Most used SharePoint Framework solutions from the Store – July 2022

by Contributed | Aug 11, 2022 | Technology

This article is contributed. See the original author and article here.

We are excited to see the continuous growth on the submissions of the SharePoint Framework solutions to the app source and on the usage of the SharePoint store. Given the significant number of new solutions, we want to acknowledge the top 10 most widely used solutions on monthly bases and to provide quick update on the following roadmap items. 

Here are the latest roadmap items around SharePoint Framework and store:

• SharePoint Framework 1.16 in autumn 2022 with updates for Microsoft Teams, Microsoft Viva and SharePoint 


• Native support of Microsoft Teams JavaScript SDK v2 for SPFx solutions


• Viva Connections product type in AppSource for easier acquire of the Viva apps to your environment – no ETA


• Support for SharePoint Framework solutions in the Microsoft Teams store – no ETA


• Support SharePoint Framework extensibility for list and library new, edit and view panels 
  
  
  
  • Initial version was released in the 1.15 version – your input and feedback more than welcome
  
  
  
  


• and more…

We are looking forward to more great solutions that enable innovation, and help our customers get more done with Microsoft Viva, Microsoft Teams and SharePoint.

These are the most widely used solutions and their providers last month:

Ichicraft Widgets: Your Digital Workplace

Ichicraft Widgets allows users to personalize their digital workplace in SharePoint or Microsoft Teams. It offers the user a canvas that can be filled with configurable widgets (blocks) that clearly display up-to-date and personalized information. This increases the productivity and involvement of employees in the organization.

Solution details:

• Solution at app source / store


• Solution provider: Ichicract

Bitalus-StockQuotes 

Show Stock information on your SharePoint Homepage with a couple of clicks. The Stock Quotes Web Part displays the configured stock information with display options. The integrated Field Template offers great flexibility to define your own look and feel. For static monitors, the integrated “Autorefresh” function offers the ability to configure an update interval in minutes. This way, the stock information will stay up to date without any page refresh.

Solution details:

• Solution at app source / store


• Solution provider: Bloch Engineering

Navigator 365 – Sharepointalist, Inc.

SharePoint & Teams content aggregation with search, grouping and filtering. Navigator 365 for Teams & SharePoint displays aggregated content with rich search, grouping, filtering, and layout capabilities. This versatile app works as a SharePoint web part, Microsoft Teams tab and Microsoft Teams personal app.

Solution details:

• Solution at app source / store


• Solution provider: Sharepointalist, Inc.

Cerkl Broadcast for SharePoint

Ensure your internal communications are seen with SharePoint push alerts and newsfeed. Cerkl Broadcast for SharePoint provides unique notifications to employees through your existing SharePoint. Cerkl Broadcast for SharePoint simplifies your labyrinth of essential content into an easily navigable widget. Cross-channel performance metrics and customizable dashboards are included.

Solution details:

• Solution at app source / store


• Solution provider: Cerkl

Employee Directory Plus – Support | HR365

SharePoint Employee Directory Plus is free, fully featured 30 days trial for one office 365 tenant upto 999 users. Employee Directory Plus displays information of employees in the organization in visually manner and allows you to find any user in fraction of seconds with various filters to select, departments, skills, Job title, manager, location, etc. It helps in retrieving important information on the fly. Now it comes multiple options to exclude users, enhanced performance and new fields i.e. date of joining, date of birth, etc. 

Solution details:

• Solution at app source / store


• Solution provider: Support | HR365 

HM Munich GmbH – Table of Contents 

Dieses WebPart hilft Ihnen qualitativ hochwertige Dokumentationen zu erstellen. Die Modern Pages sind ideal für Ihre Dokumentation von Inhalten (als eine Art Wikipedia) im Office 365. Ohne ein Inhaltsverzeichnis ist der Überblick schnell verloren.

Solution details:

• Solution at app source / store


• Solution provider: HM Munich GmbH

Modern FAQ 

The Modern FAQ app provides users a better way to search for the answers to the questions they have in mind. It also helps the organizations to prepare the frequently asked questions, and answers categorized and presented to the users in a readable and most understandable format. 

With a clean, user-friendly interface, users or employees can find the relevant information at the right time. The grouping of questions and answers will help the users to find the answers more effectively. 

Solution details:

• Solution at app source / store


• Solution provider: Sudharsan_K 

Image Map – APPS 365 LTD

Supercharge your processes and navigation by using any image to deliver interactive visual content. Create hotspot navigation with image maps. Create eye catching and interactive images with clickable regions to supercharge navigation with the Image Maps Web Part. Offer a more intuitive interface and add life to your site.

Description

Solution details:

• Solution at app source / store


• Solution provider: APPS 365 LTD

Qualtrics Feedback

Add a way for your employees to easily give you feedback from within Viva Connections. Easily add a card to your Viva Connections surface to allow your employees to give you feedback in their flow of work. This card will link to your survey and let your employees know when feedback is due.

This Add-in requires a Qualtrics Employee Experience License.

• If you’re a current customer, contact support at www.qualtrics.com/support/


• If you’re not a customer, reach out to our sales team at www.qualtrics.com/contact-b/

What is Qualtrics Employee Experience?

The Qualtrics Employee Experience suite allows you to:

• Fix problems before they become part of your culture through predictive analytics.


• Go beyond measurement. Drive immediate change through automated actions.


• Transform experiences across the entire employee lifecycle.

Solution details:

• Solution at app source / store


• Solution provider: Qualtrics International Inc.

My Links – Dalikoo

My Links is a SharePoint app where you can add and manage your web links through an intuitive interface. The links can point to locations across your Microsoft 365 environment as well as any web site on the Internet. 

After installing My Links in a SharePoint page and adding your links, you can also install the My Links web part in another location and your original links will be available to you at the new location. My Links can be installed in multiple SharePoint locations, always providing you quick access to your original links list. Furthermore, you can update your links using the same intuitive interface from any location where the app is installed. 

Solution details:

• Solution at app source / store


• Solution provider: Dalikoo Inc. 

Resources

Please see following resources around getting started on building extensibility for Microsoft Teams, Microsoft Viva and SharePoint using SharePoint Framework. 

• Explore and deploy SharePoint Framework solutions from partners in SharePoint (Microsoft 365)


• Overview of the SharePoint Framework


• Publish SharePoint Framework applications to the marketplace


• Overview of Viva Connections Extensibility


• Guidance for implementing partner offerings for Viva Connections with ACEs and custom APIs


• Microsoft Learn – Extend Microsoft Viva Connections


• SharePoint Framework samples to get started – Microsoft 365 Unified Sample Gallery

Happy coding! ?

Released: August 2022 Exchange Server Security Updates

by Contributed | Aug 9, 2022 | Technology

This article is contributed. See the original author and article here.

Microsoft has released security updates (SUs) for vulnerabilities found in:

• Exchange Server 2013


• Exchange Server 2016


• Exchange Server 2019

IMPORTANT: Updates are released in a self-extracting auto-elevating .exe package. Please see this post for more information. Older version of update packages can be downloaded from Microsoft Update Catalog.

These SUs are available for the following specific builds of Exchange Server:

• Exchange Server 2013 CU23


• Exchange Server 2016 CU22 and CU23


• Exchange Server 2019 CU11 and CU12

The SUs address vulnerabilities responsibly reported to Microsoft by security partners and found through Microsoft’s internal processes. Although we are not aware of any active exploits in the wild, our recommendation is to immediately install these updates to protect your environment.

These vulnerabilities affect Exchange Server. Exchange Online customers are already protected from the vulnerabilities addressed in these SUs and do not need to take any action other than updating any Exchange servers in their environment.

More details about specific CVEs can be found in the Security Update Guide (filter on Exchange Server under Product Family).

Manual enablement of Windows Extended Protection

Addressing some of CVEs released this month requires admins to enable Windows Extended protection on your Exchange servers. To help you enable this feature, we have developed a script for this process. Please carefully evaluate your environment and review all known issues mentioned in the script documentation before enabling Windows Extended protection on your Exchange servers.

Please note that enabling Extended Protection (EP) is only supported on specific versions of Exchange (please see documentation for full list of prerequisites).

The current version of this script can be found at https://aka.ms/ExchangeEPScript and the documentation is at https://aka.ms/ExchangeEPDoc. For script and documentation changes and suggestions, please engage with us via GitHub to ensure proper issue and change tracking. The script provided to enable Extended Protection will automatically perform an automatic update if the computer on which it is executed has an internet connection (direct or via proxy). However, if you don’t have internet access, make sure to download the latest version of the script as we are continuously improving it.

It is important that you fully understand Windows Extended Protection prerequisites and all known issues before running the script in your environment. Enabling Extended Protection affects communication between your Exchange servers and between clients and servers.

Update installation

Update paths available:

Inventory your Exchange Servers / determine which updates are needed

Use the Exchange Server Health Checker script (use the latest release) to inventory your servers. Running this script will tell you if any of your Exchange Servers are behind on updates (CUs and SUs).

Update to the latest Cumulative Update

Go to https://aka.ms/ExchangeUpdateWizard and choose your currently running CU and your target CU to get directions for your environment.

If you encounter errors during or after installation of Exchange Server updates

If you encounter errors during installation, see the SetupAssist script. If something does not work properly after updates, see Repair failed installations of Exchange Cumulative and Security updates.

Known issues with this release

We are not aware of any known issues with this release.

FAQs

My organization is in Hybrid mode with Exchange Online. Do I need to do anything?
While Exchange Online customers are already protected, the August 2022 SUs do need to be installed on your on-premises Exchange servers, even if they are used only for management purposes. You do not need to re-run the Hybrid Configuration Wizard (HCW) after installing updates.

Do I need to install the updates on ‘Exchange Management Tools only’ workstations?
Servers or workstations running only the Management Tools role (no Exchange services) do not need these updates.

NOTE: This post might receive future updates; they will be listed here (if available).

The Exchange Server Team