The SharePoint Framework Yeoman Generator is expected to continue to improve as Microsoft pushes changes to the Framework. As of the publish date of this post, we are up to code drop 6 (January 2017), which is in developer preview, but even once the Framework goes to GA, it is expected to continue on its […]
SharePoint / Office 365 Dev Patterns and Practices (PnP) Common PowerShell Command Reference
January 4, 2017 By Leave a Comment
The SharePoint / Office 365 Developer Patterns and Practices (PnP) initiative provides a massive array of guidance, code samples and most often used by me, a PnP PowerShell command set that makes working with SharePoint (Online and on-prem) that much easier. General documentation and samples are available direct from GitHub and elsewhere, but I found […]
Happy New Year! Microsoft MVP Renewed
January 1, 2017 By 2 Comments
Last year I was honored to receive my first Microsoft MVP award as an Office Servers and Services MVP. I am again honored and humbled to have been renewed as a Microsoft MVP for another year. This past year has been amazing. The beginning of the year took a few months to get started, but […]
SPFx Officially Available to First Release Tenants
November 14, 2016 By Leave a Comment
As many of you know, I have been bouncing off the walls with excitement since the May 4th announcement surrounding the SharePoint Framework. When it was announced on August 17th at SharePoint Fest Seattle that it was transitioning to Public Developer Preview, my geek-o-meter turned up to 11. As I sit here in Vienna at […]
Asynchronous Dynamic Properties in SharePoint Framework Webpart Property Panes
October 27, 2016 By 5 Comments
Recently Wictor Wilén penned a great how to on dynamically loading data into a SharePoint Framework Webpart property pane. Yet what if you want to dynamically, with asynchronous data, populate a property’s options based on the value of another property? Within the Framework, we configure the property pane within the method: propertyPaneSettings(), which returns IPropertyPaneSettings, […]
Join Me in Vienna at European SharePoint Conference 2016
October 25, 2016 By Leave a Comment
We are just over 3 weeks away from European SharePoint Conference 2016 in Vienna. For those of you heading that way, here are some great tips that will help you get the most out of the largest gathering of SharePoint & Office 365 professionals in Europe: Find out who’s going Keep an eye on Twitter, […]
Ignite 2016: A Bright Future
October 5, 2016 By Leave a Comment
Ignite 2016 has come and gone. Like many of you, I am still recovering from last week’s celebration of all things Microsoft. What an amazing time myself and my team had sharing in the wealth of knowledge brought to the plate by all the speakers, the sheer vastness of the Expo Hall, and most importantly getting […]
Ignite 2016: Mid-week report!
September 28, 2016 By Leave a Comment
What a crazy week it’s been so far down in Atlanta for Ignite 2016. So many highlights already, and a great Keynote for the kickoff. Here are a few of my thoughts so far from my experiences: Day 1: Keynote Magic The morning keynote speeches were good. We heard about innovation in the SharePoint world, […]
The SharePoint Framework: The potential to replace the SharePoint UI Unchanged since 2007
September 21, 2016 By 1 Comment
The First Real Change in the SharePoint Interface The release of the new SharePoint Framework (SPFx) signifies the first real shift in the SharePoint interface development since 2007. Microsoft introduced the concept of Master Pages and Page Layouts to SharePoint 2007, leveraging the controls found in ASP.NET at the time. Since then, SharePoint Developers and […]
The wait is over: The SharePoint Framework (#SPFx) Now Available
August 17, 2016 By Leave a Comment
Since the May 4th announcement on Future of SharePoint I have been long awaiting the SharePoint Framework (#SPFx) Public Developer Preview. My excitement escalated about three weeks ago when I had the privilege of attending the third Developer Kitchen (DevKit3). Finally, today is the day; the SharePoint Framework is finally available for Public Developer Preview […]
