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Shortcut to Open Windows 11 Copilot and Microphone
I’d like a shortcut to start Copilot and open the microphone so that I can immediately ask my question.
Currently, I press Win + C to open Copilot, but then I have to click the microphone to start asking my questions.
Is there a way to open Copilot in some way that lets me just start talking?
I’d like a shortcut to start Copilot and open the microphone so that I can immediately ask my question.Currently, I press Win + C to open Copilot, but then I have to click the microphone to start asking my questions. Is there a way to open Copilot in some way that lets me just start talking? Read More
How can I hide the gear icon?
I want to be able to hide the gear icon for a group in SharePoint online. Basically only owners/admins should be able to see the gear. What is the best way to get this done? Is there an extension for this?
Thanks for all the ideas.
I want to be able to hide the gear icon for a group in SharePoint online. Basically only owners/admins should be able to see the gear. What is the best way to get this done? Is there an extension for this?Thanks for all the ideas. Read More
New Column in SharePoint List based on another column
Hi
I have an existing SharePoint list with 600+ rows where I’m trying to add an additional column based of an existing column.
Existing Column is Product and is a text field that contains the product description in the format: colour range type
e.g.
Blue RangeName TypeName
Dark Blue RangeName TypeName
Light Blue RangeName TypeName
I want my new column to extract the Colour from the product text.( Where colour may be more than 1 word)
I’m struggling to work out how I can do this. I essentially need to remove the last 2 words from the product text to obtain the colour.
Does anyone have any suggestions?
Thanks
Hi I have an existing SharePoint list with 600+ rows where I’m trying to add an additional column based of an existing column.Existing Column is Product and is a text field that contains the product description in the format: colour range type e.g.Blue RangeName TypeNameDark Blue RangeName TypeNameLight Blue RangeName TypeName I want my new column to extract the Colour from the product text.( Where colour may be more than 1 word) I’m struggling to work out how I can do this. I essentially need to remove the last 2 words from the product text to obtain the colour. Does anyone have any suggestions? Thanks Read More
Azure AI Search for offloading cross partition queries in Cosmos Db?
HI Azure Cosmos Db team,
We were testing on a design to use Azure AI Search indexing on Cosmos Db and use AI Search for cross partition queries that was coming to cosmos db.AI Search will return the unique Id that can be used for point read in Cosmos Db. Apart from having eventual consistency always when incorporating this design which is a disadvantage can we guarantee accuracy with Azure AI Search equality and greater than filters for transactional workloads? We can ensure cosmos db will give the correct response ( accurate) when requested with a query for transactional workloads? We are not utilizing synapse link because of concurrency and API Centric application architecture.
With Regards,
Nitin Rahim
HI Azure Cosmos Db team, We were testing on a design to use Azure AI Search indexing on Cosmos Db and use AI Search for cross partition queries that was coming to cosmos db.AI Search will return the unique Id that can be used for point read in Cosmos Db. Apart from having eventual consistency always when incorporating this design which is a disadvantage can we guarantee accuracy with Azure AI Search equality and greater than filters for transactional workloads? We can ensure cosmos db will give the correct response ( accurate) when requested with a query for transactional workloads? We are not utilizing synapse link because of concurrency and API Centric application architecture. With Regards,Nitin Rahim Read More
Powershell JEA – WMI Queries
Hi,
I’m looking at using PowerShell JEA to run some WMI queries aimed at monitoring servers. Is this possible? An example of the query is below.
The objective is to prevent the service account used by the monitoring application from having local administrator access.
Hi, I’m looking at using PowerShell JEA to run some WMI queries aimed at monitoring servers. Is this possible? An example of the query is below. The objective is to prevent the service account used by the monitoring application from having local administrator access. SELECT Name,VolumeName,FileSystem from Win32_LogicalDiskWHERE DriveType=’3’SELECT Name fromWin32_PerfRawData_PerfDisk_LogicalDiskSELECT Name fromWin32_PerfRawData_PerfDisk_PhysicalDisk Read More
How to fix: “This pc doesn’t meet the minimum requirements for Windows 11”
I’m trying to upgrade my old PC to Windows 11, but I’m encountering a problem. The error message says, “This PC doesn’t meet the minimum requirements for Windows 11.” Despite having upgraded the hardware over the years, including adding more RAM and storage, the issue persists. I’ve checked that the processor should be compatible and have enabled both Secure Boot and TPM 2.0 in the BIOS. Despite these efforts, I still can’t proceed with the installation. I’m looking for advice on how to identify and fix whatever is causing this incompatibility, so I can successfully upgrade my PC to Windows 11. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
I’m trying to upgrade my old PC to Windows 11, but I’m encountering a problem. The error message says, “This PC doesn’t meet the minimum requirements for Windows 11.” Despite having upgraded the hardware over the years, including adding more RAM and storage, the issue persists. I’ve checked that the processor should be compatible and have enabled both Secure Boot and TPM 2.0 in the BIOS. Despite these efforts, I still can’t proceed with the installation. I’m looking for advice on how to identify and fix whatever is causing this incompatibility, so I can successfully upgrade my PC to Windows 11. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Read More
Excel Labs Add-in fails to load (“internal error”)
Installed Excel Labs Add-in from MS Store. Icon appears in ribbon. When clicked, “loading appears” for several secs. Then “Failed to Load” and “internal error” messages appear. Retried and reinstalled many times with same result.
MSO 2019
MS Windows 10 Home
Installed Excel Labs Add-in from MS Store. Icon appears in ribbon. When clicked, “loading appears” for several secs. Then “Failed to Load” and “internal error” messages appear. Retried and reinstalled many times with same result.MSO 2019MS Windows 10 Home Read More
Sending the form response itself to approvers
Hello all,
I had an issue regarding sending a form response to specific approvers, where I wanted to allow approvers to receive a link or file of the filled-out form in the same format as if the user is reading their own filled out form, instead of sending approvers the dynamic values inside the form.
Is there any way to generate a link or some other possible method? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Hello all, I had an issue regarding sending a form response to specific approvers, where I wanted to allow approvers to receive a link or file of the filled-out form in the same format as if the user is reading their own filled out form, instead of sending approvers the dynamic values inside the form. Is there any way to generate a link or some other possible method? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Read More
Customers asking to contact Microsoft support directly while under CSP?
Hi folks
How do you deal with a customer who wants to connect with Microsoft support directly instead of relaying their issues through CSP?
Some are legitimate issue and some are minor. However, customer is not willing to pay CSP for Azure support for example.
Also, is there a way for them to get access to support at a direct level if they are under Azure CSP?
Thank you in advance.
Hi folksHow do you deal with a customer who wants to connect with Microsoft support directly instead of relaying their issues through CSP?Some are legitimate issue and some are minor. However, customer is not willing to pay CSP for Azure support for example. Also, is there a way for them to get access to support at a direct level if they are under Azure CSP? Thank you in advance. Read More
Dimension of Array variable inside LET FUNCTION does not match dimension of the Table assigned
I have 4 tables with a different number of rows (1,2,3,4 rows respectively) but when I add the logic highlighted to select which table to assign to the JE_Template variable based on the values of the Statement parameter they all end up stacking the number of rows of the largest table in the if statement (4) as shown below.
Any insights as to what is going on (and a possible solution) will be most appreciated!
I inserted a line with the value of variables for reference of each iteration so you can see the right table is selected but for some reason the number of rows is always expanded to the rows of the larger table (table 4 in this case). Also, in the case of Table 1 which has only 1 row I don’t understand how the JE_Template displays 3 rows populated. I also tried to filter based on the content of the JE_Template but functionality was limited and hit/miss.
I have 4 tables with a different number of rows (1,2,3,4 rows respectively) but when I add the logic highlighted to select which table to assign to the JE_Template variable based on the values of the Statement parameter they all end up stacking the number of rows of the largest table in the if statement (4) as shown below. Any insights as to what is going on (and a possible solution) will be most appreciated! I inserted a line with the value of variables for reference of each iteration so you can see the right table is selected but for some reason the number of rows is always expanded to the rows of the larger table (table 4 in this case). Also, in the case of Table 1 which has only 1 row I don’t understand how the JE_Template displays 3 rows populated. I also tried to filter based on the content of the JE_Template but functionality was limited and hit/miss. Read More
how to get details of virus threat?
I thought I had a virus… so ran a full scan: no virus found. But I still felt something was wrong so I restored Win11 back to factory (and installed updates). Now I ran more scans. My C: drive was clean, but on a scan of the D: drive it found one item! Great! But now what? Do I need to do something? There was nothing listed under “protection history”.
I presume that ‘no current threats’ means that something was eliminated. Is that true?
I thought I had a virus… so ran a full scan: no virus found. But I still felt something was wrong so I restored Win11 back to factory (and installed updates). Now I ran more scans. My C: drive was clean, but on a scan of the D: drive it found one item! Great! But now what? Do I need to do something? There was nothing listed under “protection history”. I presume that ‘no current threats’ means that something was eliminated. Is that true? Read More
Outlook APP keeps crashing on my samsung s24 ultra suddenly.
Outlook APP keeps crashing on my samsung s24 ultra suddenly, It was working perfectly fine since I purchased the device months ago.
I have restarted the device several times and don’t see the app reacting. After a few seconds of opening the app, it pops up with “Outlook is NOT responding” Wait or Close the App. Same thing overand over several time of wait. Even after restart I keep getting the same.
Cleared the cache on the app already.
Only thing NOT done is reinstalling the app.
Look forrward for any suggestions please.
Thanks
B
Outlook APP keeps crashing on my samsung s24 ultra suddenly, It was working perfectly fine since I purchased the device months ago.I have restarted the device several times and don’t see the app reacting. After a few seconds of opening the app, it pops up with “Outlook is NOT responding” Wait or Close the App. Same thing overand over several time of wait. Even after restart I keep getting the same.Cleared the cache on the app already. Only thing NOT done is reinstalling the app. Look forrward for any suggestions please. ThanksB Read More
Microsoft Fabric Lake House for Advanced Data Analysis and Automation
Microsoft Fabric is a unified data platform that enhances intelligent decision-making with the Lake House experience and data activator. This platform empowers data scientists to work collaboratively in the same space using different languages like Spark SQL, R, Python, and Scala.
The data activator, a key component of Microsoft Fabric, is a game-changer in intelligent decision-making. It automates activities based on sensor data, triggered by simple commands and machine-learning models. This automation potential is sure to intrigue and excite IT professionals, hinting at the efficiency gains that can be achieved.
With Microsoft Fabric, you can delve into data analysis, create models, and deploy predictive alerts. But what truly inspires is the ability to showcase real-time analytics and machine learning predictions on the dashboard, offering data analysts a window into the potential insights they can uncover.
IT Operations can use fabric data analytics to automatically monitor data quality metrics and kick off remedial processes if those metrics are below target. learn more about Data Activator in Microsoft Fabric and Data science end-to-end scenario.
Helpful resources for understanding your current data and challenges to determine if Fabric is the right fit for an organization The essential guide to Microsoft Fabric for data leaders
Microsoft Fabric is a unified data platform that enhances intelligent decision-making with the Lake House experience and data activator. This platform empowers data scientists to work collaboratively in the same space using different languages like Spark SQL, R, Python, and Scala. The data activator, a key component of Microsoft Fabric, is a game-changer in intelligent decision-making. It automates activities based on sensor data, triggered by simple commands and machine-learning models. This automation potential is sure to intrigue and excite IT professionals, hinting at the efficiency gains that can be achieved.With Microsoft Fabric, you can delve into data analysis, create models, and deploy predictive alerts. But what truly inspires is the ability to showcase real-time analytics and machine learning predictions on the dashboard, offering data analysts a window into the potential insights they can uncover.IT Operations can use fabric data analytics to automatically monitor data quality metrics and kick off remedial processes if those metrics are below target. learn more about Data Activator in Microsoft Fabric and Data science end-to-end scenario. Helpful resources for understanding your current data and challenges to determine if Fabric is the right fit for an organization The essential guide to Microsoft Fabric for data leaders Read More
REGISTER TODAY: Prepare your customers for DORA and NIS2 | June 20 – 27 webinars
Hello Partners,
Are your customers ready for NIS2 and DORA?
Help guide your customers through the complex landscape of EU cybersecurity regulations coming into effect in the next few months. Attend the new partner readiness webinars on NIS2 and DORA, coupled with fresh guidance and customer-ready sales assets on the Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA).
Webinars will run between June 20th and June 27th in English, German, French, Spanish and Italian. Ideal for any Microsoft partner organization, sales and technical professionals with any level of Microsoft Security expertise.
Find up to date content on Cybersecurity Regulations on our Regulations Partner Training Gallery (includes NIS2, DORA and soon AI Act).
What is new on DORA:
A comprehensive sales playbook that simplifies DORA, offering best practices and actionable tips to help you craft compelling sales offers
A customer-ready pitch deck designed to engage and inform customers about how Microsoft’s solutions align with DORA’s requirements
A whitepaper for you to utilize to define your go-to-market strategy
Thank you for your continued partnership and support on making this EMEA-wide priority a success.
Hello Partners,
Are your customers ready for NIS2 and DORA?
Help guide your customers through the complex landscape of EU cybersecurity regulations coming into effect in the next few months. Attend the new partner readiness webinars on NIS2 and DORA, coupled with fresh guidance and customer-ready sales assets on the Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA).
Webinars will run between June 20th and June 27th in English, German, French, Spanish and Italian. Ideal for any Microsoft partner organization, sales and technical professionals with any level of Microsoft Security expertise.
REGISTER TODAY
Find up to date content on Cybersecurity Regulations on our Regulations Partner Training Gallery (includes NIS2, DORA and soon AI Act).
What is new on DORA:
A comprehensive sales playbook that simplifies DORA, offering best practices and actionable tips to help you craft compelling sales offers
A customer-ready pitch deck designed to engage and inform customers about how Microsoft’s solutions align with DORA’s requirements
A whitepaper for you to utilize to define your go-to-market strategy
Thank you for your continued partnership and support on making this EMEA-wide priority a success. Read More
Orchestrator Scheduling Challenge
Hi. I’ve been using SC orchestrator for almost a decade now.
However, not until today have I needed to run something hourly and on the hour.
Presently, when I configure this, in the “Monitor Date/Time activity I specify 0 days, 1 hour, and 0 minutes.
Then I check the “Starting” checkbox and enter 0 for “minutes after the hour”.
Press finish, and come back in and it’s unchecked.
How can I schedule my hourly job to run at the hour mark?
I have a workaround to run at the 1 minute after the hour mark, but that’s … not what we really want.
Hi. I’ve been using SC orchestrator for almost a decade now.However, not until today have I needed to run something hourly and on the hour.Presently, when I configure this, in the “Monitor Date/Time activity I specify 0 days, 1 hour, and 0 minutes.Then I check the “Starting” checkbox and enter 0 for “minutes after the hour”.Press finish, and come back in and it’s unchecked.How can I schedule my hourly job to run at the hour mark?I have a workaround to run at the 1 minute after the hour mark, but that’s … not what we really want. Read More
Inbox not showing all unread messages
Suddenly, my inbox doesn’t show any emails older than yesterday.
My inbox shows 27 unread emails, but my other folder shows 224 unread messages.
Why doesn’t my inbox show all of my unread messages?
Suddenly, my inbox doesn’t show any emails older than yesterday. My inbox shows 27 unread emails, but my other folder shows 224 unread messages. Why doesn’t my inbox show all of my unread messages? Read More
Outlook doesn’t allow the “+” sign anymore? I can’t recieve any e-mail
I’ve noticed that Outlook.com doesn’t recieve e-mails from certain senders where I have the “+” sign in the e-mail. Only a few senders works. This problem just began a few months ago but now it’s getting worse. Have outlook.com blacklisted those senders? They are legit.
I don’t have them on the blacklist still they won’t come through.
I’ve noticed that Outlook.com doesn’t recieve e-mails from certain senders where I have the “+” sign in the e-mail. Only a few senders works. This problem just began a few months ago but now it’s getting worse. Have outlook.com blacklisted those senders? They are legit. I don’t have them on the blacklist still they won’t come through. Read More
Multiple lines of data in txtContent of custom hover card
I have a list that I am building a custom view for that will be displayed on a SharePoint page. I would like to create a hovercard that displays some of the item’s properties like its title, description, and link. However, I’m stuck on how to add extra lines of data in the txtContent area.
{
“elmType”: “div”,
“style”: {
“font-size”:”12px”
},
“txtContent”:”@currentField”,
“customCardProps”: {
“openOnEvent”: “hover”,
“formatter”: {
“elmType”: “div”,
“txtContent”:”=’Tip: ‘ + [$TipTrickTitle]”,
“style”: {
“font-size”:”14px”,
“color”:”darkred”,
“padding”:”8px”
}
}
}
}
I’ve tried things like, “txtContent”:“=’Tip: ‘ + [$TipTrickTitle] + n + ‘Link: ‘ + [$Linktokb], thinking I could use the n to make it start a new line, then reference my column of data, but that didn’t work. The more I try other variants I find online, the more I lose my mind.
Is there a JSON expert willing to help me with what I’m hoping is a simple task! I do prefer the Excel-style expressions as I can’t wrap my head around the other method I can’t even name, but if I have to use that other method so be it 🙂
I have a list that I am building a custom view for that will be displayed on a SharePoint page. I would like to create a hovercard that displays some of the item’s properties like its title, description, and link. However, I’m stuck on how to add extra lines of data in the txtContent area. {
“elmType”: “div”,
“style”: {
“font-size”:”12px”
},
“txtContent”:”@currentField”,
“customCardProps”: {
“openOnEvent”: “hover”,
“formatter”: {
“elmType”: “div”,
“txtContent”:”=’Tip: ‘ + [$TipTrickTitle]”,
“style”: {
“font-size”:”14px”,
“color”:”darkred”,
“padding”:”8px”
}
}
}
} I’ve tried things like, “txtContent”:”=’Tip: ‘ + [$TipTrickTitle] + n + ‘Link: ‘ + [$Linktokb], thinking I could use the n to make it start a new line, then reference my column of data, but that didn’t work. The more I try other variants I find online, the more I lose my mind. Is there a JSON expert willing to help me with what I’m hoping is a simple task! I do prefer the Excel-style expressions as I can’t wrap my head around the other method I can’t even name, but if I have to use that other method so be it 🙂 Read More
Use GPUs with Clustered VMs through Direct Device Assignment
In the rapidly evolving landscape of artificial intelligence (AI), the demand for more powerful and efficient computing resources is ever-increasing. Microsoft is at the forefront of this technological revolution, empowering customers to harness the full potential of their AI workloads with their GPUs. GPU virtualization makes the ability to process massive amounts of data quickly and efficiently possible. Using GPUs with clustered VMs through DDA (Discrete Device Assignment) becomes particularly significant in failover clusters, offering direct GPU access.
Using GPUs with clustered VMs through DDA allows you to assign one or more entire physical GPUs to a single virtual machine (VM). DDA allows virtual machines (VMs) to have direct access to the physical GPUs. This results in reduced latency and full utilization of the GPU’s capabilities, which is crucial for compute-intensive tasks.
Figure 1: This diagram shows users using GPU with clustered VMs via DDA, where full physical GPU are assigned to VMs.
Using GPUs with clustered VMs enables these high-compute workloads to be executed within a failover cluster. A failover cluster is a group of independent nodes that work together to increase the availability of clustered roles. If one or more of the cluster nodes fail, the other nodes begin to provide service, meaning high availability by failover clusters. By integrating GPU with clustered VMs, these clusters can now support high-compute workloads on VMs. Failover clusters use GPU pools, which are managed by the cluster. An administrator creates these GPU pools name and declares a VM’s GPU needs. Pools are created on each node with the same name. Once GPUs and VMs are added to the pools, the cluster then manages VM placement and GPU assignment. Although live migration is not supported, in the event of a server failure, workloads can automatically restart on another node, minimizing downtime and ensuring continuity.
Using GPU with clustered VMs through DDA will be available in Windows Server 2025 Datacenter and was initially enabled in Azure Stack HCI 22H2.
To use GPU with clustered VMs, you are required to have a Failover Cluster that operates on Windows Server 2025 Datacenter edition and ensure the functional level of the cluster is at the Windows Server 2025 level. Each node in the cluster must have the same set up, and same GPUs in order to enable GPU with clustered VMs for failover cluster functionality . DDA does not currently support live migration. DDA is not supported by every GPU. In order to verify if your GPU works with DDA, contact your GPU manufacturer. Ensure you adhere to the setup guidelines provided by the GPU manufacturer, which includes installing the GPU manufacturer specific drivers on each server of the cluster and obtaining manufacturer-specific GPU licensing where applicable.
For more information on using GPU with clustered VMs, please review our documentation below:
Use GPUs with clustered VMs on Hyper-V | Microsoft Learn
Deploy graphics devices by using Discrete Device Assignment | Microsoft Learn
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