What is an Azure Function? Azure Function Apps are Azure cloud-based serverless event-driven applications. Generally Azure Functions are stateless, meaning that each trigger or run of the Function App has no context or reference to previous runs. This isn’t a hard rule however, as there is an extension for something called Durable Functions, which allow…
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How to Build a REST API with Azure Function Apps
Lets talk cloud One of the beautiful things about the cloud, particularly Azure in this case, is that you can deploy app environments in a matter of minutes!! And better yet you don’t have to maintain physical hardware systems. So say “auf wiedersehen” to managing drive failures and say “hello there” to secure and reliable…
The Future of Power Apps is a YAML file?!
First off, before I even begin to dive into this topic, I should mention this project is currently EXPERIMENTAL. So, please, PLEASE, don’t use it in a production scenario. Unless of course you enjoy giving yourself headaches or just want to be this guy: Ok, now that I’ve provided my little warning if you will,…
Create a Temporary Windows Environment with Windows Sandbox
What is Windows Sandbox and how do I get it? Windows Sandbox was released in an update for Windows 10 in May of 2019 (version 1903) for Windows 10 Pro, Enterprise, and Education editions. Unfortunately if you have Windows 10 Home, you won’t be able to use Windows Sandbox (sad face). So what exactly is…
A Quick and Easy Way to Pin a Power App to the Microsoft Teams App Bar
Overview Today we are going to explore how you can easily pin a Power App to the app bar in Microsoft Teams. One thing to note is that you will need Admin access to Microsoft Teams admin center. Let’s Get Started Export your Power App Navigate to https://make.powerapps.com. Right-click on the Power App that you…
FINALLY! Teams Breakout Rooms are HERE and are Easy to Implement!
It has been in the works for a while now, but finally Microsoft Teams breakout rooms are here! Lets take a quick look at how to use breakout rooms and how they can help you during a Teams meeting. Get to know breakout rooms Before this update, there wasn’t a nice way to be able…
Super Simple GET REST Call in SharePoint Designer and How to Retrieve its Data
In my previous article, 3 Simple Steps to Make a REST API Call in SharePoint Designer, I went over the basics of making an HTTP service call in SharePoint Designer. In this article I plan to show you how you can make a GET call and how to retrieve the data from it. In particular,…
3 Simple Steps to Make a REST API Call in SharePoint Designer
As you might know, SharePoint Designer can be quite clunky and cumbersome at times and a bit of a pain when trying to first figure out how to make a REST call. Below I’ve listed some steps that will help you make a REST call in your Designer workflow. Note: Before we get started, this…
How to Easily Bypass Microsoft Teams Policies
Overview of Policies I recently came across an interesting blog article from o365blog.com by Dr. Nestori Syynimaa. The premise of the article, and what I’ll be discussing today, show how you can easily bypass Microsoft Teams’ policies by sending an auto response post http call using an app like Fiddler. What this finding shows us…
Building an App with Power Apps is Just SO Easy!
What is Power Apps? Power Apps is suite of apps, services, connectors and data platform that make up a section of Microsoft’s Power Platform. Microsoft’s vision for Power Apps and the Power Platform in general is create a suite of apps that empower a wider spectrum of personnel in the enterprise field. To do this,…