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Leverage Azure Virtual Desktop for Remote Technical Interviews and Have Fun Doing It*
Management

Leverage Azure Virtual Desktop for Remote Technical Interviews and Have Fun Doing It*

Over the past several months we've been running technical interviews for remote candidates for software and data engineering roles. As part of my hiring process, I like to have people do work similar

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Is It a bug or an Existential Crisis?
Musings

Is It a bug or an Existential Crisis?

Today, in the course of writing another blog post, I tried to sign-in to well-known and generally helpful writing tool, to proof my work. I was presented with the following screen requiring me

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GitOps is Not The Goal
DevOps

GitOps is Not The Goal

After kicking off a project with a group of knowledgeable people and listening to their comments, someone could be forgiven for drawing the conclusion that GitOps was the goal of the project. The

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Adding Secure Upstream NuGets in Azure DevOps Artifacts
DevOps

Adding Secure Upstream NuGets in Azure DevOps Artifacts

There we were, merrily skipping down the happy path to setting up Azure DevOps Artifacts for our .Net focused team when we realized that we couldn't add non-public upstream NuGet providers. Bummer. Happy

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Winning with Skype Broadcast and a Live Audience
Skype Broadcast

Winning with Skype Broadcast and a Live Audience

I've delivered several Skype Broadcasts and, while they've been successful and well received, the experience for the presenters and the in-room audience didn't meet my standards for awesomeness. The easy answer would be

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Are You Ready For The Office365 External User Sharing Changes?
Office365

Are You Ready For The Office365 External User Sharing Changes?

Did you know that Microsoft is changing the way folks outside your organization access your shared Office365 and SharePoint online content? As of March 23, 2018, Microsoft will start rolling out an update

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Microsoft Private Teams Aren't as Private Anymore
Office365

Microsoft Private Teams Aren't as Private Anymore

If you're on the happy-path with Microsoft Teams within your organization, you probably have some private teams. You might even be using those private teams for collaboration on sensitive topics and content. After

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I Survived Skype Broadcasting
Skype Broadcast

I Survived Skype Broadcasting

Success! In a previous post I talked about my first impressions of Skype Broadcasting. At that point, I had only done test broadcasts with small groups of people and under controlled conditions. Well

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Is This Thing On? Skype Broadcast 101
Skype Broadcast

Is This Thing On? Skype Broadcast 101

Got 10,000 of your closest friends and colleagues that you need to communicate to and love blue Koolaid? Then you, my friend, need Skype Broadcast. Skype Broadcast is a tool from Microsoft

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Building a SharePoint World Clock with Moment.js
Office365

Building a SharePoint World Clock with Moment.js

It seemed like such a simple thing that someone must have built one already, but alas, no. We recently needed to replace an old-school world clock from our archaic intranet (it was built

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    Nigel Browne
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Protip: The fastest way to reference a web page in Trello
Technology

Protip: The fastest way to reference a web page in Trello

It's amazing, I've been using Trello since it was launched ages ago and I just discovered a great way to add a link to a list. I use Trello a lot for research

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Getting Started Monitoring SharePoint Online With Application Insights
Office365

Getting Started Monitoring SharePoint Online With Application Insights

If you're like me, you might get a little obsessed with performance and want the best experience for your users. That eventually leads to wanting to have reliable metrics for your SharePoint online

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My Perspective of the Build 2017 Conference
Technology

My Perspective of the Build 2017 Conference

There was an incredible amount of information, technology and great people at this year's build conference. Here's my take on it!

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Embedding Forecast.io Weather Into a SharePoint Page
Office365

Embedding Forecast.io Weather Into a SharePoint Page

Awhile back I stumbled across forecast.io and darksky.net. I was really impressed with the product those guys have created and their story. The app is beautiful, responsive and really accurate. I

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Adding Tiles to the Office365 Waffle
Office365

Adding Tiles to the Office365 Waffle

Waffles. Little circles and squares of golden deliciousness smothered in maple syrupy goodness. This isn't about those. Recently, we wanted to improve the experience of our new intranet and Office365 by adding a

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Planning is better with friends
Technology

Planning is better with friends

Last spring all of the members of my team spontaneously, and with great enthusiasm, started using Microsoft Planner when it was made available to the first-release tenants on Office365[1]. If you're not

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