Microsoft 365

Customers are starting to ask about migrating SharePoint Add-ins after Microsoft announced retirement plans. In this article, I answer some common questions.

Build document-centric apps in this tutorial with SharePoint Embedded. Leverage SharePoint’s document libraries & more Microsoft 365 capabilities!

SharePoint Embedded, a new service from Microsoft 365, enables the creation of document centric apps with a custom UX but using SharePoint for document storage.

It is essential to understand what Adaptive Cards are & get a brief introduction to Adaptive Cards and how to create them for your applications.

This is the definitive guide to the Microsoft 365 retirements announced in 2023: SharePoint Add-in model, SharePoint 2013 workflows, and Azure ACS.

Explore the process of choosing the right Microsoft 365 app. This is the decision tree I consider for SPFx web parts, SPAs, and Teams Apps.

Learn what I found while picking apart the latest SharePoint Framework (SPFx) release, v1.18. Two big upgrades & one huge change for ACES!

Join me, OCT 30 - NOV 3 in Chicago for the 365 EduCon conference! I’m presenting a workshop & sessions on SPFx, MS Teams, React, Azure and more!

Join me, October 21, in Burlington, MA for CollabDays New England! I’m presenting a sessions on GitHub actions, & answering your questions at the AMA!

The newsletter has been renamed to The Full Stack Developer’s Microsoft 365 Playbook. Get insights and the latest news in about 10 minutes every other Tuesday!

Learn why Microsoft 365 devs avoid automated testing from a survey. Learn how I approach testing for Microsoft Teams, SharePoint Framework, & M365 projects.

Discover what React Hooks are, why developers choose them over class components, and learn how to convert your SPFx projects to React Hooks in this article.

Build web apps for Microsoft 365 instead of relying on native apps. Gain flexibility and access to latest tools. Learn from real world examples in this article.

Don’t get tunnel vision: Expand beyond Microsoft Teams and SharePoint apps. Prioritize web apps for a more versatile Microsoft 365 development approach.

Learn how to handle ESLint build-time errors, modify rules, and selectively disable rules in SPFx projects AND get my recommendations in this article.

Learn what’s new for Microsoft 365 developers from the Build 2023 announcements 👉 Microsoft 365 Copilot plugins, a Teams AI Library, and more!

Get started learning Microsoft 365 app development on the 5 most important workloads with my free guides! Over 5 hours of content & free resources!

Learn what I found while picking apart the latest SharePoint Framework (SPFx) release, v1.17. 40% more than what Microsoft shared in the official release notes!

Learn about Andrew’s three (3) new courses on the SharePoint Framework - learn web parts, all about extensions, and Adaptive Card Extensions for $65-75!

Microsoft is retiring the MS-600 exam & Teams Developer Certification on March 31. In this article I’ll share the backstory & plans for my exam prep course.

In this article, learn about the new chapter I just added to my course, MS-600 Exam Prep | Building apps with Microsoft 365 Core Services.

In this article, learn about the latest November 2022 refresh to my course, MS-600 Exam Prep | Building apps with Microsoft 365 Core Services, and the recently refreshed chapters.

In this article, learn about the November 2022 updates to my course, MS-600 Exam Prep | Building apps with Microsoft 365 Core Services, and the new course subscription plan.

Nearly 2 years after the initial release of the MS-600 exam Microsoft released a major update on August 4, 2022, one packed with a ton of changes!

In this video, learn how to register SPFx list form customizers with SharePoint’s API. See how you can do this our utility web part you can use in your sites!

Learn how to register SPFx field customizers with SharePoint’s REST API. See how you can do this our utility web part you can use in your sites!

In this post, learn about some recent updates on my flagship course, Mastering the SharePoint Framework including a completely re-recorded chapter on web parts!

Today I’m excited to share a new regular show: CloudDev Clarity. In this show, Julie Turner & Andrew Connell discuss topics for Microsoft 365 & Azure developers.

Microsoft introduced the tenant app catalog many years ago way for users to install, deploy, and acquire apps within their SharePoint Online environment. Unfortunately, it’s become quite dated and not kept up with the needs and demands of the product… until now! In this post, I’ll take a look at what Microsoft is rolling out to your SharePoint Online tenants with a new modern experience, a better story for acquiring, requesting, and approving apps from the app store and more. In fact, we’re getting an idea of what’s coming in the future.

Microsoft just published a self-paced module I’ve been working on the last few weeks to Microsoft Learning: learn how to create meeting apps for Microsoft Teams!

In this post, learn how to set up a development development environment to create SPFx projects for all SharePoint deployments.

These days, all of Microsoft’s updates about the SPFx, or community content have one thing in common: they ignore SharePoint Server 2016. Not this post!

These days, all of Microsoft’s updates about the SPFx, or community content have one thing in common: they ignore SharePoint Server SE. Not this post!

These days, all of Microsoft’s updates about the SPFx, or community content have one thing in common: they ignore SharePoint Server 2019. Not this post!

Photo by Nathan Lemon on Unsplash In this post, I want to update you on some of the changes Microsoft has recently made related to the exam & offer guidance if you’re planning to take the exam soon. I’ll also answer a few common questions that keep coming up.

Shrink & optimize your SPFx JavaScript bundles by ditching IE11 support.

It’s summer 2021 and time to check in on the State of SharePoint Client-Side Development! In this post, I’ll give you an update on where we are with popular frameworks and tools developers use in the client-side SharePoint development world.

It’s summer 2021 and time to check in on the State of SharePoint Client-Side Development! In this post, I’ll give you an update on where we are with popular frameworks and tools developers use in the client-side SharePoint development world.

In my second update for 2021 we continue taking a look at the State of SharePoint Client-Side Development. In this post, I’ll give you an update on where we are with popular frameworks and tools developers use in the client-side SharePoint development world.

hTWOo is a pure HTML & CSS implementation of Microsoft’s Fluent Design, without the baggage & headaches of Office UI Fabric or Fluent UI.

Learn how to test public preview release of SPFx and get some tips on managing your SPFx dev environment (USE NVM!).

I’m excited to announce what’s in the latest refresh of my MS-600 exam prep course! New content, over 300 practice test questions and more!

Back in October 2020, when I announced and launched my latest course Microsoft 365 Certified Developer Associate MS-600 Exam Prep, I committed to reaching the content complete milestone in February 2021. After two releases in December & January, I’m excited to share with you that the final two chapters will be published, true to my commitment, by the end of February 2021!

In my second update for 2021 we continue taking a look at the State of SharePoint Client-Side Development. In this post, I’ll give you an update on where we are with popular frameworks and tools developers use in the client-side SharePoint development world.

Let’s kick off my first update for 2021 by taking a look at the State of SharePoint Client-Side Development. In this post, I’ll give you an update on where we are with popular frameworks and tools developers use in the client-side SharePoint development world.

As we near the end of 2020, I wanted to take a look at where we are with respect to the State of SharePoint Client-Side Development. In this post, I’ll give you an update on where we are with popular frameworks and tools developers use in the client-side SharePoint development world.