Microsoft 365 PnP Weekly - Episode 106 - 23rd of November 2020

In this installment of the weekly discussion revolving around the latest news and topics on Microsoft 365, hosts – Vesa Juvonen (Microsoft) | @vesajuvonen, Waldek Mastykarz (Microsoft) | @waldekm, are joined by Business Apps MVP Serge Luca (a.k.a., Dr. Flow) (Power Platform Associates) | @sergeluca.  Discussed in this session – Serge’s interest in Power Platform, growth in the number of available connectors - application integration, and data storage options.  As well, called out is the need for more developer focused patterns and practices.   

Regarding data storage, the group more-or-less defined a decision tree.   There is product - CDS (free or paid), SQL/Azure, SharePoint, or Hybrid and  there are other considerations - licensing, app types, security/permission requirements, data storage costs, and database management.   Finally, Serge gives viewers a quick tour of the workflow companion tool he has been developing called BPM.

This episode was recorded on Monday, November 23, 2020.

• Video at Microsoft 365 Community YouTube channel

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Here are all the links and people mentioned in this recording. Thanks, everyone for your contributions to the community!

Microsoft articles:

• Building and managing amazing Teams apps - Microsoft Teams
• Low code apps and bots in Microsoft Teams with Power Apps and Power Virtual Agents - Microsoft Teams
• Protecting your data - creating a secure and compliant Microsoft Teams environment - Microsoft Teams
• Microsoft Teams App Development Challenge - Microsoft 365 Team
• Outlook REST API v2.0 Deprecation Notice - Microsoft 365 Team
• Retiring Microsoft Graph notifications API - Microsoft 365 Team
• Manage Microsoft Dataverse for Teams environments - Manuela Pichler (Microsoft)
• Learn Together: Developing Apps for Teams - Microsoft
• New apps and features in Microsoft 365 for individuals and families this fall - Gareth Oystryk (Microsoft)

Community articles:

• Microsoft Search 101 - Bill Baer (Microsoft) | @williambaer
• MS Teams Tips & Tricks - LiveTiles
• serge luca aka 'Doctor Flow' - YouTube - Serge Luca (Power Platform Associates) | @sergeluca
• List Items Menu - João Mendes | @joaojmendes
• SharePoint Themes - Don Kirkham | @DonKirkham
• How to deploy a Yo Teams generated project to Azure through Azure DevOps - Wictor Wilen (Avanade) | @wictor
• How to make CSS Variables work in every web part context - Stefan Bauer (N8D) | @StfBauer
• Microsoft Graph - First Steps - Kev Ritchie (Paradise Computing) | @KevRitchie
• 1 Top tip: PowerPlatformLearn.com and master the Power Platform within no time - Pieter Veenstra (HybrIT Services) | @PieterVeenstra
• How much security is ‘enough’ security? Looking at Microsoft 365 Defender vs. Azure Sentinel - Alex Fields | @vanvfields
• 5 ways I stay updated with Microsoft 365 Developer news and announcements (Azure, Office, SharePoint) - Cameron Dwyer  (OnePlace Solutions) | @CameronDwyer

Additional resources:

• PnP Sharing is Caring initiative - Getting started guidance and training for using GitHub and contributing to the community
• Check out all the great community calls, SDKs, and tooling for Microsoft 365 from https://aka.ms/m365pnp

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