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Chat bot Development: Working with Multiple Cognitive Services
Background On a previous project, I was a part of, the client wanted to explore a chatbot application for its employees. The goal was for the chatbot to help increase the office’s productivity. Certain...
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Azure Cognitive Search: Learning the Concepts
The first time I was introduced to Azure Cognitive Search was from the Microsoft AI Dev Intersection conference in 2019. I thought to write a quick blog post on it to help others understand its...
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Enhance Collaboration and Teamwork with MS Teams and Power Platform
In this post let’s see how Microsoft Teams’ capability to embed tools and applications on Teams channels can be leveraged to enhance collaboration and visibility within a team. We will create a Power...
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Important Microsoft 365 Announcements from Microsoft Build and Their Impact
The pandemic has changed the way Microsoft has had to deliver new product enhancements, but it hasn’t slowed down the respective productive teams from unveiling significant changes to Microsoft 365....
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How to Set up a Dynatrace Synthetic Browser Type Monitor
Application Performance Management (APM) is the monitoring and management of performance and availability of a software application. A proactive approach to monitoring the application can reduce...
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Code Generation with Microsoft Excel Part One: The Basics
This blog post is for all developers of all levels that are looking for ways to improve efficiency and time-saving ideas. It begins by providing some background on me and how my experience with...
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How to Migrate and Troubleshoot File Servers in Azure
One of our clients has been pushing big to migrate all the application infrastructure to Azure. Some of the applications have been using on-prem file servers and we have been looking at different...
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Things I Wish I Knew Before Migrating Apps to Azure: Automation and Deployment
In my previous post, I discussed lessons learned about migrating SQL Server databases from on-premise to Azure SQL Databases. This post will share several of my issues and solutions around automating...
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Relational Database Versioning and DevOps
Relational database source control, versioning, and deployments have notoriously been challenging. Each instance of the database (Dev, Test, Production) can contain different data, may be upgraded at...
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Azure DevOps Services for Government: Information Storage
This is the second of two blog posts that will share solutions to common Azure DevOps Services concerns: In “Azure DevOps Services for Government: Access Control”, I covered common access control...
View ArticleWelcoming Talent with Entrepreneurial Spirit
Finding the perfect “fit” when it comes to a career choice can often feel like finding a needle in a haystack. An employer who values the experience of their employees, encourages the growth of...
View ArticlePower Apps Component Framework (PCF)
A Framework to Meet Your Needs PowerApps comes with a wide variety of controls out of the box. However, these controls may not be on-brand or have the desired look and feel, functionality, or style for...
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AIS is the Microsoft Partner of the Year for Power Apps and Power Automate
Applied Information Sciences (AIS) has been recognized as the Microsoft Partner of the Year (2020) for Power Apps and Power Automate! This is an exciting award for our company and one which we are...
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Code Generation with Excel Part Two: A data-loading exercise in Power Apps
Executive Summary This blog post is for Power Apps developers with basic experience with Microsoft Excel and .NET development. It begins by defining a real-world example for data migration. Next, it...
View ArticleDevOps and Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
Agility and Discipline are Both Required as Organizations Adopt the Cloud At the beginning of cloud adoption, experimentation is common and exploration of applicable technologies is welcomed....
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Microsoft Power Platform & Azure Development Series: Part One
Leveraging the Power Platform and Microsoft Azure to connect housing agencies and intermediaries with the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Intro The US Department of Housing and Urban...
View ArticleAIS First to Deploy Azure IL6 Environment AND Achieve ATO!
We are in awe of our team as they have reached another impressive milestone in support of our nation’s mission to modernize their IT footprint. Within the last week, AIS was able to successfully...
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Using an Azure Logic App to Query Data in an On-Premises SQL Server Database
This blog is part of a series of hands-on labs on leveraging the Power Platform and Microsoft Azure. To break this series up into more manageable chunks, in this installment, we’ll focus on setting up...
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Dockerfiles and the Dreaded Dangling Container Image
The Dockerfile development workflow is fantastic if you are familiar with the documentation and have spent a lot of time troubleshooting. However, if you are writing your first Dockerfile, it may be...
View ArticleFive Real-World Scenarios Where Microsoft Dataflex is a Game Changer
Last week, Microsoft introduced its new Dataflex technology for data services inside of Microsoft Teams, in addition to the rebranding of its former Common Data Service (CDS) to be called Dataflex Pro....
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