Different Ways of Customizing the Modern Environment

This post explains different ways of customizing the modern environment.

Introduction

 

This post explains different ways of customizing the modern environment.

 

Ways to customize the Modern Environment 

 

1. Using direct Modern Pages, Sites Comm, Team and Hub sites, Modern WPs like Hero, News, Content Highlighting, People and much more modern options, Modern Lists/Libraries, Modern Publishing, etc.

2. SharePoint Framework development using a Webpart

3. SharePoint Framework development using Extension

4. SharePoint Framework development using Add-ins 

5. SharePoint Framework with PnP PowerShell

6. Using CSOM

7. Using SPHttpclient

8. Use PnP JSCore https://github.com/SharePoint/PnP-JS-Core

9. Using SharePoint PowerShell https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/sharepoint-online/?view=sharepoint-ps

10. Using PnP https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/sharepoint-pnp/?view=sharepoint-ps

11. Model Page with PnP JS/PnP

12. Using SPPnpJs

 

Links: https://www.c-sharpcorner.com/article/sharepoint-framework-transition-to-pnp47sp-from-sp-pnp-js/

https://www.c-sharpcorner.com/article/sharepoint-framework-crud-operations-using-sp-pnp-js/

 

Sp-pnp-js was introduced to simplify common operations with SharePoint and SPFx. However, it was one big bulky file with all functionalities together. SharePoint Patterns and Practices (PnP) have broken it into multiple packages that give developers more control and brought in only required pieces to their solutions. As the old sp-pnp-js package is deprecated, to align with future updates it is advisable to start using new @pnp/sp packages and start transitioning old solutions to new @pnp/sp packages.

 

13. Modern UI Scanner http://aka.ms/sppnp-modernuiscanner

14. Adding Custom Actions with SPFx

15. Adding Custom Theme/Background Image using Theme Generator

Site Scripts and Site Designs with SPFx+Json

Use: Sitedesigner.io, SiteDesignerStudio etc. for smart developments. Drawbacks include Adjusting Page Layouts, Web Parts, etc.

Use PnP Engine for it!

16. SPFx + PnPEngine + Modern Experience

Reference:- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/dev/declarative-customization/site-design-pnp-provisioning

 

Components required:

• Site design and a site script
• Microsoft Flow
• Azure Queue storage
• Azure Functions
• A SharePoint Framework (SPFx) solution
• A PnP provisioning template
• A PnP PowerShell script
• An app ID and app secret with administrative rights on your tenant

Drawbacks

• It can’t be initiated via the out-of-the-box SharePoint graphical user interface.
• It can’t trigger a Flow or a Logic app.
• It can’t automatically configure list view formatting.

PowerApps start developing from https://make.powerapps.com.

 

Team related events, notifications using MS Teams & MS Planner

 

MS Flow Start developing from Flow option, or sign in to https://ms.flow.microsoft.com/en-us/ to start from scratch using the Templates.

 

Power BI Dashboards, Workbooks, Reports can be quickly generated by signing to https://app.powerbi.com/home using Data Sets/Sources from OneDrive/ODFB/Local Excel/CSV files and other supported options.

 

Modern Team Customizations using PnP PowerShell

http://www.ktskumar.com/2017/10/get-modern-team-communication-sites-using-pnp-powershell/

 

Modern Navigation

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/plan-navigation-modern-experience

 

Top Navigation in Comm sites = Quick Launch in Team sites

 

Site Collection Navigation only achievable at the Root SiteCollection level

 

Hub site-level navigation by adding links & only visible for their respective grouped sites.

 

The universal search bar in the O365 suite for modern sites is also a quick approach.