Antti K. Koskela - Microsoft MVP, Azure architect, and relentlessly practical problem-solver
Welcome to Koskila.net. I am a Finnish software developer entrepreneur living in the countryside, and this is my personal professional space for documenting solutions that are genuinely useful in real work. The focus is Microsoft technology, cloud architecture, and enterprise software development, but the spirit is broader than any single stack.
The blog has been online since 2009 and in its current shape since 2015. Over the years, it has grown into a long-running notebook of lessons from consulting projects, architecture work, product implementation, and practical troubleshooting that teams can apply quickly.
The person behind the posts
I started freelancing as a web developer at 14, and the fascination never stopped. Today I mainly work as a Solutions Architect at Omnia Intranet, operating at the intersection of architecture strategy and implementation detail.
This site exists to document what works, what fails, and what can be improved in Microsoft-focused engineering work. It is intentionally broad because real-world software problems do not arrive in neat categories.
If you value direct examples, tested fixes, and practical patterns over polished theory, this is the right place to browse.
Elsewhere on the web
This is the main home for Microsoft-focused writing, while ThoughtsOnTech.net covers gadgets and consumer-tech observations. The split keeps each stream focused and easy to follow.
Follow along on the channels below for updates, talks, demos, and engineering notes across different formats.
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Evil triumphs when good men do nothing
I never thought that I would write an article on this site of mine about war, peace and a threat to not only an entire nation's existence, but mine, too. But as this website has some reach (there's around 75 000 of you each month), I feel that I have a responsibility to say and do something. On February 24th, 2022, the fascist oligarchy known as Russia attacked yet another one of its neighbors. That's almost not even newsworthy by itself - it's happened multiple times before.
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No, New Outlook (NEW) still can't subscribe to an online calendar
This article explores the problematic task of adding an online calendar to New Outlook (NEW), and how to work around the issue by using Outlook on the web (OWA) instead. Background Now, unlike in Windows (at least in theory), on a Mac you can't change the default calendar app to something else than Apple Calendar. So if you click on a calendar link in an email, it will open in Apple Calendar - and if you want to subscribe to an online calendar, you better subscribe to it in Apple Calendar.
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USA - giving strong 'Not This Year' vibes 🥲
What exactly is happening in the USA? The once-great country seems hell-bent on shooting themselves in the foot again, again and again, and knowing what a bad shot most people are, I've chosen to stay out of the line of fire this time around and canceled my travel plans. It bleeds my heart not to make it to the MVP Summit in person to meet up with all the amazing people, and of course to take the excuse to go on a little road trip to check some of the missing states off the map.
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Microsoft's AI Revolution: $99/mo E7 Brings Copilot Cowork and Agent 365
Yesterday, Microsoft announced the next big steps in their, I mean, everyone's AI journeys in the M365 space! Namely, we now know that Agent 365 is going to cost $15/user/month. It's still very unclear what do you get with the price exactly - but at least there's now a number! Additionally, Microsoft launched the new Microsoft 365 E7 license , which includes the aforementioned Agent 365, the classic Microsoft 365 E5 suite, and of course Microsoft 365 Copilot licenses monthly for a measly $99 per user per month.
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Happy 25th birthday, SharePoint! 🎉
This article is my love letter to the 25-year-old workhorse in the Microsoft ecosystem - SharePoint. Let me take you on a wild ride through my personal journey and love-hate relationship with SharePoint! Intro So on March 2nd, 2026, SharePoint turned 25 years old. It can now not only drive, but also vote and drink - hopefully not at the same time, even if drinking and voting DOES sound like a great time! My first day job in 2011 was a SharePoint developer.
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Evil triumphs when good men do nothing
I never thought that I would write an article on this site of mine about war, peace and a threat to not only an entire nation's existence, but mine, too.- Published on
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- Koskila
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No, New Outlook (NEW) still can't subscribe to an online calendar
This article explores the problematic task of adding an online calendar to New Outlook (NEW), and how to work around the issue by using Outlook on the web (OWA) instead.- Published on
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USA - giving strong 'Not This Year' vibes 🥲
What exactly is happening in the USA?- Published on
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Microsoft's AI Revolution: $99/mo E7 Brings Copilot Cowork and Agent 365
Yesterday, Microsoft announced the next big steps in their, I mean, everyone's AI journeys in the M365 space! Namely, we now know that Agent 365 is going to cost $15/user/month.- Published on
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Happy 25th birthday, SharePoint! 🎉
This article is my love letter to the 25-year-old workhorse in the Microsoft ecosystem - SharePoint. Let me take you on a wild ride through my personal journey and love-hate relationship with SharePoint!