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I love automated deployments. So it is safe to say that in most projects I try to get the deployment pipeline as automated as possible. This is especially true for Azure App Services. I love the fact that I can just push my code to a git or devops repository and the deployment is done. ...

Working on a customer we had an interesting issue today. We started building stuff for them years ago and at that point we didn’t invest to much in naming conventions. So we all know the drill; the project grows, we started implementing those naming conventions and best practices and all is good. ...

Occasionally you must do some sysadmin chores. So, I found myself having to onboard a local machine into Endpoint Manager. Little did I know that it would result in a machine had a local admin account that we couldn’t find the password for 🤕. Reset password with a bootable USB-stick Step one was to figure out how to reset that password. ...

Quite often things in the cloud tend to change. And sometimes you spend ages looking for simple solutions for things you don’t do that often. Recently I had to create a shared mailbox and we wanted to send out some e-mails from said mailbox. Sounds straightforward right? It has been a while since I had to do that, but I figured I could do it from the EXO admin interface. ...

Sometimes you have these moments that it all comes together. During a recent call we had a customer who had some issues with one of its Flows. Due to licensing changes the flows where throttled. As a result, they have decided to migrate to Logic Apps for some more control. During this migration it turned out that some flows could not be exported to Logic Apps. ...

The cool thing about Node.js is the option to write cross platform. So that must have played role in the decision to build the O365 CLI using Node.js. However, we recently encountered a bug in our test on Windows that where working flawlessly on OSX. And while I started my developer career on windows systems, it did bother me that we had this bug. ...

A long long time ago Microsoft released some samples on how to build your own AppChrome and People cards. You can find them on MSDN Office 365 JavaScript controls. It provides a great start to use and there is a nice bunch of samples out there that leverage these components. While preparing for a demo for the SharePoint Saturday Belgium on Microsoft Graph and Groups I took an old project of mine and expected something like the following to appear. ...

Anyone who have ever done migrations know that they usually are not as easy initially thought. Using tooling most migrations can be made easier yet every tooling has their downsides or quirks. And in most cases the migration is mainly about communicating and reporting progress and info. So whatever tooling you are using make sure the process around what happens during the migration is clear for everyone involved. ...

In a recent scenario we encountered some strange behavior with a few OneDrive’s. In the middle of a migration some users reported strange behavior with the new Modern UI . While the migration all went smooth and the content was present in their account. It seemed impossible to access their OneDrive content through the UI. ...