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Is there a reason why status checks applied to a commit don't pull through to the PR status checks?
Hello there, Is there a reason why status checks applied to a particular commit (from an external scanning tool for example) as part of a PR don't correctly carry up into the live PR for that branch? I can run ADO Pipeline Builds and they appear as expected, and even POST a PR status check back so it appears in the checks section, but it seems very odd that i may have X commit failing with external status checks and it not be visible/shown on the PR itself. In GitHub/Bitbucket it showcases everything in the PR view for related commits. Any advice greatly appreciated!Azure DevOps REST API - retrieve DevOps Server/TFS version
Hi all, I need to support multiple Azure DevOps Server/TFS instances. Is there a REST API to retrieve the version + other "system" info of a given instance? The ideal would be something like /status/health API (only available for DevOps Services), not even requiring authentication. Is there something similar? Thanks in advance!
Integrate Azure Git Repo to Jenkins multibranch pipelines
Hello Friends, I'm setting up CICD pipelines for our project which has code repos in Azure Devops On Prem and I'm trying to integrate it with Jenkins which is running on different Azure cloud subscription. We have sorted out firewall and whitelisting. There seems to be some issue when i try to connect to repos from Jenkin's multi branch job and throws Authentication failed error. But same is working fine when I use FreeStyle or Pipeline type jobs. Anybody did this kind of integration in the past? Not sure if I'm missing something. Please throw some light if someone have experience in this kind of setup Thanks in AdvanceAzure DevOps REST API - tag DeploymentGroups' target
Hello everyone, I am trying to setup a function in PowerShell to be able to set tags on specific targets of a deploymentgroup, and for that I am using this documentation page: https://pm6jzr2ps1.proxynodejs.usequeue.com/en-us/rest/api/azure/devops/distributedtask/targets/update?view=azure-devops-rest-7.0&tabs=HTTP#request-body I created the request body as described in the page like bellow: { "id": 541, "tags": [ "tag1-backendWithDb", "tag1-backendWithDb-active-node", "tag2-backendWithDb-database", "tag2-backendWithDb", "tag2-backendWithDb-active-node", "tag3-blazor", "tag3-blazor-active-node", "tag4-yarp", "tag4-yarp-active-node" ] } Than I do the following command : Invoke-RestMethod -Method Patch -Uri "$baseurl/distributedtask/deploymentgroups/$($DGid)/targets?api-version=6.0-preview.1" -Credential $cred -Body ($body | ConvertTo-Json) -ContentType 'Application/json' But then I get an error like this : Invoke-RestMethod: { "$id": "1", "innerException": null, "message": "Value cannot be null.\r\nParameter name: machinesToUpdate", "typeName": "System.ArgumentNullException, mscorlib", "typeKey": "ArgumentNullException", "errorCode": 0, "eventId": 0 } The problem is that the document is not specifying any parameter named 'machinesToUpdate'. What is it that I am missing here?
Windows App, pasting files hangs OS
Hi all, We’re experiencing an intermittent but frustrating issue when using the Windows App to connect to our Azure Virtual Desktop environment. Issue: When users attempt to copy and paste certain files from their local machine to the remote session, the operating system on the remote side hangs. The mouse still moves, and the clock continues to tick, but: -Start menu becomes unresponsive -Taskbar icons stop registering clicks -Desktop icons are frozen -No error messages appear This occurs sporadically and seems to affect files of varying sizes and types — 100KB up to 20MB. What we've tried: -Updating the Windows App to the latest version -Verifying clipboard redirection is enabled -Using MSTSC, and the Remote Desktop Store App. These work but don't support Session Pools, Remote -Apps, or SSO. -Using RemoteDesktop_1.2.6228.0 (MSI Install) Has the same issue as Windows App Environment: -Remote app hosted in Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) -Users connecting from Windows 10/11 clients -Windows App version: 2.0.419.0, 2.0.420.0, and 2.0.500.0 All ideas welcome - is a major disruption to our business processes.Temp admin for personal hosts
Hello, We're looking to implement personal host pools for engineer users. These would be Windows 11, entra-joined and managed via Intune. Is there a recommended method to grant these users temp local admin? On our physical endpoints we've been using MakeMeAdmin, but thats not working for our test hosts. I've seen that PIM is an option but can be pricy. Thanks.
AVD - Sign-in issues with O365 applications
Hi everyone Our AVDs are currently running on Windows 10 22H2 (Build 19045.5854) For some time now, our users have been experiencing issues signing in to certain Office 365 applications, especially OneDrive and Outlook. For many users, the sign-in gets stuck in an endless loop. The affected AVD host then needs to be restarted for the sign-in to Outlook and OneDrive to work again. In the event log, we often encounter the following error: "A fatal error occurred while creating a TLS client credential. The internal error state is 10013." Has anyone else experienced this issue or found a solution for it?Sharing My Cloud Dev Blog: Insights on Azure & AI
Hi everyone! 🙂 I wanted to share my blog, moritzclouddev.net, where I regularly post about cloud development with Microsoft technologies - mostly focusing on Azure, AI and web development. It's a collection of practical insights, tutorials, and real-world experiences aimed at developers and IT pros working in the Microsoft ecosystem. Some recent posts explore topics like AI Search and RAG, AI context handling, and serverless cloud architecture patterns. If this sounds like your kind of content, feel free to check it out here: moritzclouddev.net Would love to connect with others who are interested in or working on similar topics! Best regards, Moritz
How do we see the last used date for any activities within a Project in ADO
Hi, I am trying to maintain the unused projects within ADO as it appears that a lot of projects needs to be removed due to inactivity. I can see the last used date within the projects but it appears to be incorrect as I have been using certain projects on a daily basis but the last updated date seems to show last used was 3-4 months ago. I am not too sure if only title changes/description changes will modify the last updated date, but I need to see the last updated date of the project from users using the work items / boards. Is there a way i can do this?Azure Communication Services and displaying a Teams status externally
Is it possible with ACS to display the Teams status of our internal employees to external customers via a web app? We want to display our internal employees Team status to our customers. This would let the customer know if the employee is available to chat. Thanks.Key vault acces through full private network configuration
Hello ! At the moment I work on an interesting subject : Data platform ! So I have to provision a full private infrastructure so I added next resources: - Data Lake (without public access + Private endpoint) - Key Vault (without public access too and with trusted Microsoft services allowed) - Databricks (Vnet integration) - Data Factory (with Managed Virtual network) I understand that communications are possible between KV and Dbks/DF (network aspect) because of the option "Allow trusted Microsoft services" ! No Private Endpoint on KV is needed and also no Managed Private Endpoint in DF. But when I try to validate this by unselect this option in the KV, I've got two behaviors: - Databricks "Secret scope" failed as expected - Data Factory still working !!! Can someone help me to understand why is still working for Data Factory ? Did I miss something in my configuration ? Thank you.Speech Recognition for Alphanumeric
Hi, I am using Azure Communication Service with Cognitive Service for handling voice call scenarios (STT and TTS). One of our customer use cases requires alpha-numeric input in a workflow. The Azure Speech recognizer performs well for numbers and other patterns. However, when the user spells out alphabets for alphanumeric values, the recognition success rate is very low. For example, the product ID pattern is like "P-43246". In most cases, "P" is recognized as "D", "B", or "3". I have tested this on both mobile phone networks and VoIP. The success rate is significantly lower on mobile networks. Is there any settings available to improve the recognition success rate? Azure Services used: ACS Phone Number Azure Cognitive Service Event Grid Subscriptions Thanks, Aravind
JSON Lines from API Response in ADF Pipeline
How to read API response in JSON Lines through Azure Data Factory Activity? Currently the RESTful API is sending dataset in JSON Array format which will be changed to JSON Lines. Can you please suggest what activity should support to read the JOSN Lines formatted data in ADF pipelines? Any suggestion will be really appreciated.Azure app service - diagnostics Rest API
Hello team, I have recently noticed the Azure app service rest API references for diagnostics, Is this referring to the diagnostics and solving problems in the portal? Or it is different? I am not able to find any related documents about how to use them!! Please share any official document about this diagnosis rest API references, https://pm6jzr2ps1.proxynodejs.usequeue.com/en-us/rest/api/appservice/diagnostics Thanks
User keeps getting the pop up to log in Outlook when more than 1 email account is added
Hello, We're having an issues where our users keep having to log in to Outlook whenever they connect to the server when they have more than 1 email account added to Outlook. Users with only 1 mailaccount don't have this problem. We use fslogix profiles for our users. Any idea what could be the cause and how we can fix this? Kind regards,
Automated patching AVD multi-session hosts
Hello community, We are using Azure Automation Update Management currently to patch Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) hosts. It's marked to retire on 31st of august 2024 and it's advised to migrate to Azure Update Manager. Azure Update Manager however doesn't list Windows 10 or 11 as a supported OS 😞 When scaling the environment we don't want hosts to start patching when they are powered on once a month when there is a high demand. Currently Windows Client is listed as an unsupported OS: Azure Update Manager support matrix | Microsoft Learn Is this also the case for Windows 10/11 multisession OS? Is there a preferred way to manage updates for AVD hosts, besides working with a golden image (which also needs maintenance)? The alternative would have to be Intune. Only option than are a bunch of Windows Update For Business settings in Intune. But the logic to auto-start/stop before/after patching would have to be rebuild = step backwards Deleted. How are you installing Windows Updates on your session hosts. Anyone in the same situation or with the same question? Kind regards, Thomas
Azure role for managing Visual Studio subscribers
Granting Help Desk users the ability to manage and provisioning Visual Studio licenses from the VS admin centre. I prefer not to assign the User Access Administrator role; so I am looking on what are the key RBAC configuration only for the sole purpose of managing user license for Visual Studio. Out VS subscription is attached to an Azure sub. (https://fy8yfruy09.proxynodejs.usequeue.com/)Recent Logic Apps Failures with Defender ATP Steps – "TimeGenerated" No Longer Recognized
Hi everyone, I’ve recently encountered an issue with Logic Apps failing on Defender ATP steps. Requests containing the TimeGenerated parameter no longer work—the column seems to be unrecognized. My code hasn’t changed at all, and the same queries run successfully in Defender 365’s Advanced Hunting. For example, this basic KQL query: DeviceLogonEvents | where TimeGenerated >= ago(30d) | where LogonType != "Local" | where DeviceName !contains ".fr" | where DeviceName !contains "shared-" | where DeviceName !contains "gdc-" | where DeviceName !contains "mon-" | distinct DeviceName Now throws the error: Failed to resolve column or scalar expression named 'TimeGenerated'. Fix semantic errors in your query. Removing TimeGenerated makes the query work again, but this isn’t a viable solution. Notably, the identical query still functions in Defender 365’s Advanced Hunting UI. This issue started affecting a Logic App that runs weekly—it worked on May 11th but failed on May 18th. Questions: Has there been a recent schema change or deprecation of TimeGenerated in Defender ATP's KQL for Logic Apps? Is there an alternative column or syntax we should use now? Are others experiencing this? Any insights or workarounds would be greatly appreciated!
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