Articles

Lessons learned, tutorials, project notes, and the occasional rabbit hole encountered along the way.

Power Automate Error Handling

I wanted a framework, simple, to fortify my Power Automate flows, so I went and built the simplest of frameworks for accomplishing this, and the "Catch" is reusable!

Purchase Order App, and Fast

I had an idea on Saturday and started the clock on Sunday and by Monday afternoon? Full blown Purchase Order Requisition App!

A Journey of Parent/Child Flows

As with most of my learning and testing, what starts out as one thing often turns into much much more.

When to Engage Microsoft Support

It's not on a Microsoft 365 administrator's bucket list to engage with Microsoft Support, but sometimes there are no other options, and you must.

DLP, Yeah You Know Me!

Working with DLP and setting up test policies. Using the U.S. Social Security Number classifier (built-in) we test a new policy.

Power Apps - Mobile Device Lab

Creating a phone app in Power Apps that records inspection information and images.

Power BI - Only See What You're Supposed To See

With one dataset and multiple report consumers, admins can restrict the data to only what the viewer is allowed to see.

The Power of Power BI

A simple sales dashboard became a refresher on data modeling, measures, relationships, and how Power BI really works behind the scenes.

Copilot without a license. Hmmm...

I wondered how far I could get with Copilot Studio without a license, and the next journey began. Let's see what "no license" Copilot can do!

Intune - Managed Google Play

Lessons learned while configuring Android Enterprise and Managed Google Play integration with Microsoft Intune in a hands-on lab environment.

SharePoint Online

Don't take your baggage with you when you migrate from on-prem or file storage to SharePoint Online. About SPO launches and migrations.

Identity & Access Management

A hands-on journey through SSO, Entra ID authentication, app registrations, Cloudflare Zero Trust, and the lessons learned from troubleshooting unexpected errors.

Conditional Access

Don't get locked out! Use report-only to test your policies before activating them. You'll save yourself a lot of headaches.

Microsoft Graph & Automation

Build and troubleshoot Azure functions and consume them in Power Automate. Remember to leave breadcrumbs for future you to ease troubleshooting.

Power Platform Solutions - Legacy Migration

Nutshell overview of my SharePoint migration project. Power Apps, Power Automate, forms modernization, workflow automation, and business process improvement solutions.