The initiative is currently facilitated by Microsoft, but we have multiple community members as part of the PnP team (see team details in end of the article) and we are always looking to extend the PnP team with more community members. Notice that since this is open source community initiative, so there\u2019s no SLAs for the support for the samples provided through GitHub. Obviously, all officially released components and libraries are under official support from Microsoft.<\/p>\n
Some key statistics around SharePoint Developer topics from May 2020<\/p>\n
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- GitHub repository forks\u00a0at most popular repositories in SharePoint GitHub organization\n
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- SP\u00a0Dev Docs<\/a> – 678<\/li>\n
- SP Dev Fx Web Parts<\/a> – 2,164<\/li>\n
- SP Dev Fx Extensions<\/a> – 514<\/li>\n
- PnP<\/a> – 3,302<\/li>\n
- PnP Sites Core<\/a> (CSOM) – 642<\/li>\n
- PnP PowerShell<\/a> – 652<\/li>\n
- PnPjs<\/a> – 163<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
- Unique visitors during the past 2 weeks in PnP<\/a>, OneDrive<\/a> and\u00a0SharePoint GitHub organization<\/a> repositories – 65,355<\/li>\n
- Overall unique contributors in the PnP<\/a>, OneDrive<\/a> and SharePoint<\/a> GitHub organizations – 1,391<\/li>\n
- Merged pull requests across PnP<\/a>, OneDrive<\/a>, Microsoft-Search<\/a> and SharePoint<\/a> repositories (cumulative) – 9,913<\/li>\n
- Closed issues and enhancements ideas cross PnP<\/a>, OneDrive<\/a>,\u00a0Microsoft-Search<\/a>, and SharePoint<\/a> repositories (cumulative) – 12,637<\/li>\n
- SharePoint Online CSOM<\/a> NuGet package downloads (cumulative) – 2,095,095<\/li>\n
- Unique tenants using open-source PnP components – 47,628<\/li>\n
- HTTP requests towards SharePoint Online from PnP components (PnP CSOM<\/a>, PowerShell,<\/a> PnPjs)<\/a> – 25,084,968,874<\/li>\n
- Microsoft 365 & SharePoint Community (PnP) YouTube channel<\/a> had 62,209 views with 4,9k hours of watch time and 16,186 subscribers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Most viewed videos in the Microsoft 365 & SharePoint Community (PnP) YouTube channel<\/a> during May 2020:<\/p>\n
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- Getting started with Site Designs in SharePoint Online<\/a> – Laura Kokkarinen<\/a> (Sulava) | 4,220<\/li>\n
- SharePoint Framework Tutorial 1 – HelloWorld web part<\/a> | 1,851<\/li>\n
- SharePoint Framework Tutorial – Setup your Office 365 tenant for development<\/a> | 1,422<\/li>\n
- SharePoint Framework Training – Using react and Office UI Fabric React components<\/a> | 1,363<\/li>\n
- PnP Webcast – SharePoint Framework Modern Search Web Part<\/a> – Tarald G\u00e5sbackk<\/a> (Puzzlepart), Franck Cornu<\/a> (aequous) | 1,333<\/li>\n
- Building multilingual portals with modern SharePoint capabilities<\/a> | 1,116<\/li>\n
- SharePoint Framework Tutorial – Setting up your development environment<\/a> | 1,085<\/li>\n
- Securing your data in SharePoint\/OneDrive\/Microsoft Teams with sensitivity labels<\/a> | 1,014<\/li>\n
- SharePoint Framework Tutorial 2 – HelloWorld, talking to SharePoint<\/a> | 1,058<\/li>\n
- Getting started on using custom search result page in SharePoint Online<\/a> | 894<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
Main resources around SharePoint PnP\u00a0and SharePoint development<\/p>\n
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- SharePoint development blog –\u00a0 http:\/\/aka.ms\/spdev-blog<\/a><\/li>\n
- SharePoint Dev Documentation – http:\/\/aka.ms\/spdev-docs<\/a><\/li>\n
- SharePoint Dev Community –\u00a0http:\/\/aka.ms\/sppnp<\/a>\u00a0– One location for all the resources and news around PnP<\/li>\n
- PnP Community Discussions\u00a0–\u00a0http:\/\/aka.ms\/spdev-community<\/a><\/li>\n
- SharePoint Dev Videos on YouTube\u00a0–\u00a0http:\/\/aka.ms\/spdev-videos<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
June 2020 monthly community call<\/h2>\n
June 2020 SharePoint monthly community happened on Tuesday 9th of June 8 AM PDT with following agenda:<\/p>\n
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- Monthly summary of community topics and latest development – Latest news from Microsoft and community news – Vesa Juvonen<\/a> (Microsoft)\u00a0~15 min\n
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- Engineering update with latest news and road map<\/li>\n
- UserVoice status for SharePoint Dev<\/li>\n
- Community contributors and companies for the Microsoft 365 PnP areas<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
- Topic \u2013 Microsoft Search UX customization(Search Box, Verticals and Refiners) for SharePoint content\n
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- Description – We will go over the plan to allow customization of verticals and refiners in the Microsoft search UX. With these new capabilities, admins will now be able to add new refiners on their search verticals that will help the end users filter the results further. They will also be able to add new search verticals as per their requirements. We will also cover capabilities for managing the search box in the suite navigation bar and provide details on an upcoming feature for classic sites getting upgraded to Microsoft Search.<\/li>\n
- Speakers – Jyoti Pal, Roshan Dheram, Anish Desqupta, Kerem Yuceturk<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
- Q&A<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
You can find recording of the community call from\u00a0PnP YouTube channel<\/a>. If you have any questions, comments or feedback, please participate in our discussions in the Microsoft Tech Community<\/a>\u00a0under the\u00a0SharePoint developer group<\/a>.<\/p>\n
Latest Dev Blog posts<\/h2>\n
Here are the latest blog posts and announcements around Microsoft 365 development topics from https:\/\/developer.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365\/blogs<\/a>.<\/p>\n
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- 1st of June – A Lap around Microsoft Graph Toolkit Day 8 \u2013 Microsoft Graph Toolkit Recap at Build 2020 & What\u2019s in Season 2<\/a><\/li>\n
- 31st of May – Office 365 CLI v2.10<\/a><\/li>\n
- 28th of May – New Microsoft Teams Shifts features to build richer Firstline Worker experiences<\/a><\/li>\n
- 20th of May – Introducing the new Microsoft Graph To Do API<\/a><\/li>\n
- 19th of May – Record calls and meetings \u2013 the updateRecordingStatus API in Microsoft Graph is now generally available<\/a><\/li>\n
- 19th of May – Enhanced programs to promote the privacy and security of your apps<\/a><\/li>\n
- 19th of May – Power up with Office Add-ins @ Build 2020<\/a><\/li>\n
- 19th of May – What\u2019s new in the Microsoft Teams Platform | Microsoft Build 2020<\/a><\/li>\n
- 19th of May – The API to your organization: Microsoft Graph @ Build 2020<\/a><\/li>\n
- 19th of May – Microsoft identity platform at Build 2020<\/a><\/li>\n
- 19th of May – New improvements across the Microsoft 365 platform help you build collaborative apps<\/a><\/li>\n
- 19th of May – Build advanced queries in Microsoft Graph with $count, $filter, $search, and $orderby<\/a><\/li>\n
- 19th of May – Service principal API in Microsoft Graph is now generally available<\/a><\/li>\n
- 15th of May – New Graph Explorer is now GA<\/a><\/li>\n
- 15th of May – Microsoft Build 2020 \u2013 Guide to the Microsoft 365 Developer Platform<\/a><\/li>\n
- 12th of May – Microsoft 365 \/ SharePoint Community (PnP) \u2013 May 2020 update<\/a><\/li>\n
- 11th of May – Beta Outlook API throttling limits deploying to v1.0 on Microsoft Graph \u2013 May 2020<\/a><\/li>\n
- 11th of May – Using your own Azure AD identity with Office 365 CLI<\/a><\/li>\n
- 5th of May – What\u2019s new for change notifications and change tracking in Microsoft Graph \u2013 May 2020<\/a><\/li>\n
- 4th of May – A Lap around Microsoft Graph Toolkit Day 7 \u2013 Microsoft Graph Toolkit Providers<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Microsoft 365 & SharePoint PnP Weekly posts<\/p>\n
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- 26th of May – Microsoft 365 SharePoint PnP Weekly \u2013 Episode 85<\/a><\/li>\n
- 19th of May – Microsoft 365 & SharePoint PnP Weekly \u2013 Episode 84<\/a><\/li>\n
- 12th of May – Microsoft 365 & SharePoint PnP Weekly \u2013 Episode 83<\/a><\/li>\n
- 5th of May – Microsoft 365 & SharePoint PnP Weekly \u2013 Episode 82<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Community call recording blog posts<\/p>\n
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- 5th of June – SharePoint Framework Community Call Recording \u2013 4th of June 2020<\/a><\/li>\n
- 4th of June – Microsoft Graph community call-June 2, 2020<\/a><\/li>\n
- 29th of May – Microsoft 365 PnP \u2013 General Developer SIG recording \u2013 28th of May 2020<\/a><\/li>\n
- 21st of May – SharePoint Framework Community Call Recording \u2013 21st of May 2020<\/a><\/li>\n
- 16th of May – Office Add-ins Community Call \u2013 May 13, 2020<\/a><\/li>\n
- 15th of May – Microsoft 365 PnP \u2013 General Developer SIG recording \u2013 14th of May 2020<\/a><\/li>\n
- 13th of May – SharePoint Community (PnP) \u2013 May 2020 monthly community call recording<\/a><\/li>\n
- 8th of May – SharePoint Framework Community Call Recording \u2013 7th of May 2020<\/a><\/li>\n
- 6th of May – Microsoft Graph community call-May 5, 2020<\/a><\/li>\n
- 1st of May – Microsoft 365 PnP \u2013 General Developer SIG recording \u2013 30th of April 2020<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Community Calls<\/h2>\n
There are numerous different community calls on different areas. All calls are being recorded and published either from Microsoft 365 Developer<\/a> or Microsoft 365 and SharePoint Community (PnP) YouTube<\/a> channels. Recordings are typically released within the following 24 hours after the call. You can find a detailed agenda and links to specific covered topics on blog post articles at the Microsoft 365 developer blog<\/a> when the videos are published.<\/p>\n
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- Adaptive Cards\u00a0 https:\/\/aka.ms\/adaptivecardscommunitycall<\/a> – Updates and news around Adaptive Cards with live demos<\/li>\n
- Microsoft Graph\u00a0 https:\/\/aka.ms\/microsoftgraphcall<\/a> – Updates and news from Microsoft Graph with live demos<\/li>\n
- Microsoft identity platform\u00a0 https:\/\/aka.ms\/IDDevCommunityCalendar<\/a> – Latest on the identity side<\/li>\n
- Microsoft Teams\u00a0 https:\/\/aka.ms\/microsoftteamscommunitycall<\/a> – Microsoft Teams monthly update with live demos<\/li>\n
- Office Add-ins\u00a0 https:\/\/aka.ms\/officeaddinscommunitycall<\/a> – News and community work around Office add-ins with live demos<\/li>\n
- PowerApps \u00a0 https:\/\/aka.ms\/PowerAppsMonthlyCall<\/a> – Monthly summary on PowerApps community with live demos<\/li>\n
- SharePoint \u00a0 https:\/\/aka.ms\/spdev-call<\/a> – Consists of the latest news, providing credits for all community contributors and live demos.<\/li>\n
- M365 General Dev SIG\u00a0 \u00a0 https:\/\/aka.ms\/spdev-sig-call<\/a>\u00a0 – General topics on Microsoft 365 Dev from various aspects – Teams, SharePoint, Provisioning, Automation, Scripting<\/li>\n
- SharePoint Framework SIG\u00a0 https:\/\/aka.ms\/spdev-spfx-call<\/a> – Consists of topics around SharePoint Framework and JavaScript-based development in the SharePoint platform.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
If you are interested in doing a live demo of your solution or sample in these calls, please do reach out to the PnP\u00a0 Team members (contacts later in this post) and they are able to help with the right setup. These are great opportunities to gain visibility for example for existing MVPs, for community members who would like to be MVPs in the future or any community member who’d like to share some of their learnings.<\/p>\n
Microsoft 365 PnP community\u00a0 Ecosystem in GitHub<\/h2>\n
Most of the community driven repositories are in the PnP GitHub organization<\/a> as samples are not product specifics as they can contain numerous different solutions or the solution works in multiple different applications.<\/p>\n
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- PnPjs<\/a>\u00a0–\u00a0PnPjs Framework repository<\/li>\n
- o365 CLI<\/a>\u00a0–\u00a0Cross-OS command line interface to manage Office 365 tenant settings<\/li>\n
- generator-spfx<\/a> – Open-source Yeoman generator which extends the out-of-the-box Yeoman generator for SharePoint with additional capabilities<\/li>\n
- generator-teams<\/a> – Open-source Microsoft Teams Yeoman generator – Bots, Messaging Extensions, Tabs, Connectors, Outgoing Webhooks and more<\/li>\n
- Sharing is Caring<\/a> – Getting started on learning how to contribute and be active on the community from GitHub perspective.<\/li>\n
- sp-dev-fx-webparts<\/a>\u00a0– Client-side web part samples from community and engineering<\/li>\n
- sp-dev-fx-extensions<\/a>\u00a0– Samples and tutorial code around SharePoint Framework Extensions<\/li>\n
- sp-dev-fx-library-components<\/a> – Samples and tutorial code around the SharePoint Framework library components<\/li>\n
- sp-dev-fx-vs-extension<\/a>\u00a0– Open source Visual Studio IDE extension for creating SharePoint Framework solutions\u00a0in the Visual Studio 2015 or 2017<\/li>\n
- sp-dev-build-extensions<\/a>\u00a0–\u00a0Different build extensions like gulp tasks and gulp plugins from the community and engineering around SharePoint development<\/li>\n
- sp-dev-solutions<\/a>\u00a0– Repository for more polished and fine-tuned reusable solutions build with SharePoint Framework<\/li>\n
- sp-dev-samples<\/a> – Repository for other samples related on the SharePoint development topics – WebHooks etc.<\/li>\n
- sp-dev-fx-controls-react<\/a>\u00a0–\u00a0Reusable content controls for SharePoint Framework solutions build with React<\/li>\n
- sp-dev-fx-property-controls<\/a>\u00a0– Reusable property pane controls to be used in web parts<\/li>\n
- sp-dev-list-formatting<\/a>\u00a0– Open-source community-driven repository for the column and view formatting JSON definitions<\/li>\n
- sp-dev-site-scripts<\/a>\u00a0– Open-source community-driven repository for community Site Designs and Site Scripts<\/li>\n
- sp-dev-modernization<\/a> – Tooling and guidance around modernizing SharePoint from classic to modern<\/li>\n
- sp-power-platform-solutions<\/a> – Solution and sample code for SharePoint Power Platform solutions<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
All SharePoint specific repositories or services supported directly by Microsoft are located in the SharePoint GitHub organization<\/p>\n
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- sp-dev-docs<\/a> – Source for new SharePoint dev center documentation exposed from http:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-us\/sharepoint\/dev<\/a><\/li>\n
- sp-starter-kit<\/a>\u00a0– Starter kit solution for SharePoint modern experiences<\/li>\n
- sp-dev-provisioning-templates<\/a> – Open-source templates used by the SharePoint Look Book site<\/a><\/li>\n
- sp-provisioning-service<\/a> – Source code of the SharePoint look book site<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
PnP specific repositories – solution designs and tooling<\/p>\n
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- PnP<\/a>\u00a0– Main repository for SP add-in, Microsoft Graph\u00a0etc. samples<\/li>\n
- PnP-Sites-Core<\/a>\u00a0– Office Dev PnP Core component<\/li>\n
- PnP-PowerShell<\/a>\u00a0– Office Dev PnP PowerShell Cmdlets<\/li>\n
- PnP-Tools<\/a>\u00a0– Tools and scripts targeted more for IT Pro’s and for on-premises for SP2013 and SP2016<\/li>\n
- PnP-Transformation<\/a>\u00a0– Material specifically for the transformation process. Currently, includes samples around InfoPath replacement and transformation tooling from farm solutions to add-in model.<\/li>\n
- PnP-Provisioning-Schema<\/a>\u00a0– PnP Provisioning engine schema repository<\/li>\n
- PnP-IdentityModel<\/a>\u00a0– Open source replacement of\u00a0Microsoft.IdentityModel.Extensions.dll<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Repositories in the GitHub Microsoft Search<\/a> organization controlled by the PnP initiative<\/p>\n
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- pnp-modern-search<\/a> –\u00a0 Home of PnP Modern Search solutions, see more from the documentation<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Other related resources from GitHub<\/p>\n
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- Microsoft Graph<\/a> GitHub organization<\/li>\n
- OfficeDev GitHub organization<\/a> – Includes all Microsoft Teams samples from Microsoft<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
What’s supportability story around PnP material?<\/h2>\n
Following statements apply across all of the PnP samples and solutions, including samples, core component(s) and solutions, like\u00a0SharePoint Starter Kit<\/a> or PnP PowerShell<\/a>.<\/p>\n
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- PnP guidance and samples are created by Microsoft & by the Community<\/li>\n
- PnP guidance and samples are maintained by Microsoft & community<\/li>\n
- PnP uses supported and recommended techniques<\/li>\n
- PnP is an\u00a0open-source initiative\u00a0by the community \u2013 people who work on the initiative for the benefit of others, have their normal day job as well<\/li>\n
- PnP is NOT a product and therefore it\u2019s not supported by Premier Support or other official support channels<\/li>\n
- PnP is supported in similar ways as other open source projects done by Microsoft with support from the community by the community<\/li>\n
- There are numerous partners that utilize PnP within their solutions for customers. Support for this is provided by the Partner. When PnP material is used in deployments, we recommend being clear with your customer\/deployment owner on the support model<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Microsoft 365 & SharePoint PnP team model<\/h2>\n
![\"PnP](\"https:\/\/officedevblogs.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/pnp-team-announcement-300x169.png\")
<\/p>\nIn April we announced our new Microsoft 365 PnP team model and grew the MVP team quite significantly. This team is responsible of coordinating the open-source and community work together with Microsoft employees. More details around the new model can be read from following blog post:<\/p>\n
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- New Microsoft 365 Patterns and Practices (PnP) team model with new community leads<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Got feedback or ideas? – Please let us know. Everything we do in this program is for your benefit. Feedback more than welcome.<\/p>\n
Area-specific updates<\/h2>\n
Microsoft 365 Community docs<\/h3>\n
Community docs model was announced in the April release and it’s great to see the interest for community to help each other by providing new guidance on the non-dev areas. See more on the announcement from the SharePoint blog – Announcing the Microsoft 365 Community Docs<\/a>. You might be interested on following assets to learn amore on this area:<\/p>\n
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- New Microsoft 365 Patterns and Practices (PnP) team model with new community leads<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
- OfficeDev GitHub organization<\/a> – Includes all Microsoft Teams samples from Microsoft<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
- Microsoft Graph<\/a> GitHub organization<\/li>\n
- PnP-Sites-Core<\/a>\u00a0– Office Dev PnP Core component<\/li>\n
- sp-starter-kit<\/a>\u00a0– Starter kit solution for SharePoint modern experiences<\/li>\n
- o365 CLI<\/a>\u00a0–\u00a0Cross-OS command line interface to manage Office 365 tenant settings<\/li>\n
- Microsoft Graph\u00a0 https:\/\/aka.ms\/microsoftgraphcall<\/a> – Updates and news from Microsoft Graph with live demos<\/li>\n
- 4th of June – Microsoft Graph community call-June 2, 2020<\/a><\/li>\n
- 19th of May – Microsoft 365 & SharePoint PnP Weekly \u2013 Episode 84<\/a><\/li>\n
- 31st of May – Office 365 CLI v2.10<\/a><\/li>\n
- 1st of June – A Lap around Microsoft Graph Toolkit Day 8 \u2013 Microsoft Graph Toolkit Recap at Build 2020 & What\u2019s in Season 2<\/a><\/li>\n
- SharePoint Dev Documentation – http:\/\/aka.ms\/spdev-docs<\/a><\/li>\n
- SharePoint Framework Tutorial 1 – HelloWorld web part<\/a> | 1,851<\/li>\n
- SP Dev Fx Web Parts<\/a> – 2,164<\/li>\n
- SP\u00a0Dev Docs<\/a> – 678<\/li>\n