I’ve written before about my architectural pattern for oAuth connection delegated deployments and I’ve even provided a step by step guide and template flow to help people with the process but it’s still quite complicated. Today I am releasing a solution that organisations can use to make connection management easier for delegated deployments where they… READ MORE
Deployments don’t have to be stressful. With the right pipeline in place, bringing SharePoint Framework solutions to production can be smooth and predictable. In this session we’ll explore how to design deployment pipelines in Azure DevOps or GitHub that fit your team’s way of working. We’ll walk through different approaches to building and deploying SPFx… READ MORE
In this post I want to share the results of my initial tests of GitHub support for Microsoft Fabric Git integration. Which became available in my tenant last week. To be honest, I have been looking forward to this option ever since the announcement that it was coming at the Microsoft Fabric Community Conference for various reasons. I have a… READ MORE
What is GitHub Copilot? Introduced in 2021, GitHub Copilot revolutionized coding by leveraging OpenAI’s Codex model to assist developers in real-time. Key features of Copilot include: Initially offered as a paid subscription, Copilot quickly gained popularity for its ability to boost productivity and ease the cognitive burden of coding. Free Copilot Tier in Visual Studio… READ MORE
GitHub Copilot is not just a coding assistant; it’s a powerful AI-driven tool transforming the way developers and QA professionals approach their tasks. It offers intelligent code suggestions, accelerates workflows, enhances code quality, and simplifies framework integration. In this blog, we’ll delve into its features, advantages, limitations, and how to maximize its value in QA automation. “GitHub Copilot:… READ MORE
Managing multilingual SharePoint Framework (SPFx) solutions can get tricky as you need to ensure all translations are in place and take care of localization files from languages you need help understanding yourself. This was a problem we faced when developing our products. To be sure we always included all localization key/value pairs in our releases,… READ MORE
It all started as a demo during the Areopa webinar that I prepared over a weekend, almost a year ago. You can check it out here: Developing Generative AI. While the demo was limited, as any proof of concept (POC) tends to be, it showcased the exciting possibility of setting up the system using the… READ MORE
Azure AI Speech Services has been evolving since its launch, offering users the ability to create voice-enabled, multilingual generative AI applications with rapid transcription and natural-sounding voices. It enables text-to-speech conversion and vice versa, translates videos into multiple languages, supports real-time interactions using APIs, and much more, as detailed on the here. In May of… READ MORE
How To Deploy a Linux Virtual Machine on Azure Using Terraform In this demo, Patrick guides viewers through the process of deploying a Linux virtual machine (VM) on Microsoft Azure using Terraform, a popular infrastructure as code (IaC) tool. The demonstration is unique in that it utilises a customised development environment, specifically a container, hosted… READ MORE
There has been a ton of hype around code AI tools like GitHub Copilot and Cody, but how well do these tools actually deliver on real-world development tasks today? In this post, we’ll take Cody and Copilot for a spin on the code of an AI-powered video editing app. The code for this app is private,… READ MORE
