Office UI Fabric Persona with Skype for Business Status Integration

Today I want to show you a simple SPFx Web Part solution to connect the new Office UI Fabric React component named Persona with the status from Skype for Business (Lync).

Persona is used for rendering an individual’s avatar, user information and presence. Read the rest

Web/Site Templates in SharePoint Online Modern Pages? No problem.

Let’s imagine that we want to have a site template with a predefined design, sections, web parts on it, lists with additional fields, custom page settings etc. etc.

If you are familiar with SharePoint On-Prem versions, you probably know that we have Site Definitions and Web Templates for stuff like this. Read the rest

Custom CreatePublishingPageDialog in SharePoint? No problem!

Let’s imagine that we have multiple types of articles with multiple page layouts and we want to call Add a page dialog for each of them.

The problem is in SharePoint OOTB CreatePublishingPageDialog.aspx page which is called when you choose Add a page from Site Actions menu. Read the rest

Automatic Installation of a SPFx Web Part to a Classic Site in SharePoint On-Prem

In this article, I would like to share with you a complete solution to install a SPFx Web Part to a Classic Site inside a SharePoint On-Prem WSP solution package in 4 steps:

  • Turn on the SPFx Assets & Package files in WSP.
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