Seb's Development Journey

Sébastien Levert's thoughts, stories and ideas around the Microsoft 365 Development platform!

Using the latest microsoft-graph-client in SPFx
April 18, 2021

Using the latest microsoft-graph-client in SPFx

Lately, I’ve been looking at improving at understanding some of the challenges of developers when it comes to Microsoft Graph development, especially in the OneDrive and SharePoint space, including the SharePoint Framework. When we are looking at the simplicity that provides the SharePoint Framework when it comes to using the Microsoft Graph, it looks amazing, maybe a little bit magical! And that is why I love this technology!

Using the latest microsoft-graph-client in SPFx

Using the latest microsoft-graph-client in SPFx

April 18, 2021

Lately, I’ve been looking at improving at understanding some of the challenges of developers when it comes to Microsoft Graph development, especially in the OneDrive and SharePoint space, including the SharePoint Framework. When we are looking at the simplicity that provides the SharePoint Framework when it comes to using the Microsoft Graph, it looks amazing, maybe a little bit magical! And that is why I love this technology!

New journey ahead... Joining the Microsoft Graph team!

New journey ahead... Joining the Microsoft Graph team!

November 13, 2020

This year has been such as roller coaster! From the Pandemic, to the lockdowns, to the work from home… We’ve been through a lot! And it looks like that this was not enough action for me! 😁

Free Webinar: Build your first Microsoft Teams App without a single line of code!

Free Webinar: Build your first Microsoft Teams App without a single line of code!

August 18, 2020

On August 20th at 1PM ET, I’ll be hosted by my good friend Vlad Catrinescu, Microsoft MVP, for a webinar where you will learn how to build a Microsoft Teams app without a single line of code!

Find all pages utilizing the Microsoft 365 Learning Pathways web part

Find all pages utilizing the Microsoft 365 Learning Pathways web part

June 6, 2020

An interesting thread was initiated by Loryan Strant on Twitter. That sparked an idea, and finally, a potentially very easy solution!
[Office 365 Sparx] Use the forceLocale parameter to debug Localizations in SPFx

[Office 365 Sparx] Use the forceLocale parameter to debug Localizations in SPFx

January 16, 2020

Office 365 Sparx

This video is part of a video series of quick tips and tricks about the overall SharePoint and Office 365 space. Less writing, short videos, to the point. The idea is that after 2 or 3 minutes of watching time, your can already benefit from the content I’m sharing.

Renewed as an Office Development MVP for a 5th time!

Renewed as an Office Development MVP for a 5th time!

July 2, 2019

There is one day every year that is stressful (but very exciting at the same time!) for MVPs : July 1st! This year was no difference and I’m happy to announce that I was awarded the Ofice Development MVP for a 5th consecutive year!

[Office 365 Sparx] How to search for your Hubsite data using the SharePoint Search API

[Office 365 Sparx] How to search for your Hubsite data using the SharePoint Search API

April 23, 2019

Office 365 Sparx

This video is part of a video series of quick tips and tricks about the overall SharePoint and Office 365 space. Less writing, short videos, to the point. The idea is that after 2 or 3 minutes of watching time, your can already benefit from the content I’m sharing.

[Office 365 Sparx] How to use the Browser Preview VS Code extension with #SPFx

[Office 365 Sparx] How to use the Browser Preview VS Code extension with #SPFx

January 23, 2019

Office 365 Sparx

This video is part of a video series of quick tips and tricks about the overall SharePoint and Office 365 space. Less writing, short videos, to the point. The idea is that after 2 or 3 minutes of watching time, your can already benefit from the content I’m sharing.

[Office 365 Sparx] How to stay updated on #SPFx using Twitter

[Office 365 Sparx] How to stay updated on #SPFx using Twitter

January 19, 2019

Office 365 Sparx

This video is part of a video series of quick tips and tricks about the overall SharePoint and Office 365 space. Less writing, short videos, to the point. The idea is that after 2 or 3 minutes of watching time, your can already benefit from the content I’m sharing.

[Office 365 Sparx] How to add a call to action to a Hero WebPart Tile layout

[Office 365 Sparx] How to add a call to action to a Hero WebPart Tile layout

January 4, 2019

2019 is just starting and I wanted to start sharing more “tidbits” about my daily work and tips and tricks that I find along the way! I know I’ve not been sharing here a lot lately and I want to apologize! This year, I’ll be a lot more sharing about everything about Office 365 and SharePoint Online, especially on some aspects of its usage but also about development and configuration stuff!

Create a Modern Team site without an Office 365 Group using PnP PowerShell

Create a Modern Team site without an Office 365 Group using PnP PowerShell

August 2, 2018

I was so excited when this was announced! Modern Team Sites without an Office 365 Group are out! We love Office 365 Groups, but sometimes, it’s not possible, or it’s not built for our scenario… So the SharePoint team changed the things a bit and made it available to the masses!

Getting all your Hub content using Search

Getting all your Hub content using Search

March 27, 2018

Yay! Hubsites are out and we are very (very) excited! This new way or organizing your site content will be very useful to help in a flat information architecture and the fact that some built-in features are built to roll-up content from all your connected content is incredible!