Use Image Helper API with the SharePoint Framework (beta)

Context With the SharePoint Framework v1.14 release, Microsoft introduced a brand new Image Helper API to help developers to manage thumbnail images and optimized URLs to images stored in the SharePoint Online service. This feature is actually in developer preview and shouldn't be used in production until the GA release planned for June 2022 (subject … Continue reading Use Image Helper API with the SharePoint Framework (beta) →

Viva Connections Dashboard and Feed web parts have landed (public preview)

Context I was waiting for this release since the announcement back in March 2021. Finally, the Dashboard and Feed web parts have landed in my tenant (Public Preview), oh yes! Part of the Viva Connections Public Preview currently rolling out, these two key components are directly connected to the Viva Connections mobile experience that will … Continue reading Viva Connections Dashboard and Feed web parts have landed (public preview) →

Remove a SharePoint Online site redirect

Context Last week, I had a problem with a line of business application which uses a SharePoint Online site as backend, this application initialize the backend automatically (site, content types and lists creation) when it's not already created. In this environment which was not mine, it was requested to start from zero but with the … Continue reading Remove a SharePoint Online site redirect →

Manage sites content types with Microsoft Graph (beta)

Context Project Cortex uses AI for recognizing content types across systems then creates a knowledge network based on relationships among topics, content, and people (Viva Topics/SharePoint Syntex). This is my second article about Content services in Microsoft 365 and today I'm covering Content types APIs in Microsoft Graph (beta endpoint) which provide CRUD operations like … Continue reading Manage sites content types with Microsoft Graph (beta) →

Manage tenant term store with Microsoft Graph (preview)

Context Taxonomy APIs actually in preview provide CRUD operations of the taxonomy service within Project Cortex. These APIs are available for third party developers on the Microsoft Graph beta endpoint with capacities like creating/updating/deleting a group, set, term, relation and their properties. Now let's see how it works together! Permissions First, you need to make … Continue reading Manage tenant term store with Microsoft Graph (preview) →

Enable modern experience for SharePoint Online events lists

Context As you might know, Microsoft released the possibility to create a calendar modern view for your lists. This brand new feature is not limited to events lists and can be used in any library or list in your SharePoint Online sites. In this article, I'll show you how to enable the modern view for … Continue reading Enable modern experience for SharePoint Online events lists →

Manage user settings with OneDrive application’s personal folder and Microsoft Graph

Context When you're developing line of business applications with Microsoft 365, you probably need to save user settings at some point. You might know or already working with Open extensions (old name is Office 365 data extensions) which provide a great way to store untyped properties to a specific resource (for example the user resource) … Continue reading Manage user settings with OneDrive application’s personal folder and Microsoft Graph →

Develop single page experiences in SharePoint Online with SPFx web parts

Context Recently, some people asked me how to develop full custom SharePoint Online pages with SPFx. This is possible with the single part app page which provide a great way to host SharePoint Framework (SPFx) web parts or Microsoft Teams apps into single web pages without user configuration available. Let's have a look at this … Continue reading Develop single page experiences in SharePoint Online with SPFx web parts →

Use the page diagnostics for SharePoint tool with your sites

Context Nowadays, user experience is central and everyone needs to take care about it before publishing applications and solutions to end users inside a company. With the page diagnostics for SharePoint tool you can analyze single pages performances and determine which elements are making your pages running slowly. This tool only works for SharePoint Online … Continue reading Use the page diagnostics for SharePoint tool with your sites →