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Error integrating AD B2C with Microsoft IDP using User Flow
I'm trying to setup Microsoft Accounts as an Identity Provider in my AD B2C tenant following this documentation: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/active-directory-b2c/identity-provider-microsoft-account?pivots=b2c-user-flow I already doubled check…


Bitmap Colors & Editing in CMYK
I have a Xamarin.Android app with an Android.Graphics.Bitmap for which I need to view each pixel's color in CMYK (as opposed to RGB). I also need to be able to rotate & crop the Bitmap. I am not extremely familiar with working with graphics &…


Open teams meeting link on linux doens't work
on version: 1.4.00.4855 of teams it isn't possible for me to use a link to go in a teams meeting. How can I resolve the problem?
How to Encrypt WEB API request and response using PyCryptodome
Recently I come up a scenario where I need to encrypt a WEB API request and response using PyCryptodome inside Synapse notebook activity. I am trying to make a call to LinkedIn API, but the request should be encrypted and similarly response should be…


Dir Sep Char / Volume sep char or hardcoded backslash?
Hello all expert users I'm adding a back slash directory separator char at the end if: If TargetDir.EndsWith(" : ") = False Then TargetDir = TargetDir + " \ " My vb.net app which targets .net framework 4.0 will only run on Windows 7…


Adding LPR port (non TCP/IP) via powershell
Hi there I am having an issue with adding an LPR port to my machine via powershell. I need to create the following port correctly pictured below. This results in the correct port looking like this. Running the following script Add-PrinterPort -Name…


Poll Results
Hi, I recently created a poll in Microsoft Outlook as i no longer have the option of voting buttons. The poll was imbedded in my email. I can see that people had responded but I can not see who. The other sites suggest going into the folder and…


System.InvalidOperationException: 'Invalid operation. The connection is closed.'
hello All, I am getting this error when calling a small function. I am calling this function twice. Below is my code: public async Task<EmployeeInfo?> GetEmployeeByEmployeeNumber(string employeeId) { List<int> emplyoeeInfoId =…


Securing Azure Blob Storage against deletion and data against ransomware attacks
We want to store data (40TB size) stored in Azure Storage blob . What are the ways that we can secure Azure Blob storage and protect it from deletion and malware attacks


Logic Apps Copy File to ftp fails after months -Bad Gateway
I have a couple Logic Apps moving data from ADF to ftp. They worked great for 5 months, but are now failing. I do not own the ftp site but I am told nothing changed and I can login to the ftp site with WinSCP. I have tried various combinations of the…


how to encode set-url with parameters
Hi, I'm trying to use the send-request policy to send a request to a service URL and then parse the results. The problem I am running into is that my URL has spaces in it, which then get encoded, but when executed to not execute successfully. When I…


How add/setup Basic/ Oauth authentication to incoming Webhook for Teams
Hi We also looking an option to send the teams channel message using Incoming Webhook. However how to setup security token/authentication to call this API. Thanks, Phani.


How do you assign Software providers to account
How do I assign Tech Soup Global as my Software provider for a 501c3?


add one to one and one to many relationship
Hi So a little weird but im trying to add a one to one and one to many relatioship between two entites lets say i have two entities 1 is branch 2 is AppUser now a branch can have a app user as the branch admin(done through roles not the elephant in the…


Add special character in column name in Azure Data Factory Pipeline
hi team, I want to add some special character in the column name dynamically depending on the condition. For eg, if the column data contains Euro sign , then I need to add euro sign in that column header only. How can we achieve that?


MSExchangeServiceHost keeps crashing and restarting
So I've been noticing that many servers in my org have the MSExchangeServiceHost service is crashing and restarting fairly regularly. Attached are two files, one being a sweep of all servers in my environment showing services in different states, using…


Verify User Login credentials via web service
Hello all: I am messing with a web site created with MVC and Individual Accounts for Authorization, so in my DB I have the table AspNetUsers, and in the code the Login method calls: var result = await…


Azure ADB2C not working with form authentication together
Hello, I am currently working on integration existing app with Azure ADB2C. Previously we were using form authentication. Now we want both form and ADB2C authentication. I was able to implement ADB2C. But to make it work I had to change Authentication…


Can not change source time from Local CMOS Clock on DCs W2K19.
Hi everyone! We have several DC W2K19 that we would like to sincronize time using NTP servers. Perhaps, I've tried setting the time via w32tm commands, but the source remains as Local CMOS Clock. Why? C:\Users\Administrator>w32tm /config…
error expanding virtual hard drive vhdx
Resize-VHD : Failed to resize the virtual disk. The system failed to resize 'd:\hyper-v\virtual hard disks\qatest02ddrive.vhdx'. Failed to resize the virtual disk. The system failed to resize 'd:\hyper-v\virtual hard disks\qatest02ddrive.vhdx': The…

