{"id":15267,"date":"2023-09-12T08:33:54","date_gmt":"2023-09-12T15:33:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/microsoft365dev\/?p=15267"},"modified":"2023-09-18T06:56:23","modified_gmt":"2023-09-18T13:56:23","slug":"announcing-sharepoint-framework-1-18-with-updates-for-microsoft-teams-microsoft-viva-and-sharepoint","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/microsoft365dev\/announcing-sharepoint-framework-1-18-with-updates-for-microsoft-teams-microsoft-viva-and-sharepoint\/","title":{"rendered":"Announcing SharePoint Framework 1.18 with updates for Microsoft Teams, Microsoft Viva and SharePoint"},"content":{"rendered":"

We are really excited to announce general availability of the SharePoint Framework (SPFx) 1.18 \u2013 with updates for Microsoft Viva, Microsoft Teams, Outlook, Microsoft 365 app and SharePoint Online<\/strong>\u00a0experiences. SharePoint Framework is the easiest way to build your enterprise solutions for Microsoft 365 with automatic single sign-on, automatic hosting and with industry standard web stack tooling.<\/p>\n

Your input and feedback has been invaluable<\/strong>\u00a0to define the key features for our releases, both current and future.\u00a0Thank you \ud83d\udc4f<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Key capabilities in SharePoint Framework 1.18<\/h2>\n
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  • More flexibility for the Viva Connections card layout options<\/strong> for building more engaging dashboard<\/li>\n
  • Other improvements and adjustments for the Viva Connection experiences<\/strong><\/li>\n
  • Fluent UI React v8 support<\/strong> for the Microsoft 365 solutions<\/li>\n
  • Updates for the Microsoft Teams solution templates<\/strong> to align with design guidance<\/li>\n
  • TypeScript v4.7<\/strong> support<\/li>\n
  • Default Node.js<\/strong> version updated to version 18<\/strong><\/li>\n
  • Numerous other improvements and adjustments<\/strong> based on the reported issues by customers and partners.\n
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    • If you ran into any issues, please use Premier Support if that\u2019s an option or report your issues at\u00a0https:\/\/aka.ms\/spfx-issues<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      Related documentation updates for the 1.18 release on the Viva Connections updates<\/p>\n

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      • Designing Viva Connections custom cards for your dashboard<\/a><\/li>\n
      • Migrate Adaptive Card Extensions to SharePoint Framework 1.18<\/a><\/li>\n
      • Tutorial – Create a People Search Adaptive Card Extension<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

        New samples showcasing the new Viva Connections layout features:<\/p>\n

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        • Start a Chat Text Box input Adaptive Card Extension<\/a><\/li>\n
        • Prompt Survey Adaptive Card Extension<\/a><\/li>\n
        • People Search Adaptive Card Extension<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

          Here are some example layouts you can now build with the new Viva Connections layout options.<\/p>\n

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          You can find full list of release details from the following documentation:<\/p>\n

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          • SharePoint Framework 1.18 release notes<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

            Notice<\/em>. We have also publicly already talked about a new opportunity called Bot Framework powered Microsoft Viva cards<\/em>. This feature is currently in public preview<\/a> and focuses on using Bot Framework with Microsoft Viva. It does not have direct dependency on the SharePoint Framework client-side libraries. Bot Framework powered Microsoft Viva cards will introduce a new option for ISV to extend their Bot Framework specific implementations also to power Microsoft Viva Connections dashboard. This will be an additional option for building extensibility for the dashboard. You can also use SharePoint Framework by taking advantage of the Adaptive Card Extensions (ACEs)<\/a> which will keep on getting also improvements in future.<\/p>\n

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            Live demo of new features<\/h2>\n

            We did recently demonstrated new features in the SharePoint Framework 1.18 release within our weekly Microsoft 365 & Power Platform community call<\/a>, which is open for all customers and partners to join.<\/p>\n