Tips & Tricks from Linda

I need to use HTTP connector in Microsoft Flow work flow to get the access token from SharePoint Online. I followed the article " Access SharePoint Online using Postman " to register the app and get the client id, client secret and tenant id. I composed the "body" section and added headers key to "HTTP" connector, and then submit the work flow by adding a new file to document library. However, it was failure with error "AADSTS50012: Invalid client secret is provided". Finally, I found out the issue is related to the none encode string of client secret value, and so I use "Variable" connector to save the client secret and other values, and used function "encodeUriComponent(...)" to encode the client secret value. The issue was gone and the HTTP call was successful to get the access token. The configuration of HTTP connector is as below screen shot. Courses for further study : Learn how to use Microsoft Flow and th...

I followed up the MSDN article "Deploy your SharePoint client-side web part to a CDN" to create a client side Web Part but got following error when I added my web part to a page:   "There was a network problem. This may be a problem with a HTTPS certificate. Make sure you have the right certificate." I reviewed my "deploy-azure-storage.json" file and above article again, and then realised that the "Blob container name" is not as same as my WebPart's name. Once I recreated the Blob container, and then packaged and deployed the WebPart again. My WebPart works in Web page finally!   Further Study Course : Sharepoint: SPFx Development Model - It's providing clear instructions on this new SPFx framework. It delivers an example of full development workflow using Knockout.js JavaScript framework and PnP helper code. Instructor: OLEG RUMIANCEV is a full-time SharePoint ninja currently living in Biddulph, United Kingdom. His int...

As SharePoint 2016 is launched and the SharePoint Framework was announced on 4th of May,  for a SharePoint developer, these are the technologies that you should learn in the next months in order to be prepared to the new framework. They are AngularJS, ReactJS, Node.js and TypeScript. I shared those best online courses from "Udemy.com" in here. Learn anytime, anywhere, on most devices. Each course comes with a 30-day money-back guarantee. Course : Sharepoint: SPFx Development Model - It's providing clear instructions on this new SPFx framework. It delivers an example of full development workflow using Knockout.js JavaScript framework and PnP helper code. Instructor: OLEG RUMIANCEV is a full-time SharePoint ninja currently living in Biddulph, United Kingdom. His interests range from Microsoft and SharePoint to AI, and inspirational TED talks. ReactJS - React is straight JavaScript and more smaller compare with Angular JS. It's emerging in an ecosystem of...