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I’m working on a project that needs geocoding and decided to see what Power Automate actions are available to me. Sure, I could construct an HTTP REST call to a service, but maybe there’s any easier way?
Enter the Bing Maps connector.… [ Continue reading ]
What a crazy year it has been! This week, I sent off the final drafts for my fifth book published this calendar year.
This hefty book (600+ pages) covers installation and configuration of the SharePoint server platform. Some of the highlights include:
You can quickly pre-order it on Amazon now!… [ Continue reading ]
We all end up doing a lot of work that we don’t need to do. That’s not to say that it doesn’t need to be done–it might be a critical operation that needs to be performed, but does it need to be done by you?… [ Continue reading ]
If you’re wondering (or even if you’re not) why I’ve been quiet on my blog lately, it’s because I’ve been furiously working trying to finish up a new book: Workflow Automation with Microsoft Power Automate.
This is a 100-level book is targeted to users new to Microsoft Power Automate and the Microsoft 365 ecosystem.… [ Continue reading ]
Today, I found myself working with a customer that was experiencing delivery failures to some Office 365 recipients from all external senders.
As problems go, this one definitely finds itself in the “interesting” category. No, it’s never good to have “interesting” problems (just ask a doctor).… [ Continue reading ]
It’s officially available for ordering. Woo!
You can order it at all the usual places, including Amazon and Packt!
If you’re preparing to take the exam, you can get started immediately with the electronic copies. I’ve managed to get a few teaser chapters so you can see what you’re in for.… [ Continue reading ]
Yesterday, while working with my colleague Michael Anderson, I needed to investigate where a particular on-premises value was being synced in AAD. The result is this table:
| AD Property | Get-MsolUser | Get-AzureADUser | Get-User | Get-CSOnlineUser | |
| Friendly name | ldapDisplayName | ||||
| Telephone number | telephoneNumber | PhoneNumber | TelephoneNumber | Phone | Phone |
| Pager | pager | – | – | Pager | – |
| Mobile | mobile | MobilePhone | – | Fax | MobilePhone |
| Fax | facsimileTelephoneNumber | Fax | FacsimileTelephoneNumber | Fax | Fax |
| IP Phone | ipPhone | – | – | – | IPPhone |
| Home | homePhone | – | – | HomePhone | HomePhone |
| {otherMobile} | {AlternateMobilePhones} | – | – | – | |
| {otherIpPhone} | – | – | – | – | |
| {otherHomePhone} | – | – | {OtherHomePhone} | – | |
| {otherFacsimileTelphoneNumber} | – | – | {OtherFax} | – | |
| {otherPager} | – | – | – | – | |
| {otherTelephone} | – | – | {OtherTelephone} | {OtherTelephone} | |
It’s important to note that values displayed in braces { } are multivalued attributes, so if there’s something stored in one on-premises that you need or want to map to a a different attribute in Azure AD, you’ll need to either map it to another multivalued attribute or extract the value so you can write it to a single-valued string attribute. … [ Continue reading ]
At long last! I’m super stoked to announce that I just approved the cover artwork for my upcoming MS-301 certification prep book. It’s all done but the crying!
Speaking of crying, there is a bit of sadness–we (somewhat unexpectedly, to me) announced the retirement of the MS-301 exam last month. … [ Continue reading ]
This past week, I’ve been heads down working on an application to take inbound data from one application that doesn’t have a webhook or API available and query a Dynamics 365 instance.
In order to query Dynamics 365 (or any Azure/Microsoft 365 service, to be honest) successfully, you’ll need to work with OAuth. … [ Continue reading ]
Yesterday, I needed to help configure a SharePoint Server 2019 User Profile service to import from local Active Directory using the native SharePoint Active Directory Import.
In order to perform Active Directory Import, the service account you specify must have Replicating Directory Changes permissions.… [ Continue reading ]
Yesterday, a peer brought an interesting problem to me:
His customer had been storing data in the on-premises msExchExtensionCustomAttribute properties for users and wanted to be able to use that data in Exchange Online for filtering and dynamic group membership.
Easy, right?… [ Continue reading ]
Today, I was asked about manually disabling the Skype of Business Outlook plug-in for a customer where users have both Skype and Teams clients and are configured in Islands mode.
This is what I came up with. You can save it and drop it in a computer startup script as well as a user logon (since the script modifies both HKLM and HKCU).… [ Continue reading ]
Or at least, every last one that I know.
Over the years, I’ve amassed quite a collection of these. Yesterday, I was helping out a colleague determine what a particular value meant and referenced a spreadsheet that I’ve been maintaining for my own purposes.… [ Continue reading ]
UPDATE: An updated version script is now available on the PowerShell Gallery at https://www.powershellgallery.com/packages/Teams-AutoAnswer/.
Today, while working with my esteemed colleague Stephen Jones, we were discussing a need for some of our customers to auto-answer Teams with a video call. … [ Continue reading ]
This week, I’ve got a few updates for the AAD Network Communications Test!
Install-Script -Name AADConnect-CommunicationsTest