Reading Time: 5 minutes Source Control for Power BI Background I follow an amazing person in the BI community, Eugene Meidinger. Eugene has a weekly newsletter called “The Weekly BI Five” that includes 5 links to blogs, software, communities and anything in-between that he came across recently that he though would interest us subscribers (if you’re interested in checking…
Category: Microsoft
Azure Function App: How to Build a Weather API
Reading Time: 6 minutes Overview In my previous Function App article (How to Build a REST API with Azure Function Apps) I talked about how Microsoft provides sample code for building a Azure Function HTTP Trigger when you create a Function App in Visual Studio Code. With the provided code you can then go ahead and modify it to…
Unpacking and Demystifying Azure Function Apps: An Overview
Reading Time: 4 minutes 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…
The Future of Power Apps is a YAML file?!
Reading Time: 5 minutes 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
Reading Time: 4 minutes 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
Reading Time: < 1 minutes 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!
Reading Time: 6 minutes 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…
How to Easily Bypass Microsoft Teams Policies
Reading Time: 4 minutes 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…
5 Tips for Microsoft Teams
Reading Time: 5 minutes In light of the current circumstances we find ourselves in with COVID-19, many people are having to work remotely. Because of this, many companies are having to adapt their day-to-day lives with a remote mindset in mind. Microsoft Teams provides your organization a great suite of tools to easily collaborate with colleagues and clients and…
Introduction to Microsoft Teams
Reading Time: 10 minutes Overview This month marks the 3 year anniversary of Microsoft Teams. Teams is Microsoft’s team collaboration software that is part of the Office 365 service. Teams is a Slack competitor and is the evolution of Microsoft Skype for Business. Teams provides businesses a way for their employees to collaborate on projects and documents easily and…