Recently, we came across the following issue when attempting to sign a VSTO Add-In with a code-signing certificate: An error occurred while signing: Unknown error "-2147012865" Any search of the error message brought up related answers but not ones specific to this particular error number. Although I can't be sure of the error number, I... Continue Reading →
“Hostname conflicts with an already existing hostname” when assigning a custom domain to an Azure WebApp
Azure regions don't like resources with the same custom domain assigned.
How to know if a SharePoint tenant blocks apps not using modern authentication
Out of the box, SharePoint Online allows someone to authenticate through either the older claims-based authentication or the newer modern authentication. This post shows you how to know if claims is blocked for third-party applications.
Header-based routing with the Azure Front Door Rules Engine
When Azure Front Door was first released, it allowed you to have one backend host route to a multitude of different services based on the routing path. The addition of the Rules Engine provides so much more possibility.
Azure Pipelines Copy Files Task: Authentication Failed
"Authentication failed, it is either not correct, or expired, or does not have the correct permission" when attempting to copy files to blob storage in Azure Pipelines.
Locally debugging Office Add-ins errors with “We can’t open this add-in from localhost”
When developing an office add-in, some times my local development environment causes issue when attempting to work with Windows Desktop versions of Office (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint). What could be working one day will tomorrow have Office saying "We can't open this add-in from localhost".
Exam Study Guide: MS-600: Building Applications and Solutions with Microsoft 365 Core Services
This week at Microsoft Ignite a bunch of new exams were announced, these were specifically geared around the role-based certifications that Microsoft is moving to.
Consider using Service Bus Queues instead of Azure Storage Queues when using Application Insights
Simply put, Azure Storage Queues cannot effectively pass on telemetry information. Look at Service Bus instead.
Things I wish I knew earlier about Distributed Tracing in Azure Application Insights
Previously I was tasked to ensure all of our micro-services were set up correctly with distributed tracing, although there were a lot of docs that mentioned the topic and gave some insight, none gave straight information on how it worked. Below details some things that would have made my job a lot easier if I... Continue Reading →
How to avoid being flooded by notifications in Azure DevOps
One of the common issues among developers in our organisation is the notifications from Azure DevOps. We get so many that they often go unnoticed or ignored, which leaves others waiting for responses to a Pull Request. I have compiled up a few hints to help reduce the torrent that is Azure DevOps Notifications.