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SharePoint Online
Announcing SharePoint Communication Sites
Microsoft is now previewing for First Release tenants new SharePoint Communication Sites—beautiful, dynamic sites that allow for broader communication across an internal audience than a traditional SharePoint Team Site, and also look great on the web, in the SharePoint mobile app, on a PC, and on a Mac. These sites are easy to access, engage with, and create content for from any device.
Access Services in Office 365 is Shutting Down
Access Services online is being replaced by Microsoft PowerApps and Flow this year. Starting June 2017, users will not be able to create new Access Services web apps online. Microsoft will continue to run existing apps until April 2018.
SharePoint Framework reaches General Availability Milestone
On February 23, 2017, SharePoint Framework (SPFx) reached general availability milestone. With the GA release the framework is available for production tenants in SharePoint Online. SPFx is the newest, client-side development framework for SharePoint Web Part and page development. The framework opens the doors for open source development environments and toolchains allowing developers to use modern web development tools and techniques to work with SharePoint Online.
ITUnity: Working with Lists and List Items Using the SharePoint REST Service and Windows PowerShell
Gary describes how to use the Invoke-SPORestMethod function (described earlier in this series) to complete common tasks, similar to what you’ll find in a frequently referenced series on MSDN.
ITUnity: Using a Custom Windows PowerShell Function to Make SharePoint REST Service Calls
Gary writes about a utility function he calls Invoke-SPORestMethod, which you can use in Windows PowerShell to make simple RESTful calls against your SharePoint Online Site Collection.
ITUnity: Using the SharePoint REST Service with Windows PowerShell
Gary demonstrates how to use Windows PowerShell to inspect and manage SharePoint Online Site Collections, Sites, Lists and List Items using the SharePoint 2013 REST Service.
ITUnity: Completing Basic Operations Using the SharePoint CSOM API and Windows PowerShell
Gary takes some basic operations C# samples you’ll find online as you start working with and exploring the SharePoint CSOM API with Windows PowerShell, and shows the C# and PowerShell equivalents.
ITUnity: Loading Specific Values Using Lambda Expressions and the SharePoint CSOM API with Windows PowerShell
If you want to use PowerShell to load specific values with lambda expressions and the SharePoint CSOM API, the code you have to write is ugly. Fortunately, Gary has packaged it in a function that handles all the ugly details for you.
ITUnity: Using the SharePoint CSOM API with SharePoint Online and Windows PowerShell
Gary demonstrates that working with properties is pretty simple, if not slightly annoying, using the SharePoint CSOM API with SharePoint Online.