Category Archives: Technical Stuff

How to fix Azure Function App Deployment Error with Flex Plan and Storage Key Restrictions?

Summary Deploying an Azure Function App on the Flex plan and attempting a deployment that writes blocks to a storage account can fail with the error: “Failed to upload the block to storage account: key based authentication is not permitted.” … Continue reading

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How to Authenticate and Query Azure Digital Twins using PowerShell?

Summary Continuing from the last post, this entry explores how to achieve the desired outcome using PowerShell—step by step. Step By Step Solution Step # 1: Create a self-signed cert and export a PFX for Azure AD app authentication Intro: … Continue reading

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How to Authenticate and Query Azure Digital Twins Using REST Client?

Summary Azure Digital Twins (ADT) is a powerful IoT platform for modeling and interacting with digital representations of real-world environments. Securely accessing ADT APIs requires Azure Active Directory (AAD) authentication, often using certificates for automation scenarios. This post explains how … Continue reading

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How to find the SharePoint Site is shared with “Everyone except external users”?

Summary The customer requires a solution focused on SharePoint permissions. Specifically, the script is designed to identify sites that have the “Everyone except external users” permission applied. It will operate exclusively at the site level, reading permissions and reporting any … Continue reading

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How to build Custom engagement hub channel for Copilot Studio?

Summary This blog post explores the process of transferring interactions to a live agent of a custom engagement hub, replicating the seamless transition experience as offered in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Customer Service (see video here). I will provide a detailed … Continue reading

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How to call Epic on FHIR using Postman?

Summary I was tasked to get Sandbox Epic test data using FHIR APIs. This article will briefly demonstrate how to setup the App on Epic?, How provide required permissions for the App? and How to call the API using the … Continue reading

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How to create a JSON string array in PowerApps?

Summary In Power Apps, creating a JSON object is easy. It can be initialized like this. We can use the JSON function to convert the above object to a string. It will give you the JSON string representation to pass … Continue reading

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How to solve PowerFx JSON double escape quotes problem?

Summary I encountered an interesting problem while working on an app with a JSON function. To remove the clutter of the complexities of the app, I will explain the need and problem in a simple scenario. Later I added the … Continue reading

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How to find and replace an array of strings from a large string variable using PowerFx?

Summary To remove the clutter of the requirement, let’s reproduce the problem here. I was given a large string variable. The value of the string had the following values. The last “99999999” values are the digits and they can be … Continue reading

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Did you know the “addConnectorHideKey” query string parameter shows a hidden preview connector?

Summary I was working with a colleague who asked me to test the new preview connector built. Since this is a preview connector I was not able to see it in my demo tenant. I had to do the following … Continue reading

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