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  2026-09-29 4:02 a.m.

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  BabyStepsToCopilotMasteryDeclarativeAgentsM365AgentsToolkitM365Copilot

  Declarative Copilot agents without custom agent code

  Coming down from the highs of this year's awesome HELish summit, I figured I'd visit the topic of my talk one more time! We've now presented multiple sessions on the topic with my friend and former colleague Gautam Sheth, and figured I'd address some of the questions and feedback we've gotten in a couple of blog posts.

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  2026-09-21 7:42 a.m.

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  MeltlakeCareer

  Plot twist: Joining Meltlake!

  A few weeks ago I wrote about losing my job , which was admittedly a slightly dramatic way to say that my contract with Omnia is now ending. It started to look like I had a lot more calendar availability after September than I had originally planned for.

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  2026-09-16 5:52 a.m.

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  koskila

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  SessionsAnnouncementCopilotDeclarativeAgentsM365AgentsToolkit

  Tomorrow: Join Us at HELish Summit 2026!

  The long wait (what am I talking about, it feels like I got the acceptance email just yesterday!) is finally over and the HELish Summit 2026 is tomorrow! On Thursday, September 17, I will be at the HELish Summit 2026 for a full day of Microsoft community sessions, and we would love to see you there.

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  2026-09-15 11:55 a.m.

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  koskila

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  MicrosoftTeamsM365AgentsSDKM365AgentsToolkitCopilotSessions

  Join us at the AI-Native Workplace Summit 2026!

  If you haven't heard of the AI-Native Workplace Summit 2026, you're missing out! It's a 100% free, 100% community driven online conference dedicated to the AI-Native Workplace, Microsoft AI and Future Work technologies. Time to sign up, and make sure to mark your calendar for the session me and Michaël will be presenting: Supercharge Your Copilot-Driven Collaboration with Microsoft 365 Agents SDK . Links to the event and session details at the end of the post!

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  2026-09-08 5:52 a.m.

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  koskila

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  MacOSSAPSuccessFactors

  How to generate SAP SF Offline Assertion on a mac?

  Do you want to know how to generate SAP SuccessFactors Offline Assertion on a mac? Doesn't matter, I'll tell you anyway, because I had to figure it out (again). 😂 This wasn't on my 2026 bingo card, but I better write it down for future reference. And maybe it will help someone else too. This builds on my previous blog post about generating SAP SuccessFactors Offline Assertion on Windows , but this time, it's for mac users. Set up

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  2026-09-01 5:41 a.m.

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  Koskila

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  ContainerManagerDSMStorjSynologyCryptocurrencies

  How to (gracefully) exit a Storj node on a Synology NAS?

  After last week's shocking clickbait (I got fired) , I thought I'd write about something relaxing this week 😅 I haven't picked up goat herding yet (and based on the TikToks I've seen, it isn't THAT relaxing, either), so instead I'll share how to stop a Storj storage node running in Container Manager on a Synology NAS without losing your held amount or tanking your node's reputation. Why? Because the Storj documentation is a bit light on the details, and I had to figure it out myself.

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  2026-08-25 1:00 p.m.

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  Koskila

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  FreelancingOmnia

  I got fired 🥲

  I got fired, chat. How cooked are we? 😱 It's never a good time to lose a job - but to lose a job in this economy? No thanks! So... What happened? Background Disclaimer I need to address some questions that keep popping up: Despite the workforce reduction, Omnia will continue to operate and deliver on its commitments. The company is downsizing, but it is not going out of business. In case you were wondering. And I know some of you were.

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  2026-08-18 7:57 a.m.

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  Koskila

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  MicrosoftSearchCopilotConnectors

  Copilot Connectors in Microsoft Search

  In this article, I will go through some of the basics of Copilot Connectors in Microsoft Search, and how to get started with them. Background In 2021, Microsoft took the first steps in making Microsoft Search actually have some useful functionality 😅 I'm not saying this to be overly abrasive, but to most customers, Microsoft Search was absolutely pointless until that point.

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  2026-08-11 5:26 a.m.

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  Koskila

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  SessionsAnnouncementCopilotDeclarativeAgentsM365AgentsToolkit

  See you at the HELish Summit in September!

  I'll be speaking at HELish Summit 2026 on Thursday, September 17th with my old colleague and great friend Gautam Sheth! If you're interested in Microsoft 365, Copilot, Azure, Power Platform, security, or AI - or just enjoy spending a day surrounded by people who are maybe a bit TOO enthusiastic about Microsoft technology - come say hi! This time, I'll be talking about one of the simplest ways to extend Microsoft 365 Copilot: Declarative agents and Copilot (Graph) Connectors.

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  2026-08-04 4:48 a.m.

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  Koskila

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  AzureAIFoundryGHCPGitHubVSCodeLocalAI

  How to Use GitHub Copilot with Local LLMs in VS Code

  The era of free AI is over . But you can still choose between paying for GitHub Copilot AI Credits, paying for API consumption in Azure AI Foundry, or running local LLMs (large language models) on your own hardware. This article explains the alternatives to just writing a blank check to Microsoft. Background If you're using a personal subscription to Codex (ChatGPT) or Claude (Anthropic), you probably don't need to worry about this stuff.

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  2026-07-28 7:26 a.m.

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  Koskila

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  WindowsDell

  How Windows makes returning to work after a vacation a thrilling experience

  Alright, I'm back to work, and the first days have been a bit of a whirlwind (as usual). And the excitement started when opening my trusty Dell XPS laptop. I figured this is a great opportunity to log some real-life experience dealing with my ultra-high-spec Windows laptops, just to add the useful angle of reflecting on my daily work experience on top of the excitement of returning to work after a vacation.

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  2026-07-04 11:03 a.m.

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  Koskila

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  BloggingOpinionAnnouncementWorkLifeBalance

  Summer is here - I'm taking a break, and you should too!

  The summer is finally here, and I'm on vacation. The blog will be quiet for the next 3 weeks or so, as I'm trying to survive the hail, thunder and mosquitoes of the Finnish summer. Out-of-office Alright, so the Finnish summer is nothing to sneeze at, although looking at the weather forecast, I'm not sure which 1-2 days we are calling "summer" this year. Not this week, but maybe 11-12 of July, then?

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  2026-06-26 7:04 a.m.

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  Koskila

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  M365MicrosoftOutlook

  How to update an event in a M365 Group Calendar?

  Maybe nobody else needs a note to remember how to update an event in a M365 Group Calendar, but I do. And since I do, I figure it's worth documenting it here. Otherwise I'll be confused about it again in a few months (because that's how often I have to do it - once per a few months!) Background At Omnia, we've got a set-up where we have a bunch of M365 Groups, and each of these groups has a calendar.

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  2026-06-16 2:25 a.m.

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  Koskila

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  CopilotCoworkOneDriveSharePointM365Copilot

  Copilot Cowork failing to update output documents? Easy fix!

  This week, I've had to go back to the basics - but with a twist. I ran into an issue with Copilot Cowork where it was failing to update output documents. And the fix was TRULY a classic one! Anyway - read on to have a laugh. Or maybe weep with me. And POSSIBLY pick up another solution for a problem you might encounter with Copilot Cowork in the future. Problem When Cowork tries to save the document, it fails to synchronize with OneDrive.

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  2026-06-09 5:41 a.m.

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  Koskila

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  AirQualityAirthingsHomeAssistantHomeAutomationIoT

  Home Automation - an air quality comparison

  And now for something completely different! I had a disagreement with my wife a while ago. See, I've long suspected that our old house - originally built in the 1950s - has an air quality problem. Just a minor one, but still a problem. I say minor because, according to my measurements, pretty much the only issue is that in two rooms, the HVAC system isn't able to circulate air almost at all (which isn't surprising considering there are neither air inlets nor outlets in those rooms!

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  2026-06-02 3:21 a.m.

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  Koskila

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  M365M365AgentsSDKM365AgentsToolkitCopilotSessionsMicrosoftTeams

  See you at CollabDays Madrid on 4.6.2026!

  If you're anywhere near Madrid on June 4th and enjoy Microsoft 365, Copilot, developer tooling, or just a good tech event with smart people in the room, this is your cue: come join us at CollabDays Madrid 2026 . This week I'm traveling to Spain to speak at CollabDays Madrid, and I'm quite excited - it will be my first time speaking at an event in Spain, and my first time visiting Madrid. I will be talking with my good friend Michäel Maillot about M365 Agents SDK again.

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  2026-05-26 1:24 p.m.

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  Koskila

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  CybersecurityGitHubVSCode

  Are we learning anything from the recent GitHub hack?

  A week ago, GitHub announced they've been hacked. A hacker group called TeamPCP had extracted roughly 4000 private repositories and who-knows-how-much more data from GitHub's internal systems. This sounds like a pretty big deal (and it is!), but I fear we're not taking the right lessons from it. GitHub accidentally open-sourcing their internal systems? Sure, that'll lead to future breaches. But the attack vector?

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  2026-05-20 10:04 a.m.

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  Koskila

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  CanvaLicensing

  The "Canva Button" kerfuffle is everything wrong with software in 2026

  So this week, I'm writing about something completely different. And not something nice. No, this week, I'm writing about licensing. I hate licensing. But I also hate search engines and AI assistants not being able to come up with clear answers about simple questions - and that is exactly what happens when you search for "Canva Button" today.

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  2026-05-12 3:39 a.m.

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  Koskila

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  AzureM365M365AgentsSDKMacOS

  M365 Agents Toolkit Azure provisioning failures

  In this article, I'll share the least fun error I've recently had to deal with while building / deploying bots - I mean, agents - with Bot Framework, I mean, Microsoft 365 Agents SDK on macOS. And of course how to get around the issues. Because if I didn't find a workaround, I wouldn't be sharing this, would I? No, I would be crying about it on a GitHub issue or LinkedIn or something. Both of which I kind of did, but I also found a workaround, so here we are.

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  2026-05-10 7:02 p.m.

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  koskila

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  SessionsECS2026M365AgentsSDKCopilot

  Thanks for coming to our session at ECS 2026!

  European Collaboration Summit 2026 wrapped up on Thursday in Cologne, and what a week it was. Michaël Maillot and I presented our session on the Microsoft 365 Agents SDK, and got the chance to attend a lot of exciting sessions by other speakers. If you were there grilling us with questions, thank you for coming ❤️ If you weren't, hope to see you there next time! :)

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  2026-05-04 3:10 a.m.

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  koskila

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  SessionsECS2026M365AgentsSDKCopilotAnnouncement

  Speaking at ECS 2026 - Come say hi in Cologne!

  This week I'll be in Cologne for the European Collaboration Summit 2026 - one of the largest Microsoft 365 conferences in the world - and I'll be presenting a session together with my good friend Michaël Maillot on the Microsoft 365 Agents SDK. If you're attending, come find us! ECS 2026 Session Description Wait, what's ECS again?

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  2026-04-28 2:50 p.m.

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  koskila

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  CopilotGHCPGitHub

  GitHub Copilot's Freemium Era Is Over

  A week ago I wrote about how the all-you-can-eat AI buffet is seemingly coming to an end, and how practically every major AI vendor has been tightening the screws. I noted that Microsoft looked like a relative outlier — still following the all-inclusive (for M365 Copilot) or generous grants (GitHub Copilot's "Premium Requests") models, while competitors were moving to token metering. Well, that didn't last long.

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  Published on

  2026-04-21 2:53 a.m.

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  koskila

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  AIEconomicsCopilotSaaSGitHubCopilotOpinion

  Freebie AI is coming to an end

  In this article, I'm going to break the bad news for you: The all-you-can-eat AI buffet is closing. In the near future, we'll all get to pay by the pound.

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  2026-04-14 2:42 a.m.

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  Koskila

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  HomeAssistantBresserElisaKotiakkuHomeAutomation

  How to estimate solar panel output in Home Assistant with a Lux/UV sensor

  In this article, I'll share how I estimate solar panel output in Home Assistant using a simple Lux/UV sensor from my Bresser 7-in-1 weather station, after losing direct access to inverter data when I got a home battery system.

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  2026-04-07 2:10 a.m.

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  koskila

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  Blazor

  Blazor Server in Azure App Service 404 errors

  This article explains another dumb issue I ran into. Suddenly - without a warning - a Blazor app running on an Azure App Service starts becoming unresponsive. And this happens without any changes by you. How do we start investigating this? Where do we go from here? Why are we still here, just to suffer? The answer is YES, we are still here, just to suffer. And as part of YOUR suffering, you get to read this article, which is a step-by-step guide to fixing this issue. So, let's get started.

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