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Copilot M365 search to retrieve documents with certain Metadata/Tagging/Formart within Organization’
How can we retrieve documents with certain Metadata or Tagging or Format within Organization’s SharePoint using Copilot for Microsoft 365?
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How can we retrieve documents with certain Metadata or Tagging or Format within Organization’s SharePoint using Copilot for Microsoft 365? regards Read More
Surface laptop 2 keyboard: nationality?
I have found a Surface Laptop 2 with a strange AZERTY keyboard; most keys work properly, but I have tried all the available AZERTY keyboards and not one of them works completely: the nearest one is the French Belgian, except some non-letters ones, and most of the ALT-Gr combinations.
Here is a picture. all information welcome.
I have found a Surface Laptop 2 with a strange AZERTY keyboard; most keys work properly, but I have tried all the available AZERTY keyboards and not one of them works completely: the nearest one is the French Belgian, except some non-letters ones, and most of the ALT-Gr combinations. Here is a picture. all information welcome. Read More
GPT-4o Deployment is Not Visible in Manual Evalution Configurations
Hello everyone,
I am trying to run a manual evaluation using GPT-4o deployment. As you can see in the screenshot I can’t see the GPT-4o deployment in the deployment selection menu. Does anyone have any idea about this? Could GPT-4o be disabled for evaluation by default?
Hello everyone, I am trying to run a manual evaluation using GPT-4o deployment. As you can see in the screenshot I can’t see the GPT-4o deployment in the deployment selection menu. Does anyone have any idea about this? Could GPT-4o be disabled for evaluation by default? Read More
Desktop Teams does not seem to recognize Custom URLs
In the old classic Desktop Teams app I had the below code to open a custom URL.window.open(‘mydev://record?DB=7&URI=1’, ‘_blank’, ‘noopener noreferrer’);This will redirect to the default browser and ask to open the URL in the installed app.After switching to new Teams it is not working for Desktop teams. Tried with app.openLink(url) also. It works with browser-based teams. but not from Desktop teams in windows platform. Any alternative for this? Read More
How to make a cell copy N/A
I’ve a Production Tracker Spreadsheet.
We’ve a nesting column for each machine and then a column for production on each machine.
What I want is the production columns for the machines to lookup there Nested column. And if it equals N/A to put N/A in the processing Cell.
We do put values into the Nesting Columns other than N/A however I don’t want them copied across unless it’s N/A
I’ve a Production Tracker Spreadsheet. We’ve a nesting column for each machine and then a column for production on each machine. What I want is the production columns for the machines to lookup there Nested column. And if it equals N/A to put N/A in the processing Cell.We do put values into the Nesting Columns other than N/A however I don’t want them copied across unless it’s N/A Read More
Adding enterprise data to Custom Copilot via Graph Connector
I would like to add Jira issues to the knowledge sources via a Graph Connector. I created the Graph Connector. The issues are already displayed in Microsoft Search. Unfortunately, the custom copilot I created myself has no access, although I have added the Graph Connector as a knowledge source. The status of the Graph Connector is currently displayed as unknown in Copilot Studio. Do I have to publish the Copilot before I can access the enterprise data, or can I also find the Jira issues in copilot test mode?
Are there any additional steps I need to take? I have already followed the following article. Unfortunately without success.
https://learn.microsoft.com/de-de/microsoft-365-copilot/extensibility/overview-graph-connector
I would like to add Jira issues to the knowledge sources via a Graph Connector. I created the Graph Connector. The issues are already displayed in Microsoft Search. Unfortunately, the custom copilot I created myself has no access, although I have added the Graph Connector as a knowledge source. The status of the Graph Connector is currently displayed as unknown in Copilot Studio. Do I have to publish the Copilot before I can access the enterprise data, or can I also find the Jira issues in copilot test mode?Are there any additional steps I need to take? I have already followed the following article. Unfortunately without success. https://learn.microsoft.com/de-de/microsoft-365-copilot/extensibility/overview-graph-connector Read More
No plans are available for the selected subscription
I’ve set up a SaaS offer in the Azure Marketplace and created a free plan for testing purposes. However, when attempting to subscribe to the offer, I encounter an issue: No plans are available for the selected subscription, despite configuring both yearly and monthly plans. Additionally, a paid plan has been configured.
Please see the screenshot below for reference.
I’ve set up a SaaS offer in the Azure Marketplace and created a free plan for testing purposes. However, when attempting to subscribe to the offer, I encounter an issue: No plans are available for the selected subscription, despite configuring both yearly and monthly plans. Additionally, a paid plan has been configured.Please see the screenshot below for reference. Read More
Creation of AKS cluster is prevented by policy.
Hello
Please i need your help on this issue.
One of my customer is having an issue with creation of an AKS (Azure Kubernetes Service) cluster being prevented by a policy. The specific resource ‘aks-agentpool-19603827-vmss’ was disallowed by the policy.
Resource ‘aks-agentpool-19603827-vmss’ was disallowed by policy. Policy identifiers: ‘[{\”policyAssignment\”:{\”name\”:\”Prevent deployment of virtual machines scale sets\”,\”id\”:\”/subscriptions/18e46390-beb4-40e1-97ed-7b8691a58516/providers/Microsoft.Authorization/policyAssignments/
Hello Please i need your help on this issue. One of my customer is having an issue with creation of an AKS (Azure Kubernetes Service) cluster being prevented by a policy. The specific resource ‘aks-agentpool-19603827-vmss’ was disallowed by the policy. Resource ‘aks-agentpool-19603827-vmss’ was disallowed by policy. Policy identifiers: ‘[{\”policyAssignment\”:{\”name\”:\”Prevent deployment of virtual machines scale sets\”,\”id\”:\”/subscriptions/18e46390-beb4-40e1-97ed-7b8691a58516/providers/Microsoft.Authorization/policyAssignments/ Read More
Is Windows 11 Beta behind Release Preview?
Is Beta behind Release Preview, given its 23H2 rather than 24H2? And what is the difference between Beta and Preview?
Is Beta behind Release Preview, given its 23H2 rather than 24H2? And what is the difference between Beta and Preview? Read More
Not getting any notifications for Teams Mac & iOS
Hi,
Recently I was on vacation from work so I muted my Teams notifications – Usually, when I get a notification, I get an audio ping to my Mac, my Apple Watch and my iPhone – It used to annoy me a bit but now, since switching the notifications back on, I’m not getting any notifications at all.
This is very annoying as sometimes I’ll forget to check Teams and I’ll fond that someone asked me a question two hours ago and I didn’t spot it (not great if you’re working from home) – weirdly, I find that, If I go downstairs to make a cup of coffee, my watch will ping me – but when all four devices are together, I get nothing on any of them.
I’ve tried un-installing/re-installing on every device, this also makes no difference at all. It’s also not related to Focus, it makes no difference if I’m in Work Focus or no Focus.
I have, of course, followed all the online instructions for ‘turning on notifications’ but it makes no difference.
I want my notifications back!
Has anyone else dealt with the same issue?
Hi,Recently I was on vacation from work so I muted my Teams notifications – Usually, when I get a notification, I get an audio ping to my Mac, my Apple Watch and my iPhone – It used to annoy me a bit but now, since switching the notifications back on, I’m not getting any notifications at all. This is very annoying as sometimes I’ll forget to check Teams and I’ll fond that someone asked me a question two hours ago and I didn’t spot it (not great if you’re working from home) – weirdly, I find that, If I go downstairs to make a cup of coffee, my watch will ping me – but when all four devices are together, I get nothing on any of them. I’ve tried un-installing/re-installing on every device, this also makes no difference at all. It’s also not related to Focus, it makes no difference if I’m in Work Focus or no Focus.I have, of course, followed all the online instructions for ‘turning on notifications’ but it makes no difference. I want my notifications back! Has anyone else dealt with the same issue? Read More
Word keeps adding a grey ‘comment’ area
I am running MS Word 16.85.2 on a Mac Air with OS Sonoma.
Word keeps adding a vertical grey area on the righthand side for tracking comments. It covers about one-third of the page area. I never use it. It is very annoying. I delete it every time I use the program, but it reappears whenever I open a file again.
How can I stop Word from adding this?
I have never had this problem before.
Thanks
John
I am running MS Word 16.85.2 on a Mac Air with OS Sonoma.Word keeps adding a vertical grey area on the righthand side for tracking comments. It covers about one-third of the page area. I never use it. It is very annoying. I delete it every time I use the program, but it reappears whenever I open a file again. How can I stop Word from adding this?I have never had this problem before. ThanksJohn Read More
Azure HCI Migration – Cannot Replicate to Azure Stack HCI
Can anyone explain how I can overcome this. I have re-installed and re-registered the appliance running on my target HCI-Stack cluster. Is the error talking about the appliance running on my local source Hyper-V cluster?
The on-premises appliance you have selected is incompatible with migrations to Azure Stack HCI. You must reinstall and re-register your appliance and try again.
Can anyone explain how I can overcome this. I have re-installed and re-registered the appliance running on my target HCI-Stack cluster. Is the error talking about the appliance running on my local source Hyper-V cluster? The on-premises appliance you have selected is incompatible with migrations to Azure Stack HCI. You must reinstall and re-register your appliance and try again. Read More
Fonctionnalité “glisser/déposer” d’une application .net Maui vers Word
Bonjour,
Pour le développement d’un projet en .Net C#, avec le framework Maui, j’aurais besoin d’implémenter une fonctionnalité de “glisser/déposer”, de mon application directement vers un fichier Word.
Cependant je n’arrive pas à avoir les autorisations nécessaires, et Word bloque cette action.
Est-ce que quelqu’un à déjà réussi à gérer cette fonctionnalité dans une application pour windows ?
Merci de votre retour
Bonjour,Pour le développement d’un projet en .Net C#, avec le framework Maui, j’aurais besoin d’implémenter une fonctionnalité de “glisser/déposer”, de mon application directement vers un fichier Word.Cependant je n’arrive pas à avoir les autorisations nécessaires, et Word bloque cette action.Est-ce que quelqu’un à déjà réussi à gérer cette fonctionnalité dans une application pour windows ?Merci de votre retour Read More
AZURE LAB USER SQL DB DELETE EACH TIME I REPUBLISH
@community
Good morning Community members,
I am having an issue, each time I republish the VM from the labs.azure.com portal the following happens:
the entire document and wipe offthe numerous installed app memory restarts ( e.g the extensions in VS code need to be reinstall)the databases created by the users also clear off
Please, can you help me with a step-by-step guide to prevent this from happening?
I appreciate your help, dear community members.
@communityGood morning Community members,I am having an issue, each time I republish the VM from the labs.azure.com portal the following happens:the entire document and wipe offthe numerous installed app memory restarts ( e.g the extensions in VS code need to be reinstall)the databases created by the users also clear offPlease, can you help me with a step-by-step guide to prevent this from happening? I appreciate your help, dear community members. Read More
Kernel Memory – Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) using Azure Open AI
Hello Community,
I am seeking for guidance here, Looking for Kernel Memory – Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) using Azure Open AI which can read file in kernel memory. I can ask question and based on memory it can answer my questions. I want to use .NetCore here for implementation.
I have referred below article but i did not found configuration related to Azure Open AI.
https://github.com/microsoft/kernel-memory/tree/main
Hello Community,I am seeking for guidance here, Looking for Kernel Memory – Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) using Azure Open AI which can read file in kernel memory. I can ask question and based on memory it can answer my questions. I want to use .NetCore here for implementation.I have referred below article but i did not found configuration related to Azure Open AI.https://github.com/microsoft/kernel-memory/tree/main Read More
Automatically accept an event when created in attendees’ outlook calendar
Hi,
I am currently using the API to create appointments on the internal technicians’ calendars. The account used to create the event has permission to modify the technicians’ calendars. I would like that when I create an event and invite Tech A, they do not have to accept or decline the event. This should work in the same way as if I were creating the appointment directly on their calendar, but in this case, I need to use a shared calendar that invites the technicians.
The topics I found on this subject are a few months old or more, and they mentioned that it was impossible. Are there any updates on this?
Thank you in advance.
Best regards,
Hi, I am currently using the API to create appointments on the internal technicians’ calendars. The account used to create the event has permission to modify the technicians’ calendars. I would like that when I create an event and invite Tech A, they do not have to accept or decline the event. This should work in the same way as if I were creating the appointment directly on their calendar, but in this case, I need to use a shared calendar that invites the technicians. The topics I found on this subject are a few months old or more, and they mentioned that it was impossible. Are there any updates on this? Thank you in advance.Best regards, Read More
Click Event of Command Bar in spfx webpart
Hi,
I have created a command bar buttons on sharepoint list via spfx webpart through the below link
At last I should be able to redirect to a page on click of command bar button.
But I am not able to find the click event of command bar button.
Please share your ideas on thoughts to achieve.
Regards,
Sudheer
Hi,I have created a command bar buttons on sharepoint list via spfx webpart through the below linkhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/dev/spfx/extensions/get-started/building-simple-cmdset-with-dialog-apiAt last I should be able to redirect to a page on click of command bar button.But I am not able to find the click event of command bar button.Please share your ideas on thoughts to achieve.Regards,Sudheer Read More
Introducing SOC Optimization API
SOC optimization is a new feature designed to combine the power of out of the box content with the flexibility of the SIEM to help you optimize your SOC processes and coverage to your organization’s specific needs, priorities, threats and environment. The first phase of this new feature helps you gain deep insights into your data usage patterns and coverage gaps against specific threats. It provides actionable recommendations to tighten your ingestion rates for data that doesn’t provide security value, leverage correctly the data the does and improve your current coverage based on the threat landscape. You can learn more about the feature with the following resources.
Documentation: SOC optimization overview ; Recommendation’s logic
Short overview and demo: SOC optimization Ninja show
In dept webinar: Manage your data, costs and protections with SOC optimization
In this blog, we will focus on the API usage for SOC optimization. That’s right, if you didn’t know, there is an API available for you to interact with programmatically.
The API
Having an API for the SOC optimization feature is crucial for several reasons. We aim to unlock the power of precision-driven security and empower security teams through API with flexibility in automation, integration, customization, scalability and real-time access to SOC optimization data.
Refer to the Swagger specification and examples to learn more about the API.
Use cases
There are numerous scenarios where the SOC optimization API can be utilized. Here are some key use cases:
You can build custom reports and dashboards, for example, with Workbooks, Power BI, and other reporting tools. The Sentinel Optimization workbook has been updated with recommendation data via the API.
Integrate with third-party tools such as SOAR, ITSM, or any other applications that need to integrate with recommendations programmatically.
The API allows real-time access to SOC Optimization data. Security teams can retrieve up-to-date recommendations, trigger evaluations if needed, and respond promptly to the suggestions. Recommendations are calculated every 24 hours, and with the API you’re always up to date.
For customers or MSSPs managing multiple environments, the API provides a scalable way to handle recommendations across multiple workspaces.
You can export the data from the API and store it externally for audit, archiving, or tracking trends.
“We consider this feature as a valuable source of data for us and the customers we protect, it speeds up many tasks for us and provides meaningful insights we can act upon. The API and the reporting that it enables improves our efficiency and accuracy and reduces manual effort for custom reporting, thus reducing our costs and providing a better fidelity of service. “
Clive Watson – Solution Director, Quorum Cyber
Available actions
Below is a summary of the API actions and sample their sample responses.
1. Get recommendations
Use this action to list all the recommendations in your workspace.
GET /subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}/providers/Microsoft.OperationalInsights/workspaces/{workspaceName}/providers/Microsoft.SecurityInsights/recommendations
2. Get recommendation
This allows you to get a specific recommendation by id. The id can be obtained from the previous action.
GET /subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}/providers/Microsoft.OperationalInsights/workspaces/{workspaceName}/providers/Microsoft.SecurityInsights/recommendations/{recommendationId}
3. Patch recommendation
This allows you to update the status of a recommendation. For example, mark a recommendation as in progress, completed, dismissed or reactivate a recommendation.
Supported values when configuring the state property are ‘Active’, ‘InProgress’, ‘Dismissed’, ‘CompletedByUser’ and ‘CompletedBySystem’
PATCH /subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}/providers/Microsoft.OperationalInsights/workspaces/{workspaceName}/providers/Microsoft.SecurityInsights/recommendations/{recommendationId}
4. Reevaluate recommendation
Use this action to manually trigger the evaluation for a recommendation.
POST /subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}/providers/Microsoft.OperationalInsights/workspaces/{workspaceName}/providers/Microsoft.SecurityInsights/recommendations/{recommendationId} /triggerEvaluation
Sample workbook
If you need a sample for reference or to get started, you can refer to the Microsoft Sentinel Optimization Workbook as mentioned earlier. Install the workbook from the content hub, save the template, and launch the workbook. You will find the ‘SOC Optimization’ tab that visualizes the data based on the SOC optimization API.
Expand the items under ‘Details’ to drill down into each optimization type. Below are sample screenshots for ‘data value optimization’ and ‘threat-based optimization’ from the workbook.
Edit the workbook to check the parameters defined for SOC optimization (at the top of the workbook) and see how each visualization is built.
Customer story
Below is the case study shared by Quorum Cyber:
“When we first saw the preview of SOC Optimization the idea resonated with work we already do for customers as their MSSP. We knew that customers would be excited by this level of detail and insight provided and they would ask us questions about this. We were impressed with the API provided from day one, it worked immediately with Sentinel Workbooks, and we were able to almost immediately incorporate new reports on a customer-by-customer basis.
However, we were really interested in how we could scale this knowledge and be proactive. This is where the API really helped us; we were able to use it to detect all customers with data and bring those insights centrally to report on them. This gave us a few advantages; one was that we could see where a customer had an issue and where we might need to assist. For example, a customer has a warning about zero usage of a table (which you can’t detect otherwise), this helps our on-boarding team and improves our ongoing management, as it’s good to know that a table may have been asked for but isn’t used, or that over time the usage or importance of this may have changed and maybe we can adjust accordingly.
Detection coverage is a key part of us being an MSSP, we look to provide threat-led analytic rules to our customers, so having insights from the API on what might be missing and areas to investigate is crucial and looking at that data across customers at scale has given us many invaluable insights. For example, one customer being recommended coverage is important but having many customers with the same recommendation might mean this is a crucial task and we need to adopt the recommendation faster.
What we also appreciated was the link back to the Microsoft Sentinel GitHub for each analytic and the counts of active vs. available, so not only did we know that there were, for example, eight of 10 active detections deployed, but we had the GUID of that detection to look it up. With that data were able to correlate that GUID to our own GitHub repository to match to any customization we have done to that use case.”
Summary
Get started with the SOC optimization API today. We hope that this detailed walkthrough will help you unlock your use cases via the API.
Here is a list of useful resources mentioned in the blog:
API: Swagger specification and examples
Documentation: SOC optimization overview ; Recommendation’s logic
Short overview and demo: SOC optimization Ninja show
In dept webinar: Manage your data, costs and protections with SOC optimization
Workbook: Sentinel Optimization workbook
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Message Stuck in the Outbox Folder in Outlook New
Dear All:
I am using Outlook new under Windows 10 Enterprise and Microsoft Office 365. As of last Monday, I have a message stuck in my outbox folder in Outlook New. The message should not be there as it was actually sent, and the recipient had actually replied to it. If I switch to the old Outlook, then I do not see this message in the outbox folder. If I try to delete the message in the outbox folder in Outlook New, it gets deleted, but it re-appears as soon as I move out and then back in the outbox folder, or if I restart Outlook. Also, when I delete the message, next to the outbox folder name, I still see the number 1, indicating that there still is a message in the folder. I have tried synchronising, and also emptying the outbox folder, but to no avail. This is a very simple message, with no attachments and with just a few lines of text. Any ideas what might be going on?
Thank you in advance.
Dear All: I am using Outlook new under Windows 10 Enterprise and Microsoft Office 365. As of last Monday, I have a message stuck in my outbox folder in Outlook New. The message should not be there as it was actually sent, and the recipient had actually replied to it. If I switch to the old Outlook, then I do not see this message in the outbox folder. If I try to delete the message in the outbox folder in Outlook New, it gets deleted, but it re-appears as soon as I move out and then back in the outbox folder, or if I restart Outlook. Also, when I delete the message, next to the outbox folder name, I still see the number 1, indicating that there still is a message in the folder. I have tried synchronising, and also emptying the outbox folder, but to no avail. This is a very simple message, with no attachments and with just a few lines of text. Any ideas what might be going on? Thank you in advance. Read More
Teams to Block Federated Communications with Trial Tenants
Microsoft is moving to block federated communications with trial Microsoft 365 tenants to cut off a potential exploitation route for attackers. The new block goes into force on July 29, 2024, and is controlled by the ExternalAccessWithTrialTenants setting in the tenant federation configuration policy. We’ve been saying for years that tenants should clamp down on federated chat. It seems that Microsoft now agrees.
https://office365itpros.com/2024/06/27/federated-communications-block/
Microsoft is moving to block federated communications with trial Microsoft 365 tenants to cut off a potential exploitation route for attackers. The new block goes into force on July 29, 2024, and is controlled by the ExternalAccessWithTrialTenants setting in the tenant federation configuration policy. We’ve been saying for years that tenants should clamp down on federated chat. It seems that Microsoft now agrees.
https://office365itpros.com/2024/06/27/federated-communications-block/ Read More