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So, okay. I’m writing all kinds of technical articles, that are almost like knowledgebase pages. But then I’m also writing these rant-y blog posts, that aren’t exactly related to any technological solution per se. 

This category is for the latter. Sorry about that.

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

Let's fix all the problems!

Every now and then, something like half of Microsoft’s websites will suddenly stop working – this applies to Azure Portal, SharePoint Online sites, MSDN forums and probably a thousand of 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 error

Azure Portal throwing an error, when checking for existing authentication

This effectively blocks you from accessing the site. Most typically, I’ve encountered this on MSDN forums or Azure Portal – I’ve just faced a very blunt, unfriendly and quite useless error message, like above.

Yet once again, the solution is almost stupidly simple.

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

Microsoft Stores Backups For 14 Days, But Restores Them in 15

So 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. The story starts with the client doing something unwise – a prime example would be them removing the root web of their classic SharePoint Site Collection (don’t do that!).  Continue reading

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Thanks for coming to my session in SPS Nashville!

I was at Cloud Friday and SharePoint Saturday Nashville, 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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Speaking at SPS Nashville!

SharePoint Saturday Houston session banner

This Spring is crazy – so many cool announcements to make! I’ll be speaking at SharePoint Saturday Nashville on 5.5.2018. This one’s a completely new SPS event for me, and I’m honored 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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Thanks for coming to SPS Houston! Check out the slides and demos :)

Citizen Developer tools session at SharePoint Saturday Houston

I had awesome time at SharePoint Saturday 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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Speaking at SPS Houston!

Houston by night

Another exciting announcement to make – I’ll be speaking at SharePoint Saturday 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!  Continue reading

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

SPS TC logo

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 and tools by some extremely talented people!

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Speaking at SPS Twin Cities!

SPS TC logo

Exciting announcement to make – I’ll be speaking at SharePoint Saturday Twin Cities (SPS TC for short) on 14.4.2018! 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!  Continue reading

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Hackathon win: Resolving Managed Metadata Madness

Won my first hackathon!

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. Continue reading

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USA 5: Working for Valo Intranet – and what’ve I been up to last few months

Valo Intranet team jump

I haven’t actually written that much about my daily work on this blog. I’m currently mostly involved with the Blue Meteorite’s North America team, and specialized in partner acquisition and support. Most of my time is spent either onboarding new partners, or supporting the old ones in their Valo Intranet deployments. And boy, is that not a lot of fun to do! Never before have I been able to work with so many talented people from so many different organizations, and that’s been both challenging and rewarding.

I actually wrote a few words about it on Valo Intranet’s wwebsite.. And thought I’d republish the post on this blog, as it’s related to a lot of posts here, too. Continue reading

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