePoint Framework components have automatic and seamless SSO included for all platforms they are hosted. No specific consents needed from Microsoft 365 end users.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Automatic hosting<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 SharePoint Framework components are automatically hosted in SharePoint without additional maintenance or operational costs.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Industry standard tooling<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 SharePoint Framework is using standard web stack tooling with node, npm, TypeScript and any JavaScript framework of your preference. Just standard web skills needed, no special skills needed. Anyone can do this.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>SharePoint Framework has also made the permission and token management for accessing the data in\u00a0<span class=\"brand\">Microsoft 365<\/span>\u00a0easy. You will be using the awesome\u00a0<strong>Microsoft Graph APIs<\/strong>\u00a0for accessing business data and you can further simplify the development of SharePoint Framework components by taking advantage of the\u00a0<strong>Microsoft Graph Toolkit<\/strong>, which provides reusable controls with data connectivity to Microsoft Graph.<\/p>\n<p tabindex=\"0\"><a href=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/microsoft365dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/73\/2021\/12\/spfx-layouts-features-slide-1.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9114\" src=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/microsoft365dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/73\/2021\/12\/spfx-layouts-features-slide-1.png\" alt=\"Image spfx layouts features slide\" width=\"1869\" height=\"1052\" srcset=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/microsoft365dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/73\/2021\/12\/spfx-layouts-features-slide-1.png 1869w, https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/microsoft365dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/73\/2021\/12\/spfx-layouts-features-slide-1-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/microsoft365dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/73\/2021\/12\/spfx-layouts-features-slide-1-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/microsoft365dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/73\/2021\/12\/spfx-layouts-features-slide-1-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/microsoft365dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/73\/2021\/12\/spfx-layouts-features-slide-1-1536x865.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1869px) 100vw, 1869px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"additional-resources-and-support\">Additional resources and support \ud83e\udd1d<i class=\"fabric-icon fabric-icon--Link\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>Please report any issues or feedback on the public preview using following issue list \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/aka.ms\/spfx-issues\">https:\/\/aka.ms\/spfx-issues<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>We have engineering people monitoring any incoming issues and helping you to get unblocked or getting your questions answered<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-us\/sharepoint\/dev\/spfx\/sharepoint-framework-overview?WT.mc_id=m365-47395-cxa\">Overview documentation<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-us\/sharepoint\/dev\/spfx\/web-parts\/get-started\/build-a-hello-world-web-part?WT.mc_id=m365-47395-cxa\">Getting started documentation<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-us\/sharepoint\/dev\/spfx\/build-for-teams-overview?WT.mc_id=m365-47395-cxa\">Build for Microsoft Teams using SharePoint Framework<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-us\/sharepoint\/dev\/spfx\/viva\/overview-viva-connections?WT.mc_id=m365-47395-cxa\">Overview of Viva Connections Extensibility<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/aka.ms\/m365\/dev\/learn\/connections\">Microsoft Learn &#8211; Extend Microsoft Viva Connections<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-us\/learn\/paths\/m365-sharepoint-associate\/?WT.mc_id=m365-47395-cxa\">Microsoft Learn &#8211; Extend Microsoft SharePoint &#8211; Associate<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/marketplace.visualstudio.com\/items?itemName=m365pnp.viva-connections-toolkit\">Microsoft Viva Connections Toolkit &#8211; Simplify your development experience for Viva Connections<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pnp.github.io\/cli-microsoft365\/cmd\/spfx\/project\/project-upgrade\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CLI for Microsoft 365<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 SharePoint Framework Upgrade tooling from previous versions to latest<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/aka.ms\/spfx-webparts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SharePoint Framework web part samples<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you are looking into building experiences for\u00a0<span class=\"brand\">Microsoft 365<\/span>, we strongly recommend on joining our community calls and other\u00a0<span class=\"brand\">Microsoft 365<\/span> Platform Community (PnP) activities covering Microsoft Graph, Microsoft Teams, Power Platform, Microsoft Viva, OneDrive, SharePoint and more&#8230; More details from <a href=\"https:\/\/aka.ms\/m365\/community\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/aka.ms\/m365\/community<\/a>\u00a0\ud83d\ude80<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Happy coding! Sharing is caring!\u00a0<a class=\"lightbox-link\" href=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/13.1.0\/svg\/1f9e1.svg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" aria-label=\"Lightbox image, click or press enter to enlarge\" data-featherlight=\"image\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" role=\"img\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/13.1.0\/svg\/1f9e1.svg\" alt=\"\ud83e\udde1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are excited to announce the availability of first public preview of the SharePoint Framework (SPFx) 1.16 \u2013 with updates for Viva Connections, Microsoft Teams and SharePoint Online experiences. 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