Parsing Date strings in "Short Date" format

This post includes a snippet showing how to parse a string that contains a date in "Short Date Format" instead of a specific date format....

Update to MagicTooltips

I've published an update to the MagicTooltips module that adds support for the Microsoft Graph CLI. The CLI is in preview, as is the...

Displaying the Connected Account for Microsoft Graph on the Terminal prompt

Use a new provider in the Magic Tooltips module to display the connected Microsoft Graph account on the prompt in Windows Terminal....

.Net @ Noon - Resources

Resources from the .Net @ Noon presentations in February 2021...

Resources - NOVA365 User Group - Dec 2020

Resources from the NoVa User group presentation on Dec 17, 2020...

Error AADSTS7000218 with a Public Client Application

> AADSTS7000218: The request body must contain the following parameter: 'client_assertion' or 'client_secret'. I received this error when using a...

Understanding Azure Storage data access permissions

I stumbled a bit today when trying to access a blob in Azure Storage. I made an assumption about the permissions granted to my organizational account....

M365 & SharePoint PnP Weekly visit

A few weeks back, I was privileged to spend time with Vesa Juvonen [https://twitter.com/vesajuvonen] and Waldek Mastykarz [https://twitter.com/waldekm] on the...

Using Visual Studio Codespaces for SPFx development

Visual Studio Codespaces [https://devblogs.microsoft.com/visualstudio/introducing-visual-studio-codespaces/] (and its sibling Github Codespaces [https://github.com/features/codespaces]) offers a cloud-hosted, low-friction environment for writing...

Tips for improving productivity while developing SPFx projects

Over the last few weeks, I have spent part of each day working on an SPFx project. For me, this is the first time doing so on an extended basis, and I found myself repeating many setup steps before working on code. So I fixed that with automation and wanted to share....

The difference between a class and data in the shape of a class in TypeScript

I came across an issue that stems from the way objects behave in JavaScript/TypeScript that is different than the C# behavior. So I thought I...

Creating an SPFx Web Part using React Hooks

A description of an SPFx web part built using React Hooks....

Start to finish - Secure function app in Azure

This application will use a Key Vault to store the API token and the blob storage connection string. Listed below is a summary of an ARM template that can create the secure infrastructure for the code....

Use a CLI to get an access token for your AAD Protected Web API

You have an application registration in your tenant that represents the Web API to secure. https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/active-directory/develop/scenario-protected-web-api-overview During development,...

Windows Terminal: Tabs support favicon.ico

The big announcement from Microsoft is that there is a new fixed-width, developer font as part of Windows Terminal [https://devblogs.microsoft.com/commandline/cascadia-code/]. (And...