When Microsoft Teams Doesn’t Show the Owner and How I Fixed It at Scale Using Graph Change Notifications
We began noticing an odd issue in our Microsoft Teams environment: newly created Teams were assigning the correct owner on the group, but this owner was not showing up in the Teams client. From a backend perspective, everything looked correct in EntraID, but when users opened the Teams app, the owner list was empty. This…
Resolving API Permission Approval Issues in SharePoint Online
Recently, I encountered an issue that had me scratching my head. A developer needed to enable the Power Virtual Agents API permission, but it required approval in SharePoint Online. Here’s what happened and how I resolved it. The Problem When I navigated to API Access in SharePoint Online, selected the pending request, and clicked Approve,…
The Struggle of Managing Mail-Enabled Groups With Azure Functions
There’s a clear lack of love for the Exchange group and the Graph API, particularly when it comes to managing mail-enabled groups. Currently, the Graph API can only handle simple read commands for mail-enabled groups, which is a pain when dealing with real-world scenarios. Let me explain. When you create a user on-premise that syncs…
Azure Hybrid Worker + PowerShell 7.2
I encountered a scenario where I needed to use PowerShell 7’s foreach parallel feature to significantly reduce processing time. However, my hybrid worker VMs did not have PowerShell 7 installed. I installed the latest version, 7.2, and started the runbook worker with a PS7 job, but it just hung in the queued state. Time to…
Troubleshooting and Fixing AADSSHLOGIN SELinux Module Issue in RHEL 8.9 VM in Azure
I ran into an interesting problem today when an az ssh vm command was giving a denied public key on a RHEL 8.9 VM in Azure. I verified the correct IAM permission was setup to allow login, so it wasn’t that. Time to jump onto the vm via regular ole ssh. I started poking around…
Azure Durable PowerShell Function -Automatic Retry Sample
Azure Functions offers a cost-effective solution for developing provisioning code, including managing SharePoint with PnP. By leveraging Azure Functions, applications can execute actions securely using managed identities and Entra ID authentication. However, as my workflows increase in complexity, the need for a more stateful approach becomes apparent. Initially, my project started with a simple one-method…
How to Upgrade Azure Function Host Runtime Version Manually
When I launched my Azure Function with PnP Powershell, I encountered an exception: “Could not load file or assembly ‘System.IdentityModel.Tokens.Jwt, Version=6.35.0.0’.” Upon investigation, I discovered that PnP had upgraded to the new assembly, but it was not present on my function host. The host runtime version was displaying as 4.29.1.21919. A quick search on Google…
Solving the Jira Attachment Corruption Mystery When Using Logic Apps
Recently, I encountered a task that seemed straightforward: using a Logic App to monitor a mailbox for new emails and then making an outbound HTTP Post to add an attachment to Jira. Simple, right? The plan was just two steps – monitor the mailbox and then integrate the attachment with the HTTP Post. But, as…
Unlocking Seamless Authentication: Building an Azure App Service with Managed Identity Integration for Azure Functions
When one first researches how to use a managed identity to trigger an Azure function, Microsoft’s tutorial will typically be the first hit https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/spring-apps/tutorial-managed-identities-functions. While this article works perfectly for authentication, there are some important things left out that should be called out. Let’s improve this article with those missing tidbits. Following the above tutorial,…
Azure Function With Managed Identity and Key Vault References
I had a few requests from my last article on how to remove all references of the access key from the application settings. Let’s take a look at how to achieve this. When you provision a new Azure Function, it will create 2 settings with an access key: WEBSITE_CONTENTAZUREFILECONNECTIONSTRING AzureWebJobsStorage We can rip out AzureWebJobsStorage…
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