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Measuring Concurrent Jobs Over Time

Premier DeveloperJuly 29, 2020Jul 29, 202007/29/20

If you are looking to move your Azure DevOps Server or TFS implementation to Azure DevOps Services, you will find that the licensing and pricing around concurrent jobs has changed.

Opening an Incident Using Microsoft Premier Online, now Services Hub

Premier DeveloperJuly 15, 2020Jul 15, 202007/15/20

Microsoft Services Hub is a secured online portal exclusively available for Premier and Unified support customers. The site provides a wealth of support resources to help you troubleshoot issues and stay knowledgeable about Microsoft technologies.

What’s In A Name?

Premier DeveloperJune 30, 2020Jun 30, 202006/30/20

Productivity and efficiency (pronounced developer happiness) are hinged on reducing one's cognitive overhead; if I have to stop what I’m doing to process why something is the way it is, there's a chance that the design was flawed. Norman Doors exist everywhere; let’s get rid of them a name at a time.

Extending Teams with Broadcast Messaging

Premier DeveloperJune 29, 2020Jun 29, 202006/29/20

One of the common and important scenarios for many organizations these days is the necessity of sending a message - or even an alert - to all the users across the company. This is also called “broadcast messaging” or “proactive messaging”.

How Microsoft helps customers adopt Azure through developer education

Premier DeveloperJune 26, 2020Jun 26, 202006/26/20

In this post, we review how Microsoft is helping our customers achieve tech intensity by providing a wide array of Azure learning opportunities to constantly build, maintain and strengthen the cloud capabilities of their developers and IT staff.

The Importance of Quality Assurance in the Development Life Cycle

Premier DeveloperJune 6, 2020Jun 6, 202006/6/20

Whether it's a software lab or an in-house department that creates its own applications, its reputation can be made or destroyed whenever a product is launched. Therefore, the concern with software quality becomes increasingly essential for any company that wants to stand out in the market.

How to Get Workflow Definitions Using the REST API

Premier DeveloperJune 5, 2020Jun 5, 202006/5/20

This post will give an example of getting all 2010 and 2013 workflow definitions, using the gd-sprest library to interact with the REST API.

App Registration of .NET Application in Azure AD

Premier DeveloperJune 2, 2020Jun 2, 202006/2/20

Now that we have validated that we are able to query the presence for the particular user, we proceed to building a tool to further validate the Presence API query and handling the various output. In preparation for our Windows .Net Forms application, we must Register our application in our Azure Active Directory admin center.

Teams Presence Prototype in .NET

Premier DeveloperJune 2, 2020Jun 2, 202006/2/20

In this segment, my goal is to get the Teams presence in a stand-alone application. In this app, we will do the following:
Connect to the Graph Beta API programmatically.
Use the Client ID from my App Registration and validate the permissions.
Read my presence and display the presence retrieved.
Verify that the solution is displaying Status.

Using the Microsoft Graph Explorer

Premier DeveloperJune 1, 2020Jun 1, 202006/1/20

Working from home has created new opportunities and challenges. In the following guide, the Microsoft Graph Explorer is used to access the Teams presence indicators. This is one of several blog posts leading towards the creation a visual indicator using LED RGB string for Teams presence in a home office scenario.

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