Posts from October 2024

Posts from October 2024 (6)

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  Published on

  2024-10-29 4:44 a.m.

  Authors

  koskila

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  devopsgithubactionsyaml

  How to access Environment Secrets with GitHub Actions?

  This article aims to clear the confusion around the GitHub Repository Secrets and explain how to successfully use them in your pipelines for fun and profit! Well, mostly for additional security and pipeline parameterization, really... But still - it's a good piece of functionality to wrap your head around and implement in your daily work. Problem When wanting to use Environment-specific secrets with GitHub Actions, the right sequence of steps is - in theory - quite clear.

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  Published on

  2024-10-22 3:08 a.m.

  Authors

  koskila

  Tags

  copilotwindows

  Copilot app on Windows refusing to use your Personal account? Easy fix!

  This article explains a quick fix to a very topical issue: Copilot app suddenly becoming hostile to you due to your work credentials, and incredibly, carrying that grudge on and on, even after you've signed out of your work account (as per the bots demands) and signed in with your personal account. What a bitter and unforgiving person this bot is. Won't forget about your past mistakes. But no fear! We'll find a way to calm them down and keep on keeping on.

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  Published on

  2024-10-19 10:27 a.m.

  Authors

  koskila

  Tags

  scottishsummitsessions

  Level Up Your Teams Extensibility Game with Blazor - Session materials from Scottish Summit 2024

  This article will contain links, materials, slides (should I get the permission to post them) and other stuff related to my session at Scottish Summit 2024. In case you stopped by my session - thanks! If you're just visiting for any reason - make sure to check the slides out first, and the rest should probably make more sense to you! Right now, it'll have a few missing pieces (everything that has a [TBA] tag will be added later).

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  Published on

  2024-10-15 7:40 p.m.

  Authors

  koskila

  Tags

  microsoft-teamsteamsfx

  What do you get from a Microsoft Teams App template in Visual Studio?

  This article explains briefly what the different Microsoft Teams App templates in Visual Studio are for and what capabilities do they come with. It's a lot to wade through, but I hope this article is able to explain the basics. Background Lately, I've been playing around with Blazor and Teams again.

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  Published on

  2024-10-08 4:23 a.m.

  Authors

  koskila

  Tags

  blazorintellisensevisual-studio

  Intellisense not working for Fluent components in Blazor project? Easy fix!

  This article explains a couple of easy fixes for an issue, where Visual Studio refuses to properly recognize the FluentUI components you might have used in your Blazor projects. Because apparently that can (kind of randomly) happen! Problem The screenshot below shows a sample from Microsoft's basic Teams tab extension template. For me, Intellisense for FluentUI components didn't work out-of-the-box. Visual Studio would instead simply complain about unexpected markup.

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  Published on

  2024-10-01 10:26 a.m.

  Authors

  koskila

  Tags

  powershellwindowswinget

  winget is broken again.

  ... because of course it is! Ah well, winget is a great idea with a decent implementation, suffering from an unstable platform it's built on. I've now seen it break down seemingly randomly 3 times - once it was one of the many reasons I had to reinstall Windows completely. But as usual - let's take a step back. How and why did I get started on this via dolorosa? Background A while back I was going to use winget to update my apps to their latest versions, as I've done before.

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