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  Published on

  2018-07-09 11:24 a.m.

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  koskila

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  classicsharepointsharepoint

  How to show more than 30 categories on Classic SharePoint blog/news sites?

  Imagine this: you're using a good old SharePoint blog site, and have a bunch of categories in use. That's nice and easy - SharePoint offers the categorization functionality natively, and it works decently. Problems arise when you have a lot of categories, though - not all of them will be shown. Even if you tweak the web part to show more items on a page, this isn't reflected on the whole blog site! This article explains how to fix this in a couple of simple steps!

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  Published on

  2018-07-06 8:50 a.m.

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  koskila

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  azuredeployment

  Fixing the error “Web Deploy cannot modify the file on the Destination because it is locked by an external process.”

  This post describes how to fix the error, where when publishing Azure Functions or Azure App Services you get an error like this: “Web Deploy cannot modify the file on the Destination because it is locked by an external process.” This is luckily another straightforward fix! Problem Azure Function Publish fails with a message: “Web Deploy cannot modify the file on the Destination because it is locked by an external process.

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  2018-06-26 11:42 a.m.

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  koskila

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  azureazure-adazureadv2

  How to fix "AADSTS50011: Reply address did not match because of case sensitivity."

  So, you got an AADSTS50011 error code? It's just Azure AD's authentication acting up because of an invalid reply address! Here are a bunch of different reasons that could have led to this error. This post describes the variant where the URL's case sensitivity differs from what's configured. For me, the most typical scenario where I run into this error is accessing the app from SharePoint.

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  Published on

  2018-06-19 7:48 p.m.

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  koskila

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  azureazurefunctionsiis

  How to fix an Azure Function failing with error "The resource you are looking for has been removed, had its name changed, or is temporarily unavailable."

  This post describes one way to resolve a problem, where you receive an error like "The resource you are looking for has been removed, had its name changed, or is temporarily unavailable." when calling your Azure Functions. Problem Another day, another simple, yet kind of weird issue to solve! I was developing a simple Azure Function to access Microsoft Graph API this time.

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  2018-06-11 8:02 a.m.

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  koskila

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  authenticationazure-adazureadv2

  How to fix "AADSTS50011: The reply address does not match the reply addresses configured" -error

  So, you have an error with the code AADSTS50011 ? That's ok - it's just Azure AD 's authentication acting up because of invalid reply URLs ! Most of the time, it's a simple configuration issue. Since there might be a couple of different reasons for this error, this post also describes a couple of different solutions, that might help you overcome the issues. Read on to find out if one of them can help you! Problem So, you're getting an error somewhat like this: AADSTS50011: The reply address ...

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  Published on

  2018-05-24 9:09 a.m.

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  koskila

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  authenticationgooglechromemicrosoftmsdn

  How to log in to Microsoft's websites (MSDN forums, Azure Portal, SharePoint Online) when you get a "Bad Request" error?

  Every now and then, something like half of Microsoft's websites will suddenly stop working - this applies to at least Azure Portal , SharePoint Online sites, MSDN forums, Office Online, and probably a thousand other sites. The error is most of the time something like this: Bad Request - Request Too Long HTTP Error 400. The size of the request headers is too long. Or like shown below: Azure Portal throwing an error: "Bad Request - Request Too Long HTTP Error 400.

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  2018-05-21 9:06 a.m.

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  koskila

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  backupsmicrosoftsharepoint-onlinesupport

  A cautionary tale of relying on the automatic backups in SharePoint Online

  Microsoft keeps 14-day rolling backups of your SharePoint Online sites. That's awesome - no need to take backups anymore, right? Not so fast. It's not always so easy, and by just relying on these backups, you risk losing your data. Forever, I might add. This cautionary tale is about SharePoint Online, but I'd say you'll need to take caution anytime you're dealing with Microsoft's automatic backups.

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  Published on

  2018-05-18 12:38 p.m.

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  koskila

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  classicsharepointie11sharepointsharepoint-2013sharepoint2016twitterapi

  How to fix Twitter embed in SharePoint

  Twitter has always been (relatively) good for developers - except for anyone who'd like to embed anything - hence making it possible to interact with their content on other sites than Twitter. I guess it's understandable, but they seem to hate anyone trying to embed feeds, searches, or anything on their sites. And they express their hate by making the developers' lives more difficult... This time by silently breaking the embed script in a way, that's tricky to work around.

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  Published on

  2018-05-17 10:11 a.m.

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  koskila

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  azureconfigurationconsoleappwebjob

  Fixing an unhandled exception about StructureMap configuration failing (messed up assembly bindings)

  So, you're running a console program, but while you try running it, you get an error like this: " StructureMap.Exceptions.StructureMapConfigurationException ", with a message like this: " Unable to find the exported Type's in assembly " (the typo done by Microsoft, not me). There are a number of reasons for this error, but for a fair share of the time, that's just your assembly bindings being messed up. Luckily, that's another easy fix!

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  2018-05-14 10:21 a.m.

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  koskila

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  adalazure-ad

  How to fix AADSTS50059: No tenant-identifying information found in either the request or implied by any provided credentials.

  Have you run into the cryptical "AADSTS50059: No tenant-identifying information found in either the request or implied by any provided credentials." error? I have. This post will tell you how to fix it. How to fix AADSTS50059? I encountered this error while trying to reload a page with some JavaScript that authenticates against Graph API.

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  2018-05-09 1:37 p.m.

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  koskila

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  classicsharepointsharepointsharepoint-2010sharepoint-2013sharepoint2016sharepoint2019

  How to show a pop-up in SharePoint

  This ages-old trick deserves to be published - since it makes it easy to quickly show info from pretty much any other page on pretty much any Classic SharePoint page (in a SharePoint-compatible pop-up). So, here goes: Using SharePoint's JavaScript library to open an arbitrary pop-up Yes - SharePoint contains all the functionality out-of-the-box, and you almost don't have to do anything yourself! Let's see how this works. Okay - long story short.

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  2018-05-07 11:02 a.m.

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  koskila

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  citizendevelopmentsessions

  Thanks for coming to my session in SPS Nashville!

  I was at Cloud Friday and SharePoint Saturday Nashville 2018 (SPSNash18), and had my session on Saturday - that was a lot of fun! I had the chance to meet a lot of new (and some "old") people, and I think the community liked my session about Citizen Development tools (for "actual developers") quite well!

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  2018-05-04 11:10 a.m.

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  koskila

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  sessionsspsspsnashville

  Speaking at SPS Nashville on 5/5/18!

  This Spring is crazy - so many cool announcements to make! I'll be speaking at SharePoint Saturday in Nashville on 5.5.2018. This one's a completely new SPS event for me, and I'm honored that my session was accepted on the developer track! Based on the feedback from earlier sessions, I'm really excited to speak to the community about the cool new toys Microsoft is giving us! :)

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  2018-05-03 12:42 a.m.

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  koskila

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  citizendevelopmentsessionsspshou

  Thanks for coming to SPS Houston! Check out the slides and demos :)

  I had an awesome time at SharePoint Saturday in Houston! I had a lot of fun meeting a lot of new people, and I think the community liked my session about Citizen Development tools quite well!

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  Published on

  2018-04-27 7:06 p.m.

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  koskila

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  sessionsspsspshou

  Speaking at SPS Houston 4/28/18!

  I have another exciting announcement to make - I'll be speaking at SharePoint Saturday in Houston on 28.4.2018! It's a completely new SPS event for me, and I'm honored my session was accepted on the developer track with some other really professional speakers. I'm really hyped to share more of the cool stuff I've been working on!

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  2018-04-27 2:46 p.m.

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  koskila

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  sessions

  Materials for my SPS TC session: "Citizen Developer Tools are not just for Citizen Developers" now available!

  Whoops - this post comes quite late, as the session was a couple of weeks ago already. I recently had a session at SharePoint Saturday Twin Cities (SPS TC for short) and thought I'd share my materials and document my experiences. Oh, and do the shout-outs, since I referenced some materials and tools by some extremely talented people! Don't want to crawl through the jabbering? Just the materials are here . Thanks for your interest, and you're welcome!

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  Published on

  2018-04-22 11:27 a.m.

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  koskila

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  asp-netazure

  Solving Azure Web Application's first load performance issues

  Is your Azure Web Application suffering from absolutely horrible load times every time someone accesses it for the first time every 15 minutes or so? Mine was. It was pitiful. I was developing a web-based service using EF6 and ASP.NET MVC 5, where all the assets were hosted in Azure.

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  Published on

  2018-04-09 12:10 a.m.

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  koskila

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  sessionsspsspstc

  Speaking at SPS Twin Cities on 4/14/2018!

  Exciting announcement to make - I'll be speaking at SharePoint Saturday in Twin Cities (SPS TC for short) on 4/14/42018! It's one of the biggest SPS events worldwide, and I'm honored my session was accepted on the developer track. I'm really hyped to share some of the cool stuff I've been working on!

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  Published on

  2018-03-27 11:13 a.m.

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  koskila

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  sharepointsharepoint-2010sharepoint-2013sharepoint2016sharepoint-onlinewebpart

  Opening a web part page in maintenance mode

  Can't access a web part page because of a broken web part? Yeah, that's a classic issue - and it's nicely ported into the Modern world, too! In these cases, web part page maintenance mode comes in handy! There's a query parameter available for accessing it. For whatever reason, it's different for Classic and Modern mode, though. Why make things easy if you can make them difficult, right? :)

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  2018-03-22 4:50 p.m.

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  koskila

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  anonymous-accessauthenticationconfigurationiison-premisessharepointsharepoint-2010sharepoint-2013sharepoint2016sharepoint2019

  Troubleshooting: Anonymous access failing for a SharePoint site collection

  Ah, everyone's favorite, classic topic! Debugging SharePoint On-Premises configuration issues is the best thing since sliced bread, right? This post is about allowing/enabling Anonymous Access to a site collection - a simple configuration, that "simply works" like once every ten times you try it. This article describes how to enable anonymous access for SharePoint Server 2010, 2013, 2016, and 2019 - the procedure is pretty much the same!

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  Published on

  2018-03-20 3:37 p.m.

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  koskila

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  azureazurefunctionsmicrosoftflowmodernsharepointsharepointsharepoint-online

  Hackathon win: Resolving Managed Metadata Madness

  I won a hackathon! They had fun topics, it was a cool challenge, a well-organized event, and had cool prizes. Since this is the first hackathon I ever took part in, I thought I'd post something about my experience and the solution(s) I figured out. Description I recently took part in a fun hackathon organized by DevPost for Microsoft. Earlier, I posted some info about my hackathon entry, How to Resolve Managed Metadata Madness in SharePoint?

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  Published on

  2018-03-12 3:45 p.m.

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  koskila

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  sharepoint

  How to show a Classic SharePoint page in dialog mode (without SharePoint's full-blown chrome)

  Classic SharePoint actually has a very handy piece of functionality, using which you can hide most of the SharePoint chrome (like header and navigation), and hence make the page a lot sleeker. This is especially useful for showing the contents in a dialog window - which SharePoint also supports natively through JavaScript! This post describes how. How to show any (classic) SharePoint page in dialog mode? Pretty easy - it's handled via a URL parameter!

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  2018-03-02 9:18 a.m.

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  koskila

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  foxittoolswindows

  How to remove Foxit Drive in Foxit Reader?

  If you're like me, you're not using Adobe Reader, but rather switched to Foxit Reader years ago, and never looked back. Foxit has a great PDF printer, it's sleek and for the most part a pleasure to use - in other words, it's a great reader. But it's not perfect. See, the default save location is "Foxit Drive" , and it pops up any time you try to save your document, and at least for me interrupts my workflow. This post describes how to get rid of it, and make Foxit Reader even better!

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  Published on

  2018-03-01 1:55 p.m.

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  koskila

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  azureazure-adyammer

  Solving error "AADSTS90013: Invalid input received from the user"

  I stumbled upon a customer that complained about some pages in their intranet throwing weird errors with authentication. Those pages seemed to have one thing in common - there was a Yammer embed (or a SharePoint script webpart with Yammer embed script in it, to be precise) there. The error code they got was "AADSTS90013: Invalid input received from the user". Below, you can see an example of the error screen. AADSTS90013: Invalid input received from the user.

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  Published on

  2018-02-27 12:05 p.m.

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  koskila

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  powershellsharepointsharepoint-2013sharepoint2016sharepoint-online

  Don't remove the root web of your classic SharePoint Site Collection!

  A quick heads-up - if you remove the root site (or RootWeb, like it's called in the code) of your classic SharePoint Site Collection, that's going to cause you some grey hairs. It might even, in some rare cases, be unrecoverable! The following post describes what kind of issues you might run into, if you remove the root web instead of the whole site collection, and how to remove the site collection instead. Update 13.7.

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