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6 articles

Unlocking Code-First Flexibility in Power Apps: A New Era for Custom Enterprise Applications

Unlocking Code-First Flexibility in Power Apps: A New Era for Custom Enterprise Applications

As organisations accelerate their digital transformation, the demand for custom applications is escalating rapidly. Microsoft’s announcement of the general availability of code apps in Power Apps marks a pivotal moment, offering both developers and IT teams a platform that addresses flexibility and governance without compromise. I’ve observed growing tension between developer autonomy and the enterprise… Continue Reading →

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AI in Healthcare: Claude and Microsoft Foundry Signal a New Era for Clinical and Life Sciences Workflows

AI in Healthcare: Claude and Microsoft Foundry Signal a New Era for Clinical and Life Sciences Workflows

Bridging the gap between AI and medicine: Claude in Microsoft Foundry advances capabilities for healthcare and life sciences customers The convergence of artificial intelligence with healthcare and life sciences is accelerating, yet many organisations still grapple with fragmented workflows, mounting administrative tasks, and the relentless pace of scientific discovery. In my experience, bridging these gaps… Continue Reading →

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CSS Helper MCP

CSS Helper MCP

For those that read my Vibe Coding (https://themicrosoftcloudblog.com/2025/11/21/adventures-in-vibe-coding-building-apps-and-tools-without-writing-a-single-line-of-code-introduction/) article you will now that I attempted something that quite frankly I was surprised worked. To give a brief recap I decided that I would test how good GitHUb Copilot actually was at writing code and creating solutions. So I basically prompted my way to 2 React/Node… Continue Reading →

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Conversational Container Management: Copilot and VS Code Transform Developer Productivity

Conversational Container Management: Copilot and VS Code Transform Developer Productivity

Managing containers has long been an exercise in juggling command-line instructions, deciphering logs, and switching contexts. The recent update to the Visual Studio Code (VS Code) Container Tools extension marks a significant step forward, integrating Copilot directly into the developer workflow. This move reshapes how developers interact with containers, allowing for a more intuitive, conversational… Continue Reading →

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Error Uploading Solution to SharePoint Solution Gallery

If when you upload a solution to the solution gallery in SharePoint 2010 you receive the following error. “This solution contains invalid markup or elements that cannot be deployed as part of a sandboxed solution. Solution manifest for solution ’64afe4f8-6a99-42e8-9845-43fc18cc49f8′ failed validation, file manifest.xml, line 10, character 4: The element ‘Solution’ in namespace ‘http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/’ has invalid… Continue Reading →

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