In 2009 I attended my first SharePoint Conference (SPC). In 2012 I spoke at my first SPC. Between then and now there have been quite a few changes \u2013 both in the products and events. SharePoint has continued to evolve over the years with TONS of new features, shifts from on-prem to hybrid and the cloud, new and complementary products within the Microsoft ecosystem, and so much more. <\/p>\n
In keeping with a consistent focus over the years, I\u2019ll be talking again about how to extend SharePoint list views beyond their out-of-box capabilities. Back in 2012 we introduced a new and somewhat obscure method called Client-Side Rendering (CSR) and JSLink. Well, CSR wasn\u2019t obscure to developers, though it was new to power users. JSLink was Microsoft\u2019s way of making CSR somewhat \u2018legit\u2019 in the interface. Now, with Modern SharePoint and integration with other products in the stack, we\u2019ve got Microsoft PowerApps extending SharePoint forms, views, access, and business solutions in new and interesting ways. <\/p>\n
I\u2019ll be talking about where PowerApps plays in the SharePoint space \u2013 not with regards to the marketing-focused element of forms, but with how users can extend access to SharePoint data both within SharePoint and beyond SharePoint. <\/p>\n
It’s no coincidence that PowerApps are surfaced in SharePoint via the View dropdown control. In this session, see how PowerApps can be used to display rich and functional \u2018views\u2019 of your data \u2013 embedded directly into SharePoint or Teams, how PowerApps \u2018views\u2019 compare to traditional SharePoint views, and how PowerApps solutions compare to the new column and view formatting capabilities within SharePoint.<\/p>\n
This will be an \u2018Overview\u2019 session in the \u2018Business Apps\u2019 track \u2013 meaning we\u2019ll cover capabilities and use cases but won\u2019t dig into a lot of the details on how things are done. I\u2019ll certainly get into some of the formulas, etc. but not go too deep. It\u2019s not intended to be a workshop \/ step-by-step session, more of a \u201cI can do what?!?\u201d session where you\u2019ll hopefully walk away thinking of new possibilities within your organization. I\u2019ll also follow up with blog posts, etc. where more details are requested. <\/p>\n
Ultimately, this session is about understanding and building on the Microsoft technology skillset for you or your team. PowerApps is a power-user friendly tool within the Microsoft stack \u2013 part of the \u2018Power Platform<\/a>\u2019 coming out of the Azure and Dynamics teams. Much of the marketing around PowerApps is focused on building forms \u2013 which addresses the gap in SharePoint created by the deprecation of SharePoint Designer and InfoPath. But there\u2019s much more to PowerApps and it\u2019s integration with SharePoint. For SharePoint users that want to see and do more with their data, want to make their SharePoint data more accessible, want to go beyond what they\u2019re able to do with out-of-the-box list views, and create foundations for business solutions to build more \u2013 they want to see this session. We\u2019ll cover where users can start with quick and simple solutions and where users can choose from a few paths where more effort can yield even more powerful solutions. <\/p>\n Other topics we\u2019ll cover: <\/p>\n Along with the integration of PowerApps, the SharePoint team has been working hard at extending SharePoint views using both developer-ish JSON methods and more recently released power-user methods within the SharePoint interface. We\u2019ll catch up on the status of these features as well as compare and contrast these approaches with PowerApps integration. <\/p>\n Have you attended a SharePoint Saturday event? These are wonderful, locally run events with a smattering of local and national speakers. SPC is the big time. It\u2019s a large, Microsoft-backed, multi-day extravaganza of Office365, SharePoint, and OneDrive content that includes new announcements directly from the product teams themselves, overviews to help decision makers steer their organizations, and deep dives into features and functionality for architects, developers, administrators, and users. Where a large SPS might have 30+ sessions (most SPS events are smaller), SPC will have over 200 sessions \u2013 covering a depth and breadth unavailable elsewhere. What about the Ignite Conference you say? It\u2019s a much larger conference, covering the entire Microsoft product offering. It\u2019s size, however, tends to dilute Office365 and SharePoint content. SPC is the place to be if you need to, or want to, focus on O365, SharePoint, and OneDrive and has the community leaders and product team folks to back it up. <\/p>\n SharePoint Conference will be held May 21-23, 2019 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, NV. Follow event announcements, speakers, sessions, and more on Twitter with @SPConf and #SPC19<\/p>\n In addition to this session, I\u2019ll be presenting with Sarah Haase a session called \u201cBuilding a Diverse Tech Community\u201d \u2013 To learn more, check out our preview video<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n
Why you should attend SPC19<\/h3>\n
For information about the event: https:\/\/sharepointna.com<\/a>
If you\u2019re going to register, use the link below with an embedded discount code. <\/p>\nFinal Notes<\/h3>\n