Tips 'n Tricks Automatically add referral tag to URLs with Clipboard Fusion Recently Microsoft introduced the Docs & Learn program. You, the MVP and content creator, get a unique identifier to add to any url linking to a number of Microsoft websites, and they automatically track the engagement you generate.
Tips 'n Tricks Enable your custom background on Microsoft Teams Microsoft just shipped an update for Microsoft Teams. It has the option to insert one of a set of predefined images. And a hidden one to add your own!
BitLocker Decrypt BitLocker OS drive of corrupted windows installation I had an issue in Windows which prevented me from booting from my SSD drive in my laptop. In order to install a fresh copy of Windows to that drive without losing any data stored on it, I needed to decrypt the drive. To decrypt a disk, you must be logged on... I used Windows-to-go in the end.
Windows 10 Like what you see on Windows Spotlight? Save it! if you've turned on Windows Spotlight you'll get a new lockscreen background every now and then. Some of these are just wonderful and you may want to set them as your wallpaper (like me).
Tips 'n Tricks Add :8080 to your TFS 2017 bindings after upgrading to SSL Because TFS 2017 allows authentication with Personal Access Tokens (PAT) it's recommended to upgrade to SSL if you were still on port 80. The installer will even help with the
Visual Studio 2017 Force uninstall Visual Studio 2017 If you, like me, are stuck trying to upgrade Visual Studio 2017, then you may only get unblocked by removing everything and starting afresh. Since Visual Studio 2017 is still
Visual Studio 2015 Solve basic auth proxy issues with Nuget, Visual Studio and Xamarin (hack) When you're using Visual Studio behind a Basic Authenticaton proxy, you may run into issues restoring Nuget packages. While I've never found a real solution for the issue, and trust me I've tried quite a few workarounds like the ones listed here. You'll get
Azure DevOps Reference specific line of a file in the Code hub One of the features of GitHub I use quite often is the ability to right-click any line number to create a link to that specific file on the exact line. It can eb useful when submitting issues or when providing a link to a
TFS 2015 Publish Build Tasks to TFS 2015 without configuring Basic Auth on the server When you want to publish build tasks to a TFS 2015 server, you need a Basic Authentication enabled endpoint. Unless your server is configured with SSL, this is a major security concern. Until now the guidance I received was to setup a second Application
Azure DevOps Add additional fields to "Edit Test Case using Grid" option in VS Team Services If you're bulk-creating, importing or editing test cases in Visual Studio Team Services, you're probably aware of the "Edit as Grid" option, which opens your test case in a spreadsheet like layout for bulk editing: Not many people know that you can
Windows 10 Mount OneDrive as a Network Drive Ever wanted to upload a lot of data to OneDrive without having to sync that folder to your local machine (updating my music library is pretty hard, as to put data into the folder, I first need to sync it locally). Ever wanted to
Visual Studio 2012 Visual Studio Tip: How to always launch the debugger under a different user profile One of my team members shared his debug workflow for a set of executables that manipulate Exchange and CRM through webservice calls. This tool always needs to run in the context of a specific service account, even when debugging and testing against the development
Windows 8 Windows 8 - Remote desktop tips and tricks If you're using Remote desktop a lot, you'll find that a few things are changing with Windows 8. Here are a few tips and tricks to make your life easier: On the Windows 8 Pro and Enterprise version the classic desktop version of Remote
