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Updated WordProtection logic

Hi, it looks like MS have changed how the WordProtection element (one definition found https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/documentformat.openxml.wordprocessing.writeprotection?view=openxml-2.8.1) behaves in Word documents. Prior to Word 365…

Microsoft 365
Microsoft 365
Formerly Office 365, is a line of subscription services offered by Microsoft which adds to and includes the Microsoft Office product line.
167 questions
Word
Word
A family of Microsoft word processing software products for creating web, email, and print documents.
34 questions
Office Open Specifications
Office Open Specifications
Office: A suite of Microsoft productivity software that supports common business tasks, including word processing, email, presentations, and data management and analysis.Open Specifications: Technical documents for protocols, computer languages, standards support, and data portability. The goal with Open Specifications is to help developers open new opportunities to interoperate with Windows, SQL, Office, and SharePoint.
90 questions
asked 2023-02-06T09:05:15.8266667+00:00
midget 0 Reputation points
edited the question 2023-02-07T02:50:42.5933333+00:00
Emily Hua-MSFT 22,196 Reputation points Microsoft Employee
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Installing from Intune missing to run the MBAM.vbs registry keys. fails

Hi All, I encounter an issue when deploying MBAM,vbs script via intune MBAM.vbs Installation is falling Installation via SCCM is working Manual installation of MBAM.VBS script is working as well Anyone encounter the issue? Thanks, GCE

Microsoft Intune
Microsoft Intune
A Microsoft cloud-based management solution that offers mobile device management, mobile application management, and PC management capabilities.
2,104 questions
asked 2023-02-02T16:12:46.3366667+00:00
GCE 101 Reputation points
commented 2023-02-07T02:49:48.3966667+00:00
Crystal-MSFT 20,056 Reputation points Microsoft Employee
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How do I manage two Teams (Microsoft) accounts on my units?

It seems that this is always causing trouble and I cannot afford that. I have a parttime assignment that means one account connected to that organisation, and another where I have my own company. Three of my new colleagues in the external…

Microsoft Teams
Microsoft Teams
A Microsoft customizable chat-based workspace.
5,356 questions
asked 2023-02-06T11:23:34.1433333+00:00
Ulrika Hynell - CirEko / Cirkulära Affärer 0 Reputation points
answered 2023-02-07T02:49:19.93+00:00
Kael Yao-MSFT 22,006 Reputation points Microsoft Employee
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How do I protect part of a worksheet in an Excel workbook?

Hi, I am trying to protect a tab within an Excel worksheet.  Intent is to protect so that no one can change formatting, enter columns, delete information, etc.  However, I do want individuals to be able to enter new rows and/or edit data in cells on…

Excel
Excel
A family of Microsoft spreadsheet software with tools for analyzing, charting, and communicating data.
82 questions
asked 2023-02-06T14:09:33.7433333+00:00
Brooks, Suzanne 0 Reputation points
answered 2023-02-07T02:47:58.7266667+00:00
Emily Hua-MSFT 22,196 Reputation points Microsoft Employee
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Co-Management

Hello Expertise, Please advise if the path we're proceeding is correct or any changes required? Current Infrastructure: Laptops and AVD Devices (Hybrid Joined) All workloads are with SCCM. Endpoints are already enrolled in Intune/AD. Future…

Microsoft Intune
Microsoft Intune
A Microsoft cloud-based management solution that offers mobile device management, mobile application management, and PC management capabilities.
2,104 questions
Microsoft Configuration Manager
asked 2023-02-02T12:32:36.9033333+00:00
Ranjithkumar Duraisamy 181 Reputation points
commented 2023-02-07T02:47:08.46+00:00
Crystal-MSFT 20,056 Reputation points Microsoft Employee
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(For today) on azure portal, I am having trouble selecting resources like key vault - just hangs, times out

Is anyone having similar issues with Azure portal today?

Azure Key Vault
Azure Key Vault
An Azure service that is used to manage and protect cryptographic keys and other secrets used by cloud apps and services.
664 questions
Azure Active Directory
Azure Active Directory
An Azure enterprise identity service that provides single sign-on and multi-factor authentication.
12,755 questions
Azure SQL Database
asked 2023-02-06T05:33:05.8566667+00:00
William Hambly 0 Reputation points
answered 2023-02-07T02:46:50.8333333+00:00
William Hambly 0 Reputation points
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My Direct2D program is jittering on moving or resizing window

I've been used Direct2D for graphics a lot, last year. And I am trying to create another Direct2d app. My current direct2d program displays only white background, as expected. However, when I move or resize the window, it's movement is jittering. I don't…

Windows API - Win32
Windows API - Win32
A core set of Windows application programming interfaces (APIs) for desktop and server applications. Previously known as Win32 API.
1,902 questions
asked 2023-02-06T08:44:05.4033333+00:00
thebluetropics 5 Reputation points
edited a comment 2023-02-07T02:46:38.5566667+00:00
thebluetropics 5 Reputation points
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microsoft syntex content assembly multiline

Hi I have setup a few modern templates and it works great, but i have one issue that i can't find a solution to. If i have a multiline field in the template, i can't find a way to get [enter] in the template, it only gives a single space and not a new…

SharePoint
SharePoint
A group of Microsoft Products and technologies used for sharing and managing content, knowledge, and applications.
6,063 questions
asked 2023-02-06T07:02:19.7266667+00:00
Thomas Vestergaard 0 Reputation points
answered 2023-02-07T02:46:07.77+00:00
AllenXu-MSFT 2,666 Reputation points Microsoft Employee
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unable to connect to sql server 2019 db intermittently from webserver after upgrading to windows server 2019 and SQL server 2019

Dear microsoft experts, Our company's government cloud systems faced SCOM alerts of "[ERROR] Login Timeout Expired" and "object reference not set to an instance of an object" intermittently after upgrading to windows server 2019 and…

Windows Server 2019
Windows Server 2019
A Microsoft server operating system that supports enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.
2,209 questions
Microsoft System Center
Microsoft System Center
A suite of Microsoft systems management products that offer solutions for managing datacenter resources, private clouds, and client devices.
269 questions
SQL Server
SQL Server
A family of Microsoft relational database management and analysis systems for e-commerce, line-of-business, and data warehousing solutions.
8,576 questions
asked 2023-02-07T02:39:05.3166667+00:00
Ying Kit Li 1 Reputation point
edited the question 2023-02-07T02:42:19.06+00:00
Ying Kit Li 1 Reputation point
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CreateHwndRenderTarget() fails with error 0x88982f80 format not supported

Hello. I am using Win32 which Microsoft likes to call Windows API. I also use Windows Imaging Component. I am trying to solve a function that fails. It is CreateHwndRenderTarget() which gives me an error message 0x88982f80: Pixel format not supported.…

Windows API - Win32
Windows API - Win32
A core set of Windows application programming interfaces (APIs) for desktop and server applications. Previously known as Win32 API.
1,902 questions
asked 2023-02-06T21:13:00.4866667+00:00
Gunnar Vestergaard 0 Reputation points
commented 2023-02-07T02:41:15.5366667+00:00
Xiaopo Yang - MSFT 5,851 Reputation points Microsoft Employee
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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 =…

ASP.NET Core
ASP.NET Core
A set of technologies in the .NET Framework for building web applications and XML web services.
2,599 questions
ASP.NET MVC
ASP.NET MVC
A Microsoft web application framework that implements the model-view-controller (MVC) design pattern.
616 questions
asked 2023-02-06T03:09:17.0033333+00:00
Anjali Agarwal 121 Reputation points
accepted 2023-02-07T02:39:39.7866667+00:00
Anjali Agarwal 121 Reputation points
1 answer

xamarin android emulator android > 9 ? how to make ?

Hello all, I have vs 2022 entreprise installed on my computer all works fine with emulator below android 9 .. i can push my app , debug ans so on .. I've try to make an android 10 / 11 and so on but impossible to start it ,, Of course i have the sdk who…

Xamarin
Xamarin
A Microsoft open-source app platform for building Android and iOS apps with .NET and C#.
4,820 questions
asked 2023-01-26T09:28:50.3866667+00:00
cristopheB 476 Reputation points
edited an answer 2023-02-07T02:39:22.3966667+00:00
Leon Lu (Shanghai Wicresoft Co,.Ltd.) 41,821 Reputation points Microsoft Employee
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Is there an addon for more robust analytics in SharePoint?

I'm trying to get more robust analytics for my SharePoint sites usage. Is there an addon that can help?

SharePoint
SharePoint
A group of Microsoft Products and technologies used for sharing and managing content, knowledge, and applications.
6,063 questions
asked 2023-01-27T14:11:35.2033333+00:00
Abeyta, Megan 0 Reputation points
commented 2023-02-07T02:39:08.0666667+00:00
Haoyan Xue_MSFT 5,341 Reputation points Microsoft Employee
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Not able to complete the exercise for A-Z900

I am trying to do the Task 1 in A-Z 900 course. Getting the following error. Tried running in a different sandbox, still facing same issue. jolly_upadhyaya [ ~ ]$ az vm create \ --resource-group learn-826f0d3a-36be-4021-9a33-a0253dfa4873 \ --name…

Not Monitored
Not Monitored
Tag not monitored by Microsoft.
23,974 questions
asked 2023-02-06T18:10:41.9333333+00:00
Jolly Upadhyaya 0 Reputation points
answered 2023-02-07T02:38:59.6+00:00
Dave Patrick 330.7K Reputation points Microsoft MVP
0 answers

Why am I Not receiving verification code

Hello there. I cannot login into my azure account because it is asking me to register a secondary email address or phone number for two-factor authentication. But when I try to register my email or phone number I am not getting code in my email or sms.…

Azure Active Directory
Azure Active Directory
An Azure enterprise identity service that provides single sign-on and multi-factor authentication.
12,755 questions
Microsoft Teams
Microsoft Teams
A Microsoft customizable chat-based workspace.
5,356 questions
asked 2023-02-07T02:38:15.49+00:00
Muhammad Akbar 0 Reputation points
2 answers

Using another O365 account on a managed iOS to login to Teams

Hi, We have all our user's mobile devices enrolled to Intune Endpoint Manager. A user whose device is enrolled to Intune wants to use Teams for a different O365 account. Is it possible, if Yes please guide me to the right place. He is a consultant to us…

Microsoft Teams
Microsoft Teams
A Microsoft customizable chat-based workspace.
5,356 questions
Microsoft Intune iOS
Microsoft Intune iOS
Microsoft Intune: A Microsoft cloud-based management solution that offers mobile device management, mobile application management, and PC management capabilities.iOS: An Apple mobile operating system.
20 questions
Microsoft Intune
Microsoft Intune
A Microsoft cloud-based management solution that offers mobile device management, mobile application management, and PC management capabilities.
2,104 questions
asked 2023-02-06T22:57:49.4866667+00:00
AMM 0 Reputation points
answered 2023-02-07T02:38:07.4433333+00:00
Crystal-MSFT 20,056 Reputation points Microsoft Employee
4 answers

Can not change time source from Local CMOS Clock to NTP server on PDC Emulator

I cannot change time source from Local CMOS Clock to NTP server on PDC Emulator. This is the PDC which is a VM running on Hyper-V. Windows Server 2016 Standard. This has functional level of 2012 R2. Here is the config and the parameters

Windows Server
Windows Server
A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.
8,247 questions
Active Directory
Active Directory
A set of directory-based technologies included in Windows Server.
3,656 questions
asked 2023-02-06T23:11:32.72+00:00
Tom Westfall 0 Reputation points
commented 2023-02-07T02:38:00.64+00:00
Fabricio Godoy 326 Reputation points
0 answers

he Resource 'Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/my-vm' under resource group 'learn-a9717d7d-0a8b-4449-9e14-51c17a015c26' was not found

I'm learning this course Exercise - Create an Azure Virtual Machine and doing follow step by step but it has this issue. Thanks for reading.

Azure Virtual Machines
Azure Virtual Machines
An Azure service that is used to provision Windows and Linux virtual machines.
4,607 questions
asked 2023-02-07T02:35:50.74+00:00
Jim 0 Reputation points
0 answers

Azure Machine Learning Studio: can't open the terminal and connect to a kernel

I have a azureml studio with a notebook and suddenly since today, I cant run notebooks cells anymore. It says kernel not connected. I cant either open the terminal it never loads. I restarted the compute instance several time, but that didn't fix the…

Azure Machine Learning
Azure Machine Learning
An Azure machine learning service for building and deploying models.
1,649 questions
asked 2023-02-06T10:46:24.7933333+00:00
Jan Klimaszewski 0 Reputation points
commented 2023-02-07T02:35:22.9433333+00:00
VasaviLankipalle-MSFT 566 Reputation points Microsoft Employee
0 answers

I want to get progress event when printing using WPF's PrintDialog .

I have a DocumentViewer with a FixedDocument. And I use System.Windows.Controls.PrintDialog to print the document. pd = PrintDialog Object pd. Print() or pd.PrintDocument(DocumentPaginator, "") It proceeds in two forms. At this time I want to…

Windows Presentation Foundation
Windows Presentation Foundation
A part of the .NET Framework that provides a unified programming model for building line-of-business desktop applications on Windows.
2,190 questions
C#
C#
An object-oriented and type-safe programming language that has its roots in the C family of languages and includes support for component-oriented programming.
7,021 questions
asked 2023-02-07T02:33:23.33+00:00
HoneyBee 146 Reputation points