Custom web parts
SPFx components added to a page for a specific need a standard SharePoint web part does not cover.
Microsoft and Dynamics 365
Hire a SharePoint developer in Dubai
Web parts, extensions and integrations built on the SharePoint Framework, so intranets, document libraries and Teams sites do more than the out of the box templates.
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Most businesses that hire a SharePoint developer in Dubai already have SharePoint, usually as the intranet or document management system that came bundled with Microsoft 365, and have hit the point where the built in templates and web parts stop covering what the business actually needs: a specific approvals workflow, a branded homepage, or a dashboard pulling data from somewhere else entirely. That is the job this role exists for.
The technical foundation for that work is the SharePoint Framework, SPFx, which Microsoft’s own documentation describes as the recommended and most widely used extensibility model for SharePoint, Microsoft Teams and Viva Connections alike. It replaced the older SharePoint add-in model, so a developer working in SPFx today is building on current, supported technology rather than something Microsoft has quietly stepped away from.
What a SharePoint developer builds
Typical SPFx and SharePoint work for a Dubai business
Real deliverables rather than a generic intranet brief.
Site extensions
Customisations to navigation, headers or page behaviour applied consistently across a site or a set of sites.
Microsoft Graph integrations
Components that pull in data from elsewhere in Microsoft 365, or from an external system, through Graph.
Teams and Viva extensions
The same SPFx components reused inside Microsoft Teams or as Viva Connections Adaptive Card Extensions.
Content driven dashboards
Pages that surface documents, lists or metrics in a form the out of the box views cannot present.
Bilingual intranet pages
Components built to work correctly with SharePoint’s multilingual settings for English and Arabic speaking staff.
Skills that matter
What to check before you hire a SharePoint developer
Current SPFx practice, not memories of the old add-in model.
Check every row below before you hire a SharePoint developer in Dubai, since SPFx skill and general web skill are not quite the same thing.
| Skill or tool | What good looks like | Why it matters |
|---|---|---|
| SharePoint Framework (SPFx) | Recent, hands on SPFx work, built with the standard toolchain of npm, TypeScript and a JavaScript framework of choice | SPFx is Microsoft’s current model, and older add-in model experience alone does not transfer directly |
| Microsoft Graph | Comfortable calling Graph for data that lives outside the current site | Most useful SharePoint customisations eventually need data from somewhere else in Microsoft 365 |
| Front end framework choice | Can justify React, or another framework, for a given component rather than defaulting without thought | SPFx is framework agnostic, so the choice should fit the job, not just habit |
| Permissions and single sign on | Understands how SPFx components inherit the current user’s SharePoint context and permissions | Getting this wrong either blocks legitimate access or exposes data that should be restricted |
| Governance awareness | Knows what a tenant administrator must approve before a component goes live | A component built without this in mind can stall at deployment, wasting the build effort |
Microsoft’s SharePoint Framework overview describes SPFx as framework agnostic and built on standard web tooling, which is why a candidate’s general front end skill matters here as much as SharePoint specific history.
Ways to work with us
Bringing in a SharePoint developer
A scoped project suits most SharePoint work well: a defined set of web parts or an intranet redesign, delivered with documentation and handed over. A dedicated developer suits an organisation with an intranet that keeps growing and needs ongoing SPFx development. Recruitment support suits a business that wants to hire a SharePoint developer in Dubai directly onto its own payroll. Consulting fits a business with an existing SharePoint estate that wants an independent review before a larger customisation project begins.
Which model, roughly
- Project: a defined set of web parts or a redesign, handed over
- Dedicated: an intranet that keeps growing and evolving
- Recruitment support: the developer joins your own payroll directly
- Consulting: a review before a larger customisation project starts
Assessing a candidate
How to assess a SharePoint developer
Checks that surface real SPFx experience.
Use these directly, or leave them to us as part of recruitment support when you hire a SharePoint developer in Dubai through that route.
Ask for a deployed SPFx component
What it does, which framework it used, and what governance approval it needed before going live.
Set a small, realistic exercise
A short web part close to your actual need, reviewed for how cleanly it handles SharePoint context and permissions.
Ask about a Graph integration they built
What data it pulled, what permissions it required, and how they handled a failed call.
Probe governance awareness
Ask what a tenant administrator would need to approve before their component could go live in your environment.
Check their view on out of the box options
A strong candidate will sometimes say a standard SharePoint feature already solves the problem, rather than building something unnecessary.
Certifications
Certifications worth asking for
There is no current Microsoft certification aimed specifically at SharePoint development.
Know this before you hire a SharePoint developer in Dubai against a certificate requirement that no longer exists in Microsoft’s catalogue.
No dedicated SharePoint developer credential today
Microsoft’s certification catalogue does not currently include an exam aimed specifically at SharePoint or SPFx development, so a claimed SharePoint certification is worth a direct question about exactly what it covers.
What to look at when you hire a SharePoint developer
A working SPFx portfolio and a candidate’s familiarity with Microsoft’s own SharePoint developer documentation tell you more here than any single exam title would.
UAE considerations
UAE points worth raising with a SharePoint developer
Two areas that come up on real Dubai intranets.
Arabic and right to left support
Where staff work in both English and Arabic, a SharePoint developer should be able to build and test components against SharePoint’s right to left display, not treat it as an afterthought fixed late in the project.
Personal data in document libraries
SharePoint sites often hold HR files, contracts and customer records, which brings them under Federal Decree Law No. 45 of 2021, the UAE’s federal data protection law, on security and consent regardless of where the tenant is hosted.
However you choose to hire a SharePoint developer in Dubai, this page sits in our Microsoft and Dynamics 365 category, part of the wider hire developers in Dubai section. For the wider Microsoft 365 platform beyond SharePoint specifically, including Teams apps and Office add-ins, see our Microsoft 365 developer page, and for a Power Platform component alongside SharePoint, see Power Platform developer. If your project also needs a public facing website rather than an internal one, our web developers category is the better starting point.
Straight answers
Frequently asked questions
What is SPFx and why does it matter for hiring?
The SharePoint Framework, SPFx, is Microsoft's current, supported model for building custom SharePoint components, and it is the standard a SharePoint developer should be working in today rather than the older add-in model, which Microsoft has moved away from.
Does a SharePoint developer also work on Microsoft Teams?
Often yes. Because SharePoint, Teams and Viva Connections share the same underlying framework, an SPFx web part can frequently be reused across them with little extra work, and we would flag that overlap during scoping.
Do we need SharePoint development, or would an out of the box site do?
A genuinely honest question to ask first. SharePoint's built in site templates and web parts cover a lot of common needs. Custom development is worth it when a specific workflow, look or data integration the templates cannot deliver.
Can a SharePoint developer connect our intranet to other systems?
Yes, typically through Microsoft Graph, which is how SPFx components reach the rest of Microsoft 365 and, with the right permissions, external data sources.
Is there a certification for SharePoint developers we should ask about?
No current Microsoft certification targets SharePoint development specifically. See the certifications section on this page for what changed and what to check instead.
Can this work be bilingual, in English and Arabic?
Yes. SPFx components can be built to respect SharePoint's own multilingual and right to left settings, which is worth raising early if your intranet serves both English and Arabic speaking staff.
Sources
- Microsoft Learn: Overview of the SharePoint Framework (SPFx) accessed 14 September 2026
- Microsoft Learn: Microsoft Graph overview accessed 14 September 2026
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- English and Arabic work, with proper right to left layout
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