Sharing files is important for both companies and single users. High-speed networks allow you to share files without needing to write them to a flash drive and copy them manually for each user. Microsoft provides many capabilities for sharing files, from a traditional file server that uses SMB protocol to more advanced cloud-based services such… READ MORE
Microsoft’s SharePoint is the primary tool for internal collaboration worldwide. It’s famous for streamlining communication and productivity while creating a well-functioning digital ecosystem. That said, the platform lacks an important element – analytics capabilities that would help you assess if your intranet is fulfilling its purpose. For this, you’ll need a dedicated SharePoint analytics platform.… READ MORE
This seems to have become a series, as Microsoft adds features to SharePoint JSON formatting. The previous installment is here. A week ago, Microsoft released a new @UIlcid token, which corrects the problem that I discussed in the previous post. This time, this token is the actual current language of the site, unlike the @lcid token… READ MORE
Lately my VS2022 (17.2.x) Azure Functions projects started failing to run locally. The local console had errors related to not being able to start any of the Timer Triggers. The errors take the format The listener for function ‘function name’ was unable to start. Azure.Storage.Blobs: Service request failed. This error is related to Azurite (the… READ MORE
One of the essential aspects of creating a motivational work environment requires celebrating successes across your company. The pandemic brought distance to the normal work-office environment. Face-to-face interactions and working side by side with colleagues, suddenly, were no longer possible and in many cases still remain in effect. Everyone has different opinions when it comes… READ MORE
Do you remember the days when organisations were attempting to move all their applications onto SharePoint on-prem, those were the days of managed code applications and developers loving having to rewrite their applications with every new version of SharePoint. Maybe that is what soured organisations approaches to using SharePoint as a platform. When we moved… READ MORE
Requirement: Change the expiration date on Teams recordings. How to Set the Meeting Recording Expiration Days? The auto-expiration feature in Microsoft Teams automatically deletes Microsoft Teams recording files stored in OneDrive after the default expiration time. To change the default auto-expiration setting for your tenant, do the following: Login to Teams Admin center at https://admin.teams.microsoft.com/ Click on… READ MORE
Entity Framework Core 7 (EF7) Preview 6 was released and it contains a bunch of performance improvements by reducing unnecessary roundtrips to the database and by improved queries. Please note: most of the improvements here are tight to Microsoft SQL Server. First, let’s start with a simple example. Inserting a single record Let’s consider the following code… READ MORE
In this post let’s see how we can set up an Output Binding in an In Process Azure Function to send messages to a dynamic target Azure Service Bus Queue or Topic. We usually use ICollector or IAsyncCollector to write values to an output binding. And often times, the target queue/topic is set up through attributes. Something like below, The above… READ MORE
If you are like me and are the owner of a site on your company SharePoint intranet then you know the struggle: my SharePoint department site has to look great and the content needs to be discoverable. How can I create a perfect SharePoint intranet experience for my users? However, because our intranet is built… READ MORE
