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    Understanding the Data Domain in the Data Mesh

    The Data Mesh is a new-new thing. In concept, it’s really just a way to describe a large data platform made up of several distributed data estates, but managed and understood as one environment. The Microsoft Learn site actually has a very nice description of a Data Mesh concept. The core concept of the “Data Domain” is…

    Nathan Lasnoski
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    Blocking Spam Calls in Microsoft Teams

    I seem to be getting an enormous number of unsolicited calls from spam sales people at my Microsoft Teams account at work. This is really annoying because it interrupts the meeting I’m on with simultaneous calls to both my laptop and mobile device, pulling the bluetooth headset between both. Well… although I can’t fix that…

    Concurrency, Inc.
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    Impact Urgency Matrix Defined!

    As with any Incident Management process definition an important cornerstone that ultimately determines an incidents priority which drives the response and resolution time is an Impact-Urgency matrix.  While some of you may prefer to chat about the movie the Matrix.  Today we will focus on some examples of the impact urgency matrix and more specifically…

    Concurrency
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    M&A Strategy with Microsoft 365 / Office 365

    I’ve been working with companies going through mergers and acquisitions for years.  They are painful and take a lot of investment to get right.  The better transitions are proactively managed on the tech side and include time and effort to improve the operational state of both organizations.  As tech modernization has happened over recent years,…

    Nathan Lasnoski
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    Automating Synapse Analytics Pipeline Trigger using Azure Logic Apps and Azure Functions

    Problem Statement Azure Synapse Analytics is a limitless analytics service that brings together data integration, enterprise data warehousing and big data analytics. Among all the new Microsoft offerings, Synapse generates the most excitement and promises to be a gamechanger for the data side of things. However, there are new features in Synapse that regular users…

    Devyani Singh
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    Product Development Maturity Curve

    We know that technology is becoming part of the fabric of every business.  A successful company integrates technology into their core business, making it a irreplaceable component of how it goes to market.  In this discussion we’ll break down the maturity levels of each company and how technology changes the way it engages its customers.…

    Nathan Lasnoski
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    Performing a “System Update” of a SharePoint List Item through Power Automate

    In situations where it is desired to update a SharePoint list item’s metadata without causing another version to be created, such as applying look up data when a file is uploaded or item created, there is a SharePoint API that can be called in your Power Automate Flow to do just that. The API call…

    Jeffrey Schantz
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    Using Power Automate to create PDF files from SP List Items (without 3rd party products or premium licensing)

    Using Power Automate to create PDF files from SP List Items (without 3rd party products or premium licensing)  There are a variety of reasons you may need to create a pdf out of a SharePoint list item, perhaps the information needs to be printed or the list is used to produce an invoice for a…

    Jeff Schantz
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    Loop Components: What are they?

    Loop Components are one of the 3 elements (Loop components, Loop pages, and Loop workspaces) that are part of Microsoft Loop which was announced at Ignite. Loop Components are the first of these elements to be released in public preview and are currently only available if you are using a desktop or mobile client and only within…

    Ben Lockwood