Building a High-Precision Mouse Macro Recorder in Python (GUI + Hotkeys + Repeat + Speed) This post documents a practical “desktop macro” tool in Python that can: This is a lab-style implementation intended for personal automation where you have permission… Continue reading

Azure DevOps: “I can’t paste my PAT in the command line” — and what to do when PAT creation is restricted If you’re trying to automate Azure DevOps tasks (like creating a Git repository) via command line, you’ll often end… Continue reading

Azure DevOps PATs Restricted by Organization: What It Means, Why It Happens, and How to Fix It (Safely) If you’ve tried to create a Personal Access Token (PAT) in Azure DevOps and hit this message: “Your ability to create and… Continue reading

Below is a copy/paste, click-by-click build recipe for a Power Automate flow that detects new modern SharePoint list item comments and sends notifications without duplicates. This design is based on the fact that modern Comments are not a normal column… Continue reading

There is no first-class SharePoint connector trigger that reliably fires “when a comment is added” for modern list item comments, so the stable pattern is: run on a schedule, query comments via REST, compare state, notify only for new ones.… Continue reading

Modern SharePoint Online and Microsoft Lists introduced an experience where list items behave more like “collaboration objects” than just rows in a table. One of the clearest examples is Comments in modern list item forms. SharePoint Online (Modern) List Item… Continue reading

SharePoint Online Modern List Item Comments: How They Work (and Why They’re Not “Just a Column”) This article explains how Comments behave in SharePoint Online / Microsoft Lists modern forms, how they differ from normal list columns, and what this… Continue reading

Modern SharePoint pages are often the “front door” for users who need quick answers, guided navigation, and structured actions (create/update list items, open documents, etc.). Microsoft Copilot Studio lets you build an agent that can be published to the web… Continue reading

Embedding a Copilot Studio Agent in SharePoint as a Web Part (SPFx) — Two Production Patterns This article shows two reliable ways to bring a Microsoft Copilot Studio agent into a SharePoint Online modern page as a “web part experience”:… Continue reading

.Create a User Story (or Product Backlog Item) in Azure DevOps Create a set of Tasks under that parent item Link each Task to the parent using Hierarchy-Reverse Update the SharePoint list item with the created Azure DevOps ID/URL (optional… Continue reading

From SharePoint List Item to Azure DevOps Tasks Automating backlog creation with Power Automate (Microsoft Learn–aligned, client-neutral) Organizations that use SharePoint as an intake or request system (ideas, demands, PMO requests, incident triage, migration requests, etc.) often want the same… Continue reading

Understanding Epics, Features, and User Stories in Azure DevOps (A Practical Blog Article) In Azure DevOps Boards, work items like Epic, Feature, and User Story (or Product Backlog Item / PBI, depending on your process template) are not “random labels.”… Continue reading

Scrum vs Kanban vs Mixed in Azure DevOps Boards (A Deep, Practical Guide) Most teams don’t fit perfectly into only Scrum or only Kanban. Azure DevOps recognizes that reality: it gives you tools that support time-boxed planning (Scrum) and flow-based… Continue reading

Azure DevOps Boards Menu — What Each Item Means (Blog Article) Azure DevOps “Boards” is the part of the platform where teams plan work, track progress, and measure delivery. Depending on your organization, you’ll see a mix of built-in features… Continue reading

Modern SharePoint Engineering in Microsoft 365: SPFx + Azure Functions + PnP + DevOps + AI (Reference Architecture) SharePoint on-premises customization was historically “platform-internal”: farm solutions, timer jobs, event receivers, and deep page/DOM customization. In SharePoint Online inside Microsoft 365,… Continue reading

In SharePoint Online (Microsoft 365), that execution model is not available. Microsoft explicitly documents alternative patterns: Azure WebJobs / scheduled jobs, and in modern cloud practice the default evolution is Azure Functions (serverless compute) triggered on schedules. (Microsoft Learn) Replacing… Continue reading

In SharePoint on-premises, event receivers (and later Remote Event Receivers in the Add-in model) were the default way to react to list and library changes: item added, item updated, item deleted, and so on. That model gave you server-side execution… Continue reading

Why Microsoft 365 Is the “New SharePoint”: Replacing On-Prem Customizations with Azure Functions, PnP, DevOps, and AI For years, SharePoint on-premises customization was synonymous with full-trust code: farm solutions (WSP), server-side web parts, timer jobs, event receivers running in the… Continue reading

A practical deep-dive into Azure DevOps permission layers: Project Admin vs Organization Access Level, and how ‘Stakeholder’ can block repo creation. tags: [“Azure DevOps”, “Git”, “Permissions”, “Security”, “Repos”, “Troubleshooting”] The Problem You open Azure DevOps, you are listed as a… Continue reading

Article 4 — Implementing SharePoint “Upsert” with PnP/CSOM (.NET) (WPF Study & Rating App) This final article in the series shows how to implement the same Upsert behavior (create/update an item by VideoId) using PnP/CSOM in .NET—an approach widely used… Continue reading

Article 3 — Implementing SharePoint “Upsert” with SharePoint REST API (WPF Study & Rating App) This article shows how to implement the same Upsert behavior (create/update by VideoId) using SharePoint’s native REST API (_api/…) instead of Microsoft Graph. This is… Continue reading

Article 2 — Implementing SharePoint “Upsert” with Microsoft Graph (WPF Study & Rating App) This article continues the series by showing a practical, code-forward implementation of saving your YouTube study cards (rating/status/notes) into a SharePoint Online list using Microsoft Graph.… Continue reading

Adding Ratings and Saving YouTube Study Cards to SharePoint Online Part 2 — Adding Ratings and Saving YouTube Study Cards to SharePoint Online (WPF + MVVM + Microsoft Graph) Goal Extend the WPF YouTube Cards app so you can: This… Continue reading

Building a YouTube “Study & Rating” Desktop App in C# (WPF) — From Search Cards to SharePoint Online Notes Below is a public, end-to-end technical article describing the WPF app you built: a YouTube search experience that renders results as… Continue reading

YouTube’s Enduring Relevance for Technical Learning in the Age of AI and LLMs Abstract Large Language Models (LLMs) have reshaped technical learning by enabling rapid explanations, code scaffolding, and iterative problem solving. Yet YouTube remains remarkably relevant because it excels… Continue reading

YouTube remains essential for technical learning even in the age of AI and LLMs because it transfers what text rarely captures: real demonstration under real constraints. LLMs accelerate understanding, summarization, and code iteration, but YouTube shows workflows, sequencing, verification checkpoints,… Continue reading

Large Language Models (LLMs) have transformed technical learning by enabling fast explanations, code scaffolding, and iterative problem solving. However, YouTube remains highly relevant because it excels at transmitting tacit and procedural knowledge—the “how it looks when done” layer of technical… Continue reading

Why YouTube Still Matters for Technical Learning in the Age of AI and LLMs Executive summary Large Language Models (LLMs) changed how developers search, summarize, and prototype. You can ask for explanations, get code scaffolds, and iterate quickly. Yet, YouTube… Continue reading

YouTube API (YouTube Data API v3) — An Exhaustive Technical Guide (Endpoints, Search, Authentication) YouTube exposes multiple developer APIs, but when people say “YouTube API” they usually mean YouTube Data API v3: the REST API used to search YouTube, read… Continue reading

Build a WPF “YouTube Unsubscriber” App with OAuth 2.0 + YouTube Data API v3 (Visual Studio Community) This post is a hands-on, end-to-end lab that shows how to build a WPF desktop app (Visual Studio Community) that: The goal is… Continue reading

WPF + YouTube Data API v3: como listar e cancelar todas as suas inscrições com OAuth (Visual Studio Community) Este artigo é um guia end-to-end, no estilo “roteiro de laboratório”, para você criar um app WPF (.NET) que: Além do… Continue reading

Advanced SharePoint Online Search REST API — Mastering KQL, FQL, Refiners, and “Real-World” Query Patterns This is the “part 2” style deep dive: how to build powerful queries (KQL), how to filter properly (FQL refinement filters), and how this maps… Continue reading

SharePoint Online Search REST API (Search Service) — An Exhaustive Guide with Practical Examples SharePoint Online exposes a Search REST service that lets you run keyword queries (KQL), request selected managed properties, paginate results, apply refiners, and retrieve suggestions —… Continue reading

Building a multi-filter “Table View” in Power Apps (SharePoint List dataset) This article turns your Power Fx expression into a reusable pattern for Canvas Apps where the dataset is a SharePoint list and the UI has: We’ll use your formula… Continue reading

Power Apps Canvas Zero-to-Hero Lab A Practical, Exhaustive Project for REST, SharePoint, and Power BI This blog post defines the purpose, rules, and working standards for a long-running lab project focused on Power Apps Canvas. The idea is simple: build… Continue reading

Blog Article: Unattended SharePoint CSOM Automation with MSAL + Certificate (PFX) This article explains how the following C# console application works—end-to-end—while keeping all customer information anonymized. The pattern is ideal for Windows Task Scheduler, background jobs, and migration utilities where… Continue reading

SPFx Field Customizers (SharePoint Framework): What They Are, How They Work, and Why Microsoft Considered Retiring Them 1) The big picture: where Field Customizers fit in SPFx SharePoint Framework (SPFx) gives you two broad ways to customize SharePoint Online: Microsoft’s… Continue reading

Troubleshooting PnP Modern Search: When SharePoint UI Finds It but Your Web Part Doesn’t An exhaustive guide with a deep dive on Refiners (Filters) and Managed Properties Scenario: You can find a document using SharePoint’s built-in search (library search, site… Continue reading

Microsoft Search vs SharePoint Search An exhaustive, practical guide (with a “when to use what” table for PnP Modern Search Web Parts) Audience This article is for people building modern SharePoint portals and search-driven pages, especially using the PnP Modern… Continue reading

Microsoft Search vs SharePoint Search, with a decision table focused on real-world usage—especially when you’re building solutions with the PnP Modern Search Web Parts (Search Box, Search Results, Filters/Refiners, etc.). Microsoft Search vs SharePoint Search A deep, practical guide (with… Continue reading