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Multiple Bookings at the same time when there is not availability
Hello, We have been using microsoft bookings for a few years now and are able to usually work through the glitches it has from time to time, but we have not been able to find a solution for the current issue. Bookings is allowing customers to book 100’s of appointments for times that are already full. We have had to shut days off to help manage the issue, but it is becoming a bigger issue. I have submitted feedback through microsoft but have been unsuccessful. Can someone point me in the right direction? Thank you,
Rick
Hello, We have been using microsoft bookings for a few years now and are able to usually work through the glitches it has from time to time, but we have not been able to find a solution for the current issue. Bookings is allowing customers to book 100’s of appointments for times that are already full. We have had to shut days off to help manage the issue, but it is becoming a bigger issue. I have submitted feedback through microsoft but have been unsuccessful. Can someone point me in the right direction? Thank you,Rick Read More
Rota planner for staff
Hi working in transport. I have given myself a task to recreate rota for drivers some of my driver are working every other week 6 days (Monday to Saturday) Sunday off
Rest of them are working every 5 weeks Saturday with rest during the week some of them Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday.
Question is how to create a rule for it in excel if for every tab I have month assign to it to populate the rule.
In perfect world I would have a rule in separate TAB to print off work schedule for each driver.
Hi working in transport. I have given myself a task to recreate rota for drivers some of my driver are working every other week 6 days (Monday to Saturday) Sunday offRest of them are working every 5 weeks Saturday with rest during the week some of them Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday.Question is how to create a rule for it in excel if for every tab I have month assign to it to populate the rule.In perfect world I would have a rule in separate TAB to print off work schedule for each driver. Read More
Learning Pathways
Any update on when the Learning Pathways lookbook template will be available again? And when updated content for it will be available? I want to get it deployed to my demo tenant so I can show it to customers.
Any update on when the Learning Pathways lookbook template will be available again? And when updated content for it will be available? I want to get it deployed to my demo tenant so I can show it to customers. Read More
MFA Login does not Authenticate
I am trying to retrofit an existing C# asp.net appliction with an MFA login on Azure. I am able to get the MFA prompt, and I click on my account and the code successfully returns to the redirect URL. However, IsAuthenticated is never true and User.Identity.Name is always blank. I based my code on another MFA application for my company that works, but I can’t figure out why mine doesn’t. I then created a brand new app from scratch to see if I could figure out what went wrong. However, in the new app, IsAuthenticated is always true, both before login, after login and after logout, and yet User.Identity.Name is blank here as well, so the authentication is clearly not valid.
I have the most recent Owin DLLs installed, which at the time of this writing are mostly version 4.2.2. My code includes the usual MFA code found in many online examples. The Startup.cs file includes this code:
string clientId = ConfigurationManager.AppSettings[“ClientId”];
string tenantId = ConfigurationManager.AppSettings[“TenantId”];
string authority = “https://login.microsoftonline.com/” + tenantId + “/v2.0”;
string redirectURI = ConfigurationManager.AppSettings[“MFARedirect”];
string postLogoutRedirectUri = ConfigurationManager.AppSettings[“PostLogoutRedirectUri”];
app.UseCookieAuthentication(new CookieAuthenticationOptions
{
AuthenticationType = DefaultAuthenticationTypes.ApplicationCookie,
ExpireTimeSpan = System.TimeSpan.FromMinutes(90),
CookieManager = new Microsoft.Owin.Host.SystemWeb.SystemWebChunkingCookieManager(),
Provider = new CookieAuthenticationProvider
{
OnResponseSignIn = (context) => context.Properties.ExpiresUtc = DateTime.UtcNow.AddMinutes(sessionTimeout.TotalMinutes),
},
SlidingExpiration = true,
CookieSecure = CookieSecureOption.Always
});
app.UseOpenIdConnectAuthentication(
new OpenIdConnectAuthenticationOptions
{
ClientId = clientId,
Authority = authority,
PostLogoutRedirectUri = postLogoutRedirectUri,
RedirectUri = redirectURI,
UseTokenLifetime = false,
Scope = OpenIdConnectScope.OpenIdProfile,
ResponseType = OpenIdConnectResponseType.CodeIdToken,
Notifications = new OpenIdConnectAuthenticationNotifications()
{
AuthenticationFailed = OnAuthenticationFailed
}
});
app.UseExternalSignInCookie(DefaultAuthenticationTypes.ExternalCookie);
The Login method in the Home Controller includes this code:
HttpContext.GetOwinContext().Authentication.Challenge(
new AuthenticationProperties { RedirectUri = redirectUri },
OpenIdConnectAuthenticationDefaults.AuthenticationType
);
I have tried many suggestions found on Google, but nothing has made any difference. If anybody has some insight as to what might be going on here, I would greatly appreciate any help I can get.
I am trying to retrofit an existing C# asp.net appliction with an MFA login on Azure. I am able to get the MFA prompt, and I click on my account and the code successfully returns to the redirect URL. However, IsAuthenticated is never true and User.Identity.Name is always blank. I based my code on another MFA application for my company that works, but I can’t figure out why mine doesn’t. I then created a brand new app from scratch to see if I could figure out what went wrong. However, in the new app, IsAuthenticated is always true, both before login, after login and after logout, and yet User.Identity.Name is blank here as well, so the authentication is clearly not valid. I have the most recent Owin DLLs installed, which at the time of this writing are mostly version 4.2.2. My code includes the usual MFA code found in many online examples. The Startup.cs file includes this code: string clientId = ConfigurationManager.AppSettings[“ClientId”];string tenantId = ConfigurationManager.AppSettings[“TenantId”];string authority = “https://login.microsoftonline.com/” + tenantId + “/v2.0”;string redirectURI = ConfigurationManager.AppSettings[“MFARedirect”];string postLogoutRedirectUri = ConfigurationManager.AppSettings[“PostLogoutRedirectUri”]; app.UseCookieAuthentication(new CookieAuthenticationOptions{AuthenticationType = DefaultAuthenticationTypes.ApplicationCookie,ExpireTimeSpan = System.TimeSpan.FromMinutes(90),CookieManager = new Microsoft.Owin.Host.SystemWeb.SystemWebChunkingCookieManager(),Provider = new CookieAuthenticationProvider{OnResponseSignIn = (context) => context.Properties.ExpiresUtc = DateTime.UtcNow.AddMinutes(sessionTimeout.TotalMinutes),},SlidingExpiration = true,CookieSecure = CookieSecureOption.Always});app.UseOpenIdConnectAuthentication(new OpenIdConnectAuthenticationOptions{ClientId = clientId,Authority = authority,PostLogoutRedirectUri = postLogoutRedirectUri,RedirectUri = redirectURI,UseTokenLifetime = false,Scope = OpenIdConnectScope.OpenIdProfile,ResponseType = OpenIdConnectResponseType.CodeIdToken,Notifications = new OpenIdConnectAuthenticationNotifications(){AuthenticationFailed = OnAuthenticationFailed}}); app.UseExternalSignInCookie(DefaultAuthenticationTypes.ExternalCookie); The Login method in the Home Controller includes this code: HttpContext.GetOwinContext().Authentication.Challenge(new AuthenticationProperties { RedirectUri = redirectUri },OpenIdConnectAuthenticationDefaults.AuthenticationType); I have tried many suggestions found on Google, but nothing has made any difference. If anybody has some insight as to what might be going on here, I would greatly appreciate any help I can get. Read More
ECIF Funding Milestone Date Changes
Hi there – We’re working on an ECIF funded project and due to approval date being pushed back we were unable to start the project until a few days before the first milestone completion date. Our team was hoping to extend the date of the first milestone but we received feedback that we may lose the funding if the date is extended. Looking at the ECIF process documentation, it seems like if all milestones listed are completed in the same quarter then the changes are documented and approved by Microsoft, then an amendment isn’t required.
All approved milestone completion dates are in Q3 and if the milestone dates are extended the project will be still be completed in Q3.
How do milestone extensions on approved ECIF scopes work within the same quarter (and in general) and will we lose funding if we request an extension?
Hi there – We’re working on an ECIF funded project and due to approval date being pushed back we were unable to start the project until a few days before the first milestone completion date. Our team was hoping to extend the date of the first milestone but we received feedback that we may lose the funding if the date is extended. Looking at the ECIF process documentation, it seems like if all milestones listed are completed in the same quarter then the changes are documented and approved by Microsoft, then an amendment isn’t required. All approved milestone completion dates are in Q3 and if the milestone dates are extended the project will be still be completed in Q3. How do milestone extensions on approved ECIF scopes work within the same quarter (and in general) and will we lose funding if we request an extension? Read More
Partner Blog | How Microsoft partner Witivio is innovating with Microsoft Copilot
By Srini Raghavan, Vice President, Microsoft Teams Ecosystem
This is part five in a series of blogs where I’m sharing examples of how partners are innovating with Microsoft Copilot.
Microsoft Copilot has been generally available to enterprise customers for less than a year, and many independent software vendors (ISVs) are already discovering ways to use it to transform their business and enhance their offerings to customers. It’s thrilling to see such rapid progress from our partners.
At Microsoft, we share in the sense of excitement about advancing the potential of AI. But, as with any new tool, it’s crucial to plot the best path forward rather than simply adopting it to keep pace with industry trends. I recently spoke with a leader of one ISV in France who put it succinctly: Don’t build AI for the sake of AI. You must do it strategically and with intention.
It’s helpful advice, and it comes from Nicolas Humann, CEO, and co-founder of Witivio, a maker of apps and bots that improve employee experiences across HR, IT, internal communications, and more. Witivio has often served as an advisor to other French ISVs looking to integrate with Microsoft Teams. The company recently released their first Copilot extension, and they provided great insight for Microsoft partners looking to extend Copilot.
In this post, I’ll share Witivio’s experience, their guidance about what other developers can focus on during development, and their thoughts on getting the most out of Copilot.
Continue reading here
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More Threat Intelligence Content in MDTI, TA Enables Better Security Outcomes
Microsoft threat intelligence empowers our customers to keep up with the global threat landscape and understand the threats and vulnerabilities most relevant to their organization. We are excited to announce that we have recently accelerated the speed and scale at which we publish threat intelligence, giving our customers more critical security insights, data, and guidance than ever before.
This blog will show how our 10,000 interdisciplinary experts and applied scientists reason over more than 78 trillion daily threat signals to continuously add to our understanding of threat actors and activity. It will also show how this increased publishing cadence in Microsoft Defender Threat Intelligence (MDTI), Threat Analytics, and Copilot for Security helps enrich and contextualize hundreds of thousands of security alerts while enhancing customers’ overall cybersecurity programs.
Increased Intel Profiles
Microsoft has published 270 new Intel profiles over the past year to help customers maintain situational awareness around the threat activity, techniques, vulnerabilities, and the more than 300 named actors Microsoft tracks. These digital compendiums of intelligence help organizations stay informed about potential threats, including Indicators of Compromise (IOCs), historical data, mitigation strategies, and advanced hunting queries. Intel profiles are continuously maintained and updated by Microsoft’s threat intelligence team, which added 24 new Intel profiles in May alone, including 10 Activity Profiles, 4 Actor Profiles, 5 Technique Profiles, and 5 Vulnerability Profiles.
Intel profiles are published to both MDTI and Threat Analytics, which can be found under the “Threat Intelligence” blade in the left-hand navigation menu in the Defender XDR Portal. In Threat Analytics, customers can understand how the content in Intel profiles relates to devices and vulnerabilities in their environment. In MDTI, Intel Profiles enhance security analyst triage, incident response, threat hunting, and vulnerability management workflows.
In Copilot for Security, customers can quickly retrieve information from intel profiles to contextualize artifacts and correlate MDTI and Threat Analytics content and data with other security information from Defender XDR, such as incidents and hunting activities, to help customers assess their vulnerabilities and quickly understand the broader scope of an attack. For example, Copilot can reason over vulnerability intelligence in MDTI and Threat Analytics to deliver a customized, prioritized list based on a customer organization’s unique security posture.
Enhanced OSINT
Microsoft has also added to the breadth of intelligence we make available to customers, improving the quantity and depth of open-source intelligence (OSINT). Microsoft’s threat intelligence teams have begun adding 500% more OSINT to MDTI since mid-March to capture more insights for our customers to apply to their security programs.
Because OSINT involves collecting and analyzing information from publicly available sources, such as the internet, public records, and media, Microsoft’s teams have begun enriching OSINT profiles with proprietary IOCs, recommendations, detections, and analysis to give customers even more situational awareness and actionable insights around threat activity analyzed across the industry. In May alone, our threat intelligence teams published and enriched more than 50 OSINT articles in MDTI.
These OSINT articles are cross-linked to other threat intelligence in MDTI to enable analysts to understand how threat activity is connected. In Copilot, customers can quickly retrieve information on indicators related to this OSINT, including IP addresses and domains, and contextualize artifacts with content such as threat articles and intel profiles.
Microsoft Defender XDR Threat Analytics
Microsoft’s teams build detections based on content from MDTI and Threat Analytics to help customers detect, understand, and address related activities. In the Threat Analytics portal, Microsoft’s threat intelligence teams provide security recommendations, which can be tracked by customers within the product. The portal also shows affected endpoints using Microsoft Defender for Vulnerability Management data and lists any impacted devices associated with the alerts. In May, Threat Analytics generated 235,000 alerts.
Threat Intelligence published in Threat Analytics is crucial for giving customers context on daily alerts. For instance, a recent Technique Profile for PowerShell led to over 1.3 million alerts across Microsoft security products.
New to MDTI? Here’s where to start
If you are interested in learning more about MDTI and how it can help you unmask and neutralize modern adversaries and cyberthreats such as ransomware, and to explore the features and benefits of MDTI please visit the MDTI product web page.
Also, be sure to contact our sales team to request a demo or a quote. Learn how you can begin using MDTI with the purchase of just one Copilot for Security SCU here.
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Recurring employee survey that goes out multiple times in a single day.
As the subject line suggests, is there a way to have a survey go out several times throughout a single employee shift? Our people work 12-hr shifts in order to maintain a 24/7/365 operation. We are looking to conduct workload & stress-level assessments at specific times throughout the employees’ shift. For example: the survey would go out to the employee at 6am, 11am, and 4pm for a dayshift worker and then 6pm, 11pm, 4am for our nightshift folks.
It would be the same questions each time in order to trend the differences.
As the subject line suggests, is there a way to have a survey go out several times throughout a single employee shift? Our people work 12-hr shifts in order to maintain a 24/7/365 operation. We are looking to conduct workload & stress-level assessments at specific times throughout the employees’ shift. For example: the survey would go out to the employee at 6am, 11am, and 4pm for a dayshift worker and then 6pm, 11pm, 4am for our nightshift folks. It would be the same questions each time in order to trend the differences. Read More
A few issues with ASP.NET, HTML, and CSS.
What I am trying to do
– Get the div #menu to display menu in the center (horizontally and vertically) between and not past (horizontally and vertically) the logo images. Basically, center horizontally and vertically between the two logo images without going further then them…
– Figure out why there is such space between the content div and the footer. No clue but there is some white space and I am not sure where it is coming from.
Here is some of the code…
<%@ Master Language=”C#” AutoEventWireup=”true” CodeBehind=”Site1.master.cs” Inherits=”Corp_Template_2.Site1″ %>
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head runat=”server”>
<title>Corp Template 2</title>
<link rel=”stylesheet” type=”text/css” href=”~/StyleSheet1.css” />
<asp:ContentPlaceHolder ID=”head” runat=”server”>
</asp:ContentPlaceHolder>
</head>
<body>
<form id=”form1″ runat=”server”>
<div id=”HeaderContainer”>
<div id=”HeaderLogo”>
<asp:ImageButton ID=”ImageButton1″ runat=”server” ImageUrl=”~/Media/Corp Logo Sample Test.jpg” Width=”200px”/>
</div>
<div id=”MainTile” >
<asp:ImageButton ID=”ImageButton2″ runat=”server” ImageUrl=”~/Media/Corp Logo Sample Test.jpg” Width=”200px”/>
</div>
<div id=”Menu”>
<asp:Menu ID=”Menu1″ runat=”server” DataSourceID=”SiteMapDataSource1″ Orientation=”Horizontal” StaticDisplayLevels=”2″></asp:Menu>
<asp:SiteMapDataSource runat=”server” ID=”SiteMapDataSource1″></asp:SiteMapDataSource>
</div>
</div>
<div id=”MainContentPlaceHolder1″>
<asp:ContentPlaceHolder ID=”ContentPlaceHolder1″ runat=”server”>
</asp:ContentPlaceHolder>
</div>
<div id=”Footer”>
<h4 style=”color: white;”>This is the footer.</h4>
</div>
</form>
</body>
</html>
As for CSS.. Here it is.
body {
}
#Footer
{
width: auto;
height: 75px;
background-color: black;
}
#HeaderContainer
{
overflow:hidden;
}
#HeaderLogo {
width: 200px;
float: left;
}
#MainTile
{
width:200px;
float: right;
}
#Menu
{
margin-left: 200px;
margin-right: 200px;
display: flex;
justify-content: center;
text-align: center;
}
#TestBar
{
width: 100%;
height: 100px;
background-color: silver;
}
#MainContentPlaceHolder1
{
min-height: 550px;
border: 5px solid black;
}
Any ideas or suggestions?
Thank you very much.
-Cr8tive
What I am trying to do- Get the div #menu to display menu in the center (horizontally and vertically) between and not past (horizontally and vertically) the logo images. Basically, center horizontally and vertically between the two logo images without going further then them… – Figure out why there is such space between the content div and the footer. No clue but there is some white space and I am not sure where it is coming from. Here is some of the code… <%@ Master Language=”C#” AutoEventWireup=”true” CodeBehind=”Site1.master.cs” Inherits=”Corp_Template_2.Site1″ %><!DOCTYPE html><html><head runat=”server”><title>Corp Template 2</title><link rel=”stylesheet” type=”text/css” href=”~/StyleSheet1.css” /><asp:ContentPlaceHolder ID=”head” runat=”server”></asp:ContentPlaceHolder></head><body><form id=”form1″ runat=”server”><div id=”HeaderContainer”><div id=”HeaderLogo”><asp:ImageButton ID=”ImageButton1″ runat=”server” ImageUrl=”~/Media/Corp Logo Sample Test.jpg” Width=”200px”/></div><div id=”MainTile” ><asp:ImageButton ID=”ImageButton2″ runat=”server” ImageUrl=”~/Media/Corp Logo Sample Test.jpg” Width=”200px”/></div><div id=”Menu”><asp:Menu ID=”Menu1″ runat=”server” DataSourceID=”SiteMapDataSource1″ Orientation=”Horizontal” StaticDisplayLevels=”2″></asp:Menu><asp:SiteMapDataSource runat=”server” ID=”SiteMapDataSource1″></asp:SiteMapDataSource></div></div><div id=”MainContentPlaceHolder1″><asp:ContentPlaceHolder ID=”ContentPlaceHolder1″ runat=”server”></asp:ContentPlaceHolder></div><div id=”Footer”><h4 style=”color: white;”>This is the footer.</h4></div></form></body></html> As for CSS.. Here it is. body {}#Footer{width: auto;height: 75px;background-color: black;}#HeaderContainer{overflow:hidden;}#HeaderLogo {width: 200px;float: left;}#MainTile{width:200px;float: right;}#Menu{margin-left: 200px;margin-right: 200px;display: flex;justify-content: center;text-align: center; }#TestBar{width: 100%;height: 100px;background-color: silver;}#MainContentPlaceHolder1{min-height: 550px;border: 5px solid black;} Any ideas or suggestions? Thank you very much. -Cr8tive Read More
Having issues with auto filling dates in a sheet.
I am trying to create a table for my employees to track orders they are working. I want to make it as simple as possible for them, so I created a drop-down menu in column A for them to choose their name, a drop-down in column B for them to select the type of order, and I want column C to auto fill the date they made the entry. I used formula =IF([A2]<>[A2],””,TODAY()) and it worked for populating the date yesterday, but today when I opened the sheet, the dates from yesterday automatically changed to today. Is there a formula that will ensure the old entry dates remain and the new entries reflect the day they were entered moving forward?
I am trying to create a table for my employees to track orders they are working. I want to make it as simple as possible for them, so I created a drop-down menu in column A for them to choose their name, a drop-down in column B for them to select the type of order, and I want column C to auto fill the date they made the entry. I used formula =IF([A2]<>[A2],””,TODAY()) and it worked for populating the date yesterday, but today when I opened the sheet, the dates from yesterday automatically changed to today. Is there a formula that will ensure the old entry dates remain and the new entries reflect the day they were entered moving forward? Read More
Watch Kubota Environmental Engineering Use Cases Leveraging HoloLens 2!
Kubota Environmental Engineering (Japan) and Meister Corporation teamed up to develop technology for optimized inspections of infrastructure with HoloLens 2.
Read the full story and video:
Kubota Environmental Engineering (Japan) and Meister Corporation teamed up to develop technology for optimized inspections of infrastructure with HoloLens 2.
Read the full story and video:
English: Story + Video
Japanese: Story + Video
Can New Outlook Sent/Deleted Items for shared email mimic the classic registry outlook entries
The New Outlook does not put sent/deleted emails in the shared email, unless opening the share email in a new tab. Otherwise it puts these in the person’s sent/deleted folder.
In the classic outlook, this was controlled with registry entries. The directions I give to my user community work but are annoying because folks open a new shared-email tab everytime they launch the browser or want to use the desktop version. My user-community directions are:
Outlook in the web Browser:Option1, Open in a new Tab > Click on your Outlook profile (photo/initials top right, not the browser profile) > Click on Open another mailbox > type in Shared email ID (optional, after starting to type, select Search Directory) > click on open > the mailbox opens in a new tab.Option2, Add to same browser tab as your Inbox > Hover cursor over Folder (immediately above your Inbox) > Click on … (right of Folder) > Add shared folder or mailbox > start typing email > select from listOption1.1 and Option2 (cellphone) are the only options where sent/deleted emails go to the shared email. Otherwise the emails need to be moved after the send/delete has completed.Outlook on cellphone: > Tap top left icon beside inbox > Tap gear icon (settings) > Tap Add Mail Account > Tap Add Shared MailboxNew Outlook on the desktop (icon on task bar): Shows up automatically. > On left side, click on drop-down arrow beside Shared with me (below Search Folders) > Click on appropriate drop-down to see folders
The New Outlook does not put sent/deleted emails in the shared email, unless opening the share email in a new tab. Otherwise it puts these in the person’s sent/deleted folder. In the classic outlook, this was controlled with registry entries. The directions I give to my user community work but are annoying because folks open a new shared-email tab everytime they launch the browser or want to use the desktop version. My user-community directions are:Outlook in the web Browser:Option1, Open in a new Tab > Click on your Outlook profile (photo/initials top right, not the browser profile) > Click on Open another mailbox > type in Shared email ID (optional, after starting to type, select Search Directory) > click on open > the mailbox opens in a new tab.Option2, Add to same browser tab as your Inbox > Hover cursor over Folder (immediately above your Inbox) > Click on … (right of Folder) > Add shared folder or mailbox > start typing email > select from listOption1.1 and Option2 (cellphone) are the only options where sent/deleted emails go to the shared email. Otherwise the emails need to be moved after the send/delete has completed.Outlook on cellphone: > Tap top left icon beside inbox > Tap gear icon (settings) > Tap Add Mail Account > Tap Add Shared MailboxNew Outlook on the desktop (icon on task bar): Shows up automatically. > On left side, click on drop-down arrow beside Shared with me (below Search Folders) > Click on appropriate drop-down to see folders Read More
Teams Room doesn’t broadcast video if it’s the first to join the meeting
We are a small association spread thinly around the world. We have two Microsoft Teams Room devices in our Washington Office. One is a Poly Studio X30 and the other is a Yealink A30. In both cases, we have experienced a behavior – almost repeatable at will – where, if the X30 or A30 joins a scheduled meeting FIRST – no video is broadcast from the room. But if the X30 or A30 joins SECOND or later – then the video from the room is seen – no problems.
Similarly – if someone calls the room directly via Teams – they will see whoever is in the room. However, if the room calls someone directly – or creates a “Meet Now” meeting and adds a user – they will not see the room.
This is a terrible bug. I’ve opened a ticket via our M365 admin portal – but my hopes are not high for that avenue of service.
Thoughts?
We are a small association spread thinly around the world. We have two Microsoft Teams Room devices in our Washington Office. One is a Poly Studio X30 and the other is a Yealink A30. In both cases, we have experienced a behavior – almost repeatable at will – where, if the X30 or A30 joins a scheduled meeting FIRST – no video is broadcast from the room. But if the X30 or A30 joins SECOND or later – then the video from the room is seen – no problems. Similarly – if someone calls the room directly via Teams – they will see whoever is in the room. However, if the room calls someone directly – or creates a “Meet Now” meeting and adds a user – they will not see the room. This is a terrible bug. I’ve opened a ticket via our M365 admin portal – but my hopes are not high for that avenue of service. Thoughts? Read More
New Translation Functions in Excel: TRANSLATE and DETECTLANGUAGE
Hey Microsoft 365 Insiders,
Great news for Excel enthusiasts!
Excel now includes powerful translation functions, allowing you to translate and detect languages directly within your spreadsheets. The new TRANSLATE and DETECTLANGUAGE functions help break down language barriers, making your data more accessible and your workflow smoother.
Discover how it works in our latest blog post by Gedion Alemayehu, Product Manager on the Excel team: New Translation Functions in Excel: TRANSLATE and DETECTLANGUAGE
NOTE:
These are preview functions. Their signature and results may change substantially before being broadly released, based on your feedback. So, we do not recommend using these functions in important workbooks until they are generally available.
Thanks!
Perry Sjogren
Microsoft 365 Insider Social Media Manager
Become a Microsoft 365 Insider and gain exclusive access to new features and help shape the future of Microsoft 365. Join Now: Windows | Mac | iOS | Android
Hey Microsoft 365 Insiders,
Great news for Excel enthusiasts!
Excel now includes powerful translation functions, allowing you to translate and detect languages directly within your spreadsheets. The new TRANSLATE and DETECTLANGUAGE functions help break down language barriers, making your data more accessible and your workflow smoother.
Discover how it works in our latest blog post by Gedion Alemayehu, Product Manager on the Excel team: New Translation Functions in Excel: TRANSLATE and DETECTLANGUAGE
NOTE:
These are preview functions. Their signature and results may change substantially before being broadly released, based on your feedback. So, we do not recommend using these functions in important workbooks until they are generally available.
Thanks!
Perry Sjogren
Microsoft 365 Insider Social Media Manager
Become a Microsoft 365 Insider and gain exclusive access to new features and help shape the future of Microsoft 365. Join Now: Windows | Mac | iOS | Android Read More
Planner App no longer showing Private/To Do tasks or Flagged Emails
I noticed that the Planner App in Microsoft Teams is no longer showing Private/To Do tasks or Flagged emails. This is true in both the Teams Desktop client as well as Teams for the Web. However, they do appear in the Planner app within the Mobile Teams app. I am on targeted release and have attached my version information.
I confirmed they are still showing up for a user that is not on targeted release…so I assume there is an issue with the newest version of Teams. Does anyone else notice this?
I noticed that the Planner App in Microsoft Teams is no longer showing Private/To Do tasks or Flagged emails. This is true in both the Teams Desktop client as well as Teams for the Web. However, they do appear in the Planner app within the Mobile Teams app. I am on targeted release and have attached my version information. I confirmed they are still showing up for a user that is not on targeted release…so I assume there is an issue with the newest version of Teams. Does anyone else notice this? Read More
sharepoint issues
Hello
Please i need your help on this issue.
We shared a OneDrive folder with our client (external), and one of the people we’ve shared with can’t access it.
He gets an error code that says that didn’t work (I’ll include a picture of the error). Our permissions are set to “Anyone with a link can edit” and it’s password protected.
We need to figure out why he can’t access the folder and make it to where he can access it.
Hello Please i need your help on this issue. We shared a OneDrive folder with our client (external), and one of the people we’ve shared with can’t access it. He gets an error code that says that didn’t work (I’ll include a picture of the error). Our permissions are set to “Anyone with a link can edit” and it’s password protected. We need to figure out why he can’t access the folder and make it to where he can access it. Read More
Azure Sphere – Image signing certificate update coming soon
Azure Sphere is updating keys used in image signing, following best practices for security. The only impact on production devices is that they will experience a reboot when we release the new keys to devices, similar to the reboot during an OS update. For certain manufacturing, development, or field servicing scenarios where the Azure Sphere OS is not up to date, you may need to take extra steps to ensure that newly signed images are trusted by the device.
What is an image signing key used for, and why update it?
Azure Sphere devices only trust signed images, and the signature is verified every time software is loaded. Every production software image on the device – including the bootloader, the Linux kernel, the OS, and customer applications, as well as any capability file used to unlock development on or field servicing of devices – is signed by the Azure Sphere Security Service (AS3), based on image signing keys held by Microsoft.
As for any modern public/private key system, the keys are rotated every few years. Note that once an image is signed, it generally remains trusted by the device. There is a separate mechanism based on one-time programmable fuses to revoke older OS software with known vulnerabilities such as DirtyPipe and prevent rollback attacks – we used this most recently in the 22.09 OS release.
When is this happening?
The next update to the image signing certificate is targeted for July 24th. When that happens, all uses of AS3 to generate new production-signed application images or capabilities will result in images signed using the new key.
Ahead of that, we will update the trusted key-store (TKS) of Azure Sphere devices, so that the TKS incorporates all existing keys and the new keys. This update will be automatically applied to every connected device over-the-air. Note that device TKS updates happen ahead of any pending updates to OS or application images. In other words, if a device comes online that is due to receive a new-key-signed application or OS, it will first update the TKS so that it trusts that application or OS.
We are targeting update of the TKS for July 10th. The next time that each Azure Sphere device checks for updates (or up to 24 hours later if using the update deferral feature), the device will apply the TKS update and reboot. The TKS update is independent of an OS update, and it will apply to devices using both the retail and retail-eval feeds.
Do I need to take any action?
No action is required for production-deployed devices. There are three non-production scenarios where you may need to take extra steps to ensure that newly signed images are trusted by the device.
The first is for manufacturing. If you update and re-sign the application image you use in manufacturing, but you are using an old OS image with an old TKS, then that OS will not trust the application. Follow these instructions to sideload the new TKS as part of manufacturing.
The second is during development. If you have a dev board that you are sideloading either a production-signed image or a capability to, and it has an old TKS, then it will not trust that capability or image. This may make the “enable-development” command fail with an error such as “The device did not accept the device capability configuration.” This can be remedied by connecting the device to a network and checking that the device is up-to-date. Another method is to recover the device – the recovery images always include the latest TKS.
The third is for field servicing. During field servicing you need to apply a capability to the device as it has been locked down after manufacturing using the DeviceComplete state. However, if that capability is signed using the new image signing key and the device has been offline – so it has not updated its TKS – then the OS will not trust the capability. Follow these instructions to sideload the new TKS before applying the field servicing capability.
Thanks for reading this blog post. I hope it has been informative in how Azure Sphere uses signed images and best practices such as key rotation to keep devices secured through their lifetime.
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Porcentaje del área en el examen
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30%
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Sharepoint list “group by” and “filter” function not working correctly after editing items
Hi everyone!
I currently have a sharepoint list with a column named [Print Status], which has two options [Pending Print] & [Printed]. Previously when i edit all item under [Pending Print] & [Printed], all items will move to the correct group immediately. However, with the new User Interface, I encounted this problem (as shown below), whereby the items will not move to the correct group automatically, and some columns appear as [object Object].
^ all items in this example have already been changed to [Printed], but still appears as [Pending Print]
However once i refresh the page, the items move according. Is there any way to fix this such that I don’t need a manual refresh for the page everytime? Thanks!
Hi everyone!I currently have a sharepoint list with a column named [Print Status], which has two options [Pending Print] & [Printed]. Previously when i edit all item under [Pending Print] & [Printed], all items will move to the correct group immediately. However, with the new User Interface, I encounted this problem (as shown below), whereby the items will not move to the correct group automatically, and some columns appear as [object Object]. ^ all items in this example have already been changed to [Printed], but still appears as [Pending Print]However once i refresh the page, the items move according. Is there any way to fix this such that I don’t need a manual refresh for the page everytime? Thanks! Read More