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Looking to setup Azure DevOps organisational dashboards? This is harder than it probably should be today. At present there’s no notion of cross-project widgets or organisational status views. There is a user feedback request, but it has been ‘under consideration’ for years. In leu of that, here are some options for getting a view of how your teams are going across multiple projects. Using PowerBI and OData One option for creating your own reports and dashboards is to use OData support in PowerBI to import data via the Azure DevOps APIs....

Looking for an easy way to integrate Twitter with Microsoft Teams? In this article, we’ll look at some options now that Microsoft has removed the Twitter connector. Power Automate (Free tier, 1st party) If you’re looking for a way to integrate Twitter without paying for a third-party tool and you’ve already got a Power Automate license, then this is your best bet. By using Power Automate, you can do things like:...

Are you looking for an easy way to share your teams vacation calendar on Microsoft Teams? We’ve rounded up the best ways to do this for you. Microsoft Shifts (free) If you’re using a licensed version of Microsoft Teams (and not the free personal edition) then you’ll have access to Microsoft’s rostering app called Shifts. If you can’t see it in your ‘Apps’, check with your Office 365 administrator to ensure the app has been enabled in the Teams admin portal....

Are you looking to become certified in Azure DevOps? If so, read on to find out more about what official Microsoft certifications are available. The pathway to Azure DevOps certification The first certification you’ll want to get is for Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900). This covers the basics about Azure, including generic cloud concepts as well as more targeted Azure information such as pricing and a high-level overview of available services. Note that the content for Fundamentals changed on October 25, 2021 so you might want to check the skills measured list to ensure you’re still studying the right materials....

Do you have multiple Azure Application Insights instances that you’d like to query at once? Perhaps you’re trying to see all errors across multiple environments, each with their own App Insights instance? When using the Azure Portal, querying multiple instances is straightforward. How to query across multiple App Insight instances First, login to the Azure portal using your Microsoft work, school or personal account credentials. Navigate to one of the App Insight instances you’d like to run a query against....

Are you trying to deploy an Azure Resource Manager (ARM) template and getting the error MissingSubscriptionRegistration? In this article we’ll take a look at what the cause of the error is, and how you can easily rectify the problem. Sometimes when trying to run an ARM template in a new subscription to create Azure resources, customers come across the following error: MissingSubscriptionRegistration: The subscription is not registered to use namespace 'Microsoft....

In this post we’ll explore setting up the popular ABP framework for .NET Core on a Mac with a Postgres database. In case you’re unaware, the ABP framework offers a number of out of the box features that can save a tremendous amount of time when starting a new web application. This includes a strong and opinionated architecture based on domain driven design, as well as multi-tenancy, theming and more....

Looking to export chats within Microsoft Teams? Exporting chats from Teams is an oft-requested feature, but at the moment there’s no out of the box functionality available for end users. If you’re an end user Looking for an easy way to export Teams chats? Check out our new Chat Exporter for Microsoft Teams tool. You can export conversations as CSV, JSON or PNG files. If you’re using a personal Microsoft account with Teams, you may be able to export your messages following the steps listed here....

Gumroad is one of the hottest new ways for creatives to sell their products and services online. And with Wordpress being one of the most popular content management systems in the world right now, in this post we’ll explore how you can connect both systems together to offer paid products and services from your Wordpress blog. There are 3 ways in which you can connect Gumroad with your Wordpress site:...

Bicep is a new language from Microsoft that allows you to easily specify your Azure infrastructure as code. It’s an improvement on writing Azure Resource Manager (ARM) templates directly by better supporting features such as type safety and code modularity and reuse. That said, Bicep still has a very close relationship with ARM templates. In fact, it’s an abstraction over ARM templates with templates written using Bicep able to be transpiled back to ARM templates....