Office 365 – Microsoft announced new version CSOM (Client Side Object Model) for SharePoint Online and Project Online – January 2019

Microsoft announced new version of CSOM (Client Side Object Model) for SharePoint Online and Project Online.

We will get latest version of CSOM package for SharePoint Online and Project Online from the NuGetgallery having search term or with an ID – “Microsoft.SharePointOnline.CSOM”.

The latest version of CSOM package is v16.1.8523.1200 as

Fig 1 : Office 365 – SharePoint Online / Project Online : New version of CSOM package

Fig 2 : Office 365  – SharePoint Online / Project Online : Latest CSOM details in NuGet

Note: Here, only NuGet version is changed but assembly version remain same – 16.1.0.0.

This NuGet package is only for SharePoint Online and cannot use as it is for SharePoint on-premises environment..

SharePoint Online Management Shell has been also updated to match with this CSOM release. We can download from here

This is small maintenance release with minimal updates.

But following are important properties, classes and methods are added

In Microsoft.Online.SharePoint.Client.Tenant

• public property Microsoft.Online.SharePoint.TenantAdministration.SiteProperties.Description
• public property Microsoft.Online.SharePoint.TenantAdministration.SiteProperties.OwnerLoginName
• public property Microsoft.Online.SharePoint.TenantAdministration.Tenant.ExternalUserExpirationRequired
• public property Microsoft.Online.SharePoint.TenantAdministration.Tenant.ExternalUserExpireInDays
• public propertyMicrosoft.Online.SharePoint.TenantAdministration.Tenant.GuestSharingGroupAllowListInTenantByPrincipalIdentity
• public property Microsoft.Online.SharePoint.TenantManagement.Office365Tenant.ExternalUserExpirationRequired
• public property Microsoft.Online.SharePoint.TenantManagement.Office365Tenant.ExternalUserExpireInDays

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