Andrew Connell
@andrewconnell.com
🤓 Principal Software Engineer @avepoint.bsky.social · 22-year Microsoft MVP 🌎 andrewconnell.com 📍St Johns, Florida 🇺🇸
🎙️ Just published a new episode of Code. Deploy. Go Live.: 030 | M365 Copilot Declarative Agents Level Up: MCP Apps, Embedded Knowledge & Coding Skills. Have a listen:
030 | M365 Copilot Declarative Agents Level Up: MCP Apps, Embedded Knowledge & Coding Skills
In this episode, Andrew and Julie dive into the latest updates to the...
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⏰ Last call: today at noon ET. A few hours from now I'm going live to answer the question I get more than any other right now: "Andrew, which agent option should I actually use?"
You rolled out M365 Copilot. Leadership's happy. Press release went out. 🚀 Then someone asks: "Can it answer questions from our SOPs? Our ERP? That SharePoint site nobody's touched since 2019 but somehow runs half the company?" Out of the box? No. 😳 🧵 👇
#VibeCoding and #AgenticEngineering are NOT the same thing. After months of using AI agents daily, I wrote about where vibe coding falls apart and why agentic engineering is the better path for professional devs. 📧 That's what today's newsletter is about 🔗 vtns.io/zid6jj #ClaudeCode
Microsoft 365 Agents Toolkit v6.6.0 just dropped and it's a big one. 🏛️ GCC-M support 🧠 Embedded knowledge for Declarative Agents 🔌 MCP going GA 🗑️ 61 templates removed Here's what you need to know. 🧵 👇
Latest newsletter: 🎂 SharePoint turned 25 and I turned 50. I reflected on half a life spent on one platform - the undocumented hacks, two businesses, decades of friendships, and hard lessons. 📧 Subscribe for this issue plus weekly M365 dev news. vtns.io/iencga
🎂 SharePoint turned 25. I turned 50 two days earlier. Half my life on one platform - I wrote about the hacks, the hard lessons, two businesses, and why the people matter most. Subscribe to my newsletter for the full story plus weekly M365 dev news. vtns.io/nfta51 #sharepoint25 #SharePointat25
Thankx again for the brands who have reached out about She Got Game weekend,,, I gots a small but mighty staff starting to work thru those requests and we working with the athletes to see what they want.
FLAVOR FLAV ⏰@flavorflav.bsky.social · 5mo agoSo impressed and blessed for all the brands reaching out to support. thousand and more companies offered to donate product and my team gunna get to it. 🙏🏾🙏🏾 BUT if you a billion dollar company,,, we don’t want a product donation. We want you to sponsor these women + athletes. 👀
Microsoft says don't do DOM manipulation in SPFx. I teach devs the same. But I do it myself. In this week's newsletter, I shared the responsible approach I follow and the real-world solutions I've built with it. Subscribe to catch this issue and future ones!
💡 SPFx 1.22 updates the toolchain; Gulp is out, Heft is in. Let @vesajuvonen.bsky.social and @andrewconnell.com show what changes and how the new build pipeline works. 📺 Watch the demo → youtu.be/ofd2pLMVvS0
Episode 023 Cloud Dev Trends: Our Wishes & Predictions for 2026! @julieturner.net and @andrewconnell.com talk wishes and predictions for Microsoft 365 developers in 2026. Watch or listen to the full episode! 👇 📺 aka.codedeploygo.live/v023 🎧 aka.codedeploygo.live/e023
Did you know M365 Copilot has a hidden default that overrides your agent's instructions? In my latest newsletter, I break down the problem, how I discovered it, and the fix. Subscribe to get this issue and future ones 👇 vtns.io/h51kvz
Your M365 Copilot agent isn't ignoring your instructions by accident. There's a hidden default workflow overriding your prompt engineering. I'm breaking down the problem and the fix in my next newsletter issue today! Subscribe so you don't miss it 👇 vtns.io/4ss7ss
Workshop starts Monday. Discounted early-bird seats still available for hands-on #MicrosoftTeams app development training. This isn't recorded content - it's live instruction with real-time help. 📅 Feb 10-12 & Feb 17-19 🎟️ vtns.io/fghfz1 #MicrosoftTeams #DevTraining
Here's what you WON'T learn in my Microsoft Teams workshop: shortcuts that break in production, theory without practice, and how to chase every feature Microsoft announced last week. Here's what you WILL learn: How to build Teams apps that actually work. 🎟️ vtns.io/fghfz1 🧵 👇
Early-bird pricing ends soon. Save $50 on my #MicrosoftTeams AppDev workshop - but only if you're one of the first 25 to register. Feb 10-12 and Feb 17-19. Live instruction. Small class. 🎟️ vtns.io/fghfz1 #Teams #Workshop
🎙️ Just published a new episode of Code. Deploy. Go Live.: 024 | SharePoint Framework Issues, Upcoming Features, & Data-Bound Controls. Have a listen:
024 | SharePoint Framework Issues, Upcoming Features, & Data-Bound Controls
In this episode, Andrew Connell and Julie Turner cover critical...
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"Truly an exemplary learning experience!" - Rod Merritt, Staff Engineer at Monster Energy Join my Microsoft Teams Apps workshop this February and get the same hands-on, expert instruction. 🎟️ Register: vtns.io/fghfz1 #DeveloperWorkshop
"Andrew's clear guidance, combined with practical demos and code examples, made complex topics incredibly easy to understand. Truly an exemplary learning experience!" - Rod Merritt, Staff Engineer at Monster Energy 🎟️ Join the Feb workshop: vtns.io/fghfz1 🧵 👇
The Microsoft Teams documentation is scattered, incomplete, and often outdated. If you've tried to learn Teams development from the official docs, you already know this. There's no clear path from "I want to build an app" to "I shipped to production." 🧵 👇 🎟️ vtns.io/fghfz1
You can't build production Teams apps from documentation alone. You need expert guidance, real examples, and someone to help when you get stuck. That's what my workshop provides. Feb 10-19. 🎟️ vtns.io/fghfz1 #TeamsDev #LiveTraining
🎙️ Just published a new episode of Code. Deploy. Go Live.: 023 | Cloud Dev Trends: Our Wishes & Predictions for 2026!. Have a listen:
023 | Cloud Dev Trends: Our Wishes & Predictions for 2026!
Join Andrew Connell and Julie Turner as they share their top wishes and...
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The best Teams developers I know didn't start with AI bots. They started with tabs - the foundation that everything else builds on. 🎟️ Learn Teams app fundamentals in my Feb 10-19 workshop: vtns.io/fghfz1 #MicrosoftTeams #WebDevelopment
Most developers start Microsoft Teams development backwards - jumping into bots and AI before understanding tabs and personal apps. That's why they struggle. Master the foundation first. Everything else gets easier. 🎟️ Workshop Feb 10-19: vtns.io/fghfz1 🧵👇
In my newsletter this week: 6 #SharePointFramework concepts that trip up even experienced devs. Why you've never "installed" #SPFx, what NPM vulnerabilities actually mean, and the setup steps most people skip... and more! Subscribe 👉 vtns.io/mbzryg
Next newsletter: 6 #SharePointFramework concepts that trip up even experienced devs. Why you've never "installed" #SPFx, what NPM vulnerabilities actually mean, and the setup steps most people skip... and more! Subscribe 👉 vtns.io/82xtft
Last chance. SharePoint Framework workshop starts tomorrow. Early-bird discount spots still available. Stop piecing together knowledge - get comprehensive SPFx training that works. vtns.io/3vr8ve #SharePoint #SharePointFramework #SPFx #LastChance
