When working with SharePoint Framework solutions compatible with SharePoint hosted on-premises, you should always verify which patch level the target SharePoint farm has and which version of the SharePoint Framework it supports. If you update your solution to use these latest packages, it no longer works with SharePoint Server 2016. These versions, however, work only with SharePoint Online. When you run the npm outdated command in a project that targets both SharePoint Online and SharePoint Server 2016, it shows you the latest versions of the SharePoint Framework packages. When scaffolding new projects, the SharePoint Framework Yeoman generator prompts you to choose if your solution should be using the latest version of the SharePoint Framework and be working only with SharePoint Online, or if it should use an older version of the SharePoint Framework and work with both SharePoint Server 2016 and SharePoint Online. SharePoint Server 2016 uses an older version of the SharePoint Framework than the version available in SharePoint Online. SharePoint Server 2016 with Feature Pack 2 supports SharePoint Framework solutions. Make sure you read the Release Notes & Roadmap for the specific release to infer which packages require updates. To identify the SharePoint Framework packages, look for the package names that start with the following npm scope and prefix: with the SharePoint Framework packages, you may also need to update react and office-ui-fabric-react packages. Version requested by your project (available in package.json).Current version installed in your project.This information is looked up from the package.json file located in the root of your project directory and npm registry.

The command lists the following information about the packages your project depends on. To find the outdated packages in your client-side project, including SharePoint Framework and other packages your project depends on, run the following command in a console in the same directory as your project. While it may not be required, we recommend that you update the SharePoint Framework packages often so that you can get the latest changes and fixes that have been released.

Update npm package to latest