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  Published on

  2023-10-31 5:44 p.m.

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  koskila

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  azurepowershell

  How to selectively remove items from an Azure blob storage container?

  In this article, I'll share a simple script for a simple use case: removing blobs from a virtual directory structure in a container in an Azure blob storage account. This should be useful for a case like ours; removing certain directories and subdirectories but not the whole container. But let's not get ahead of ourselves! What was the problem we had?

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  Published on

  2023-10-24 12:29 p.m.

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  koskila

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  azcliazurelog4shellpowershell

  How to update application settings for (all of your) App Services and Azure Functions on Azure using az cli?

  Anyone still remember Log4Shell? The incredibly easy-to-exploit, zero-day vulnerability in Log4j, a popular Java logging framework, that made arbitrary code execution extremely simple and straightforward. The vulnerability had existed unnoticed since 2013 and was simply a side effect of a nifty new feature implemented way back when. But that's enough of that. How serious was it? Well - Apache gave Log4Shell a CVSS severity rating of 10, the highest available score .

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  Published on

  2023-10-17 3:18 a.m.

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  koskila

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  azureblazorswa

  swa emulator throwing "✖ Could not connect to "http://localhost:7071". Is the server up and running?"?

  This article explains how to get around a weird quirk in Azure Static Web Apps local development story. Well - one of the quirks anyway. A real showstopper issue I ran into. One, that isn't even that serious - it's just that the error message doesn't help you at all. But let's take a step back - what was the issue we ran into, again? Problem When you're running your project in Visual Studio Code, it fails to start and you have output somewhat like below in the console:

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  Published on

  2023-10-10 7:42 p.m.

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  koskila

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  azureappservicecertificatecertificatespowershell

  How to export an App Service Certificate from Azure?

  Azure offers this great offering that is in my mind underutilized still - managed certificates that they'll renew for you. While the offering is called Azure App Service Certificates , they are not only limited to being used in App Services. Their biggest strengths lie in their ease of use, automation, and integration with different Azure services. These certs are automatically renewed, eliminating the need for manual certificate management.

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  Published on

  2023-10-03 6:51 a.m.

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  koskila

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  certificatesopenssl

  How to export a certificate and a private key from a .pfx using OpenSSL?

  Alright, so let's make this a quick one. I've had to google this multiple times, since I have to do this a couple of times per year, which is NOT often enough for me to remember it by heart, or even for my Terminal to remember the commands properly. So, long story short - here's how to export a PEM-formatted .cer -file and your private key (and optionally decrypt it as well!) from a .pfx -file containing both!

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  Published on

  2023-09-26 2:16 a.m.

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  koskila

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  azuredevopsdocker

  How to find out dependency versions in your .csproj files using PowerShell?

  This article explains our solution to a very particular use case. We needed to go through .csproj files, find certain dependencies from them, and then figure out their versions. And all of this needed to happen in an Azure DevOps pipeline. But when would this be helpful? Well, hear me out, because boy do I have a case to describe! Background We wanted to have automatic versioning for our builds in Azure DevOps. We use the standard and boring semver model - i.e. Major.Minor.

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  Published on

  2023-09-19 2:50 a.m.

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  koskila

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  nodenpmnvm

  node build throwing "error:0308010C:digital envelope routines::unsupported"? Let's fix it!

  This article explains how to fix an annoying error - somewhat along the lines of "error:0308010C:digital envelope routines::unsupported" - you might encounter when running node scripts. This might happen in a pipeline or locally. And guess what: you can probably fix it. Alright. Let's get to it, then!

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  Published on

  2023-09-12 3:39 a.m.

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  koskila

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  nodenpmvisual-studio

  "This app can't run on your PC" dialog when you're building your app in Visual Studio

  This article explains a fix to an odd issue, where suddenly, mid-build, an error dialog pops up, complaining about your PC being unable to run "this app". The fix is luckily straightforward, even if it's a bit odd. Let me explain - but first, let's define the issue a bit better. What went wrong? Problem So, when running a build that includes some steps executed by node (either defined in your .

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  2023-09-05 2:22 a.m.

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  koskila

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  microsoftoffice

  How to "fix" Word removing tagged users from comments?

  In this particular article, I'll explain how to fix an issue where Microsoft Word (part of what used to be called "Microsoft Office", but that's now called "Microsoft 365") decides to remove your name and everyone you tagged from any comments or conversations you might've had on the article. That's pretty annoying - but let's take a closer look at what was actually happening.

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  Published on

  2023-08-29 2:10 p.m.

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  koskila

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  dockerdsmhomeassistantsynology

  How to install Home Assistant on Synology NAS (DSM 7.2)?

  This article explains how to install Home Assistant on your Synology NAS device using Container Manager and Web Station. This probably applies to DSM 7.2+ on any somewhat modern Synology DiskStation device. A lot of the steps also apply if you're setting up ANY containers to run on your NAS, to be fair. But let's not get ahead of ourselves!

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  2023-08-22 1:42 p.m.

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  koskila

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  modernsharepointpnppowershellsharepoint-online

  How to configure a custom 404 page for a SharePoint site?

  This article explains how to use some archaic PowerShell magic to configure a custom 404 page for your Modern SharePoint Online Communication site. If you've been working with SharePoint for a while, this property might be already familiar to you. A lot of settings for each site collection are stored in the root site's property bag, and that's where you'll find the key “vti_filenotfoundpage” which should have the value "/sites/ContosoPublishing/Pages/PageNotFoundError.aspx”. Classic.

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  2023-08-15 4:12 a.m.

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  koskila

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  azuredevopsdocker

  Azure DevOps pipelines suddenly failing with "##[error]#0 building with default instance using docker driver"

  Another (possibly?) timely and weird one here! This article explains how to work around Azure DevOps suddenly stopping to play nice with Docker and the rest of our tooling and causing all builds to fail with oddly non-descript error messages. Annoying to deal with but not the end of the world as we'll see! Background Another odd one for the books! No idea what caused it, but suddenly our pipelines started looking like this, with no clear reason (I mean, we break builds all the time...

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  2023-08-08 8:02 a.m.

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  koskila

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  windows

  How to fix Windows not recognizing your mouse clicks?

  Since I ran into this annoying little issue again, I thought it might be a good time to document it for the next person who needs to google it on their phone, after frantically clicking every single button they have on their mouse, only to realize their computer really doesn't care about any of that. None of the clicks do anything. I've only ever run into this on Windows 10, but I wouldn't be surprised if it happens on other versions as well.

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  2023-08-01 10:43 a.m.

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  koskila

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  outlookwindowswindowssearch

  Outlook Search broken due to Windows Search acting up? Here's 3 ways to fix it!

  Well, this was kind of a dumb one. Search in Outlook suddenly stopped working completely. And I don't mean the normal "Outlook Search can't find anything" -kind of issues, I mean it literally found zero results with any search terms. Well, everything is buggy and nothing works. Not that unusual by itself, but something that should be fixed. This article explains how to fix it. Well, even a couple of different ways to fix it!

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  Published on

  2023-07-25 3:08 a.m.

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  koskila

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  blazorvisual-studiowebassembly

  "Failed to launch debug server process due to: TypeError: Cannot read properties of undefined...." when trying to debug Blazor WebAssembly

  This article explains how to fix an annoying issue when trying to debug a Blazor WASM (WebAssembly) project. In my case, I had a Blazor WASM SWA (Static Web App), that built just fine and ran well in Azure, but refused to be debugged. What an annoying little problem. I mean - it's not a problem until you have a problem to investigate. But when you can't investigate a problem, then you do have a problem. So let's take a closer look. At the problem, that is.

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  Published on

  2023-07-18 6:03 a.m.

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  koskila

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  gittypescript

  How to clean up redundant .js, .jsx and .d.ts files from your repository?

  Even if you have a 100% TypeScript project, it'll still end up with a lot of .js (JavaScript) or .jsx (JavaScript with React extension) files. Unless you properly ignore them, they'll end up cluttering your Visual Studio solution, and even git. As these are, in that case, generated files and essentially build artifacts, you will most likely not want to commit them to your code repository. They'll get recreated during the build anyway and are more likely to cause confusion than to do any good.

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  2023-07-11 3:22 a.m.

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  koskila

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  windows

  How to fix jarringly jagged text in Windows?

  This article explains one simple fix to all your text appearing wonky, with jagged and somehow oddly fuzzy edges in Windows. The guide is written for Windows 10 (because that's the only modern OS that natively supports taskbar being docked on the side of the screen), but it probably applies for Windows 11 as well. Background As we all know, it's not your computer.

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  Published on

  2023-07-04 2:25 a.m.

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  koskila

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  azcliazuredns

  How to update the TTL for all A records in a zone at once in Azure?

  Every now and then there comes a time when you need to fiddle with DNS. It's not that you want to do it, but sometimes you just can't avoid it. This article explains a convenient way of using PowerShell to apply a change for all A records (these are essentially host names ) in a zone (which you could usually simply call a domain ).

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  Published on

  2023-06-27 3:43 a.m.

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  koskila

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  graph-apipnppowershellpowershell

  How to add AdditionalHeaders to Invoke-PnPGraphMethod?

  This article explains how to easily add additional headers to the Graph API calls you make in PowerShell using Invoke-PnPGraphMethod commandlet. There's a convenient sample for you to copy-paste and some basic explanations on what we're doing below. Background Every now and then, I need to make some Graph API calls from PowerShell. And there's a convenient PowerShell commandlet available to make it easy to do just that - Invoke-PnPGraphMethod.

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  2023-06-20 4:18 a.m.

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  koskila

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  powershell

  How to iterate through a collection of items in a Parallel Foreach loop in PowerShell?

  That's a mouthful, right? But yeah - this article shows and tells how to do a parallel foreach loop in PowerShell, and how to do it properly! Well, at least probably. This is how I did it anyway. But that's enough chitchat, let's get to it! Background In PowerShell, you can iterate through objects with a ForEach-Object loop like this: # Create an array of integers $items = 1..

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  Published on

  2023-06-13 3:13 a.m.

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  koskila

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  powershell

  How to fix "yo : The term 'yo' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or operable program." error?

  This article explains what to do to get rid of an error that SEEMS simple to fix but might turn out to be elusive, namely, "The term 'yo' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or operable program. Check the spelling of the name, or if a path was included, verify that the path is correct and try again." Sounds simple, right? It might be. Read on to find out how I banged my head on the wall with this one!

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  Published on

  2023-06-06 3:53 a.m.

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  koskila

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  bluetoothwindows

  How to re-enable Bluetooth on your Windows device

  This article explains (one way) how to re-enable Bluetooth on your Windows laptop, in case Windows has just forgotten you have a Bluetooth adapter in your pc. Which would be weird because I don't think any pcs ship without, anymore. Even Raspberry Pis have come with Bluetooth for years now. Anyway... What was the problem again?

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  Published on

  2023-05-30 3:01 a.m.

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  koskila

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  microsoftstorewindowswindowsupdate

  "Something happened on our end" on Microsoft Store

  This article explains how to make your Microsoft Store (the app distribution channel on Windows - the one that's supposed to distribute apps reliably and keep them up-to-date) work after it has suddenly stopped updating or installing any apps with a very non-descriptive error - "Something happened on our end". Background The error message - "Something happened on our end" - is a typical error message. It doesn't tell you much, and the little it does, it lies.

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  Published on

  2023-05-23 4:33 a.m.

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  koskila

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  androidoneplus

  How to fix OnePlus 10 Pro Bluetooth issues

  In a bit different news, this time I'm sharing my preferred Bluetooth configuration that makes using headphones (or are they called "earpods" now?) bearable. It's required some experimentation, but I did finally find a combination that doesn't cause the audio to be laggy or janky. Problem For over a year, I had OnePlus 9 Pro. It always felt a bit sluggish, but the user experience was still something I could live with.

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  Published on

  2023-05-16 3:00 p.m.

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  koskila

  How to actually uninstall conflicting PowerShell modules?

  This article explains how to resolve "Import-Module: Assembly with same name is already loaded" error in PowerShell (and a couple of related issues - old versions of the module being used, updating modules silently failing, uninstalling modules simply not doing anything...) Problem Different error messages you might get (obviously the same issue affects other modules and not just PnP PowerShell, but it's the one I use often and the one that I ran into issues with.

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