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Microsoft Power Platform community call - March 2026
💡 Power Platform monthly community call focuses on different extensibility options for builders, makers and developers within the Power Platform. Typically demos are from our awesome community members who showcase the art of possible within the Power Platform capabilities. 👏 Looking to catch up on the latest news and updates, including cool community demos, this call is for you! 📅 On 18th of March we'll have following agenda: Power Platform Updates & Events Latest on Power Platform samples Shiv Sharma (Ameriprise Financial Services) - Design Full App Pages in Minutes with AI‑Powered Generative Pages in Power Apps Darshan Magdum (Nihilent) - Adding Filters and Microsoft Teams Width to Adaptive Cards, and Tooltips & Anchor Tags via YAML in Copilot Studio Giridhar Mungamuri (EY) - Getting Started with Power Apps Code Apps: Build Your First Real App with the New Pro‑Code Experience 📅 Download recurrent invite from https://aka.ms/powerplatformcommunitycall 📞 & 📺 Join the Microsoft Teams meeting live at https://aka.ms/PowerPlatformMonthlyCall 💡 Building something cool for Microsoft 365 or Power Platform (Copilot, SharePoint, Power Apps, etc)? We are always looking for presenters - Volunteer for a community call demo at https://aka.ms/community/request/demo 👋 See you in the call! 📖 Resources: Previous community call recordings and demos from the Microsoft 365 & Power Platform community YouTube channel at https://aka.ms/community/videos Microsoft 365 & Power Platform samples from Microsoft and community - https://aka.ms/community/samples Microsoft 365 & Power Platform community details - https://aka.ms/community/home
VesaJuvonen
Mar 13, 2026 Place SharePoint Events
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Microsoft 365 & Power Platform product updates call
💡Microsoft 365 & Power Platform product updates call concentrates on the different use cases and features within the Microsoft 365 and in Power Platform. Call includes topics like Microsoft 365 Copilot, Copilot Studio, Microsoft Teams, Power Platform, Microsoft Graph, Microsoft Viva, Microsoft Search, Microsoft Lists, SharePoint, Power Automate, Power Apps and more. 👏 Weekly Tuesday call is for all community members to see Microsoft PMs, engineering and Cloud Advocates showcasing the art of possible with Microsoft 365 and Power Platform. 📅 On the 17th of March we'll have following agenda: News and updates from Microsoft Together mode group photo Sébastien Levert – Grounding your Copilot Chat declarative agent with knowledge Mike Francis – Message Center Agent - Natural language query and comms generation for Microsoft Admin Center messages and M365 Roadmap Paolo Pialorsi – Consuming an MCP server with OAuth 2.0 in Copilot Studio 📞 & 📺 Join the Microsoft Teams meeting live at https://aka.ms/community/ms-speakers-call-join 🗓️ Download recurrent invite for this weekly call from https://aka.ms/community/ms-speakers-call-invite 👋 See you in the call! 💡 Building something cool for Microsoft 365 or Power Platform (Copilot, SharePoint, Power Apps, etc)? We are always looking for presenters - Volunteer for a community call demo at https://aka.ms/community/request/demo 📖 Resources: Previous community call recordings and demos from the Microsoft Community Learning YouTube channel at https://aka.ms/community/youtube Microsoft 365 & Power Platform samples from Microsoft and community - https://aka.ms/community/samples Microsoft 365 & Power Platform community details - https://aka.ms/community/home 🧡 Sharing is caring!
VesaJuvonen
Mar 13, 2026 Place SharePoint Events
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Microsoft Finland - Software Developing Companies monthly community series.
Tervetuloa jälleen mukaan Microsoftin webinaarisarjaan teknologiayrityksille! Microsoft Finlandin järjestämä Software Development monthly Community series on webinaarisarja, joka tarjoaa ohjelmistotaloille ajankohtaista tietoa, konkreettisia esimerkkejä ja strategisia näkemyksiä siitä, miten yhteistyö Microsoftin kanssa voi vauhdittaa kasvua ja avata uusia liiketoimintamahdollisuuksia. Sarja on suunnattu kaikenkokoisille ja eri kehitysvaiheissa oleville teknologiayrityksille - startupeista globaaleihin toimijoihin. Jokaisessa jaksossa pureudutaan käytännönläheisesti siihen, miten ohjelmistoyritykset voivat hyödyntää Microsoftin ekosysteemiä, teknologioita ja kumppanuusohjelmia omassa liiketoiminnassaan. Huom. Microsoft Software Developing Companies monthly community webinars -webinaarisarja järjestetään Cloud Champion -sivustolla, josta webinaarit ovat kätevästi saatavilla tallenteina pari tuntia live-lähetyksen jälkeen. Muistathan rekisteröityä Cloud Champion -alustalle ensimmäisellä kerralla, jonka jälkeen pääset aina sisältöön sekä tallenteisiin käsiksi. Pääset rekisteröitymään, "Register now"-kohdasta. Täytä tietosi ja valitse Distributor kohtaan - Other, mikäli et tiedä Microsoft-tukkurianne. Webinaarit: 27.3.2026 klo 09:00-09:30 - Agent Factory Microsoft Foundryllä – miten rakennat ja viet AI-agentteja tuotantoon AI‑agentit ovat nopeasti nousemassa enterprise‑ohjelmistojen keskeiseksi rakennuspalikaksi, mutta monilla organisaatioilla haasteena on agenttien vieminen tuotantoon asti. Todellinen kilpailuetu syntyy siitä, miten agentit rakennetaan hallitusti, integroidaan osaksi kokonaisarkkitehtuuria ja skaalataan luotettavasti. Tässä webinaarissa käymme läpi ja näytämme käytännön demolla, miten AI-agentti rakennetaan Microsoft Foundry:n Agent Service -palvelulla. Näytämme miten agentin rooli ja ohjeet määritellään, miten agentille liitetään tietolähteitä ja työkaluja sekä katsomme miten tämä asemoituu Microsoft Agent Factoryyn. Ilmoittautumislinkki: Microsoft Finland – Software Developing Companies monthly community series: Agent Factory Microsoft Foundryllä – miten rakennat ja viet AI-agentteja tuotantoon – Finland Cloud Champion Puhujat: Juha Karvonen, Sr Partner Tech Strategist Eetu Roponen, Sr Partner Development Manager, Microsoft 27.2.2026 klo 09:00-09:30 - M-Files polku menestykseen yhdessä Microsoftin kanssa Mitä globaalin kumppanuuden rakentaminen M-Files:in ja Microsoft:in välillä on vaatinut – ja mitä hyötyä siitä on syntynyt? Tässä webinaarissa kuulet insiderit suoraan M-Filesin Kimmo Järvensivulta, Stategic Alliances Director: miten kumppanuus Microsoft kanssa on rakennettu, mitä matkalla on opittu ja miten yhteistyö on vauhdittanut kasvua. M-Files on älykäs tiedonhallinta-alusta, joka auttaa organisaatioita hallitsemaan dokumentteja ja tietoa metatiedon avulla sijainnista riippumatta. Se tehostaa tiedon löytämistä, parantaa vaatimustenmukaisuutta ja tukee modernia työtä Microsoft-ekosysteemissä. Tule kuulemaan, mitä menestyksekäs kumppanuus todella vaatii, ja miten siitä tehdään strateginen kilpailuetu. Katso nauhoite: Microsoft Finland – Software Developing Companies Monthly Community Series – M-Files polku menestykseen yhdessä Microsoftin kanssa – Finland Cloud Champion Asiantuntijat: Kimmi Järvensivu, Strategic Alliances Director, M-Files Mikko Marttinen, Sr Partner Development Manager, Microsoft Eetu Roponen, Sr Partner Development Manager, Microsoft 30.1.2026 klo 09:00-09:30 - Model Context Protocol (MCP)—avoin standardi, joka mullistaa AI-integraatiot Webinaarissa käymme läpi, mikä on Model Context Protocol (MCP), miten se mahdollistaa turvalliset ja skaalautuvat yhteydet AI‑mallien ja ulkoisten järjestelmien välillä ilman räätälöityä koodia, mikä on Microsoftin lähestyminen MCP‑protokollan hyödyntämiseen sekä miten softayritykset voivat hyödyntää MCP‑standardin tarjoamia liiketoimintamahdollisuuksia. Webinaarissa käymme läpi: Mikä MCP on ja miksi se on tärkeä nykyaikaisissa AI‑prosesseissa Kuinka MCP vähentää integraatioiden monimutkaisuutta ja nopeuttaa kehitystä Käytännön esimerkkejä Webiinarin asiaosuus käydään läpi englanniksi. Katso nauhoite: 30.1.2026 klo 09:00-09:30 – Model Context Protocol (MCP)—avoin standardi, joka mullistaa AI-integraatiot – Finland Cloud Champion Asiantuntijat: Massimo Caterino, Kumppaniteknologiastrategisti, Microsoft Europe North Mikko Marttinen, Sr Partner Development Manager, Microsoft Eetu Roponen, Sr Partner Development Manager, Microsoft 12.12. klo 09:00-09:30 - Mitä Suomen Azure-regioona tarkoittaa ohjelmistotaloille? Microsoftin uusi datakeskusalue Suomeen tuo pilvipalvelut lähemmäksi suomalaisia ohjelmistotaloja – olipa kyseessä startup, scaleup tai globaali toimija. Webinaarissa pureudumme siihen, mitä mahdollisuuksia uusi Azure-regioona avaa datan sijainnin, suorituskyvyn, sääntelyn ja asiakasvaatimusten näkökulmasta. Keskustelemme muun muassa: Miten datan paikallinen sijainti tukee asiakasvaatimuksia ja sääntelyä? Mitä hyötyä ohjelmistotaloille on pienemmästä latenssista ja paremmasta suorituskyvystä? Miten Azure-regioona tukee yhteismyyntiä ja skaalautumista Suomessa? Miten valmistautua teknisesti ja kaupallisesti uuden regioonan avaamiseen? Puhujat: Fama Doumbouya, Sales Director, Cloud Infra and Security, Microsoft Mikko Marttinen, Sr Partner Development Manager, Microsoft Eetu Roponen, Sr Partner Development Manager, Microsoft Katso nauhoite: Microsoft Finland – Software Developing Companies Monthly Community Series – Mitä Suomen Azure-regioona tarkoittaa ohjelmistotaloille? – Finland Cloud Champion 28.11. klo 09:00-09:30 - Pilvipalvelut omilla ehdoilla – mitä Microsoftin Sovereign Cloud tarkoittaa ohjelmistotaloille? Yhä useampi ohjelmistotalo kohtaa vaatimuksia datan sijainnista, sääntelyn noudattamisesta ja operatiivisesta kontrollista – erityisesti julkisella sektorilla ja säädellyillä toimialoilla. Tässä webinaarissa pureudumme siihen, miten Microsoftin uusi Sovereign Cloud -tarjonta vastaa näihin tarpeisiin ja mitä mahdollisuuksia se avaa suomalaisille ohjelmistoyrityksille. Keskustelemme muun muassa: Miten Sovereign Public ja Private Cloud eroavat ja mitä ne mahdollistavat? Miten datan hallinta, salaus ja operatiivinen suvereniteetti toteutuvat eurooppalaisessa kontekstissa? Mitä tämä tarkoittaa ohjelmistoyrityksille, jotka rakentavat ratkaisuja julkiselle sektorille tai säädellyille toimialoille? Puhujat: Juha Karppinen, National Security Officer, Microsoft Mikko Marttinen, Sr Partner Development Manager, Microsoft Eetu Roponen, Sr Partner Development Manager, Microsoft Katso nauhoite: Microsoft Finland – Software Developing Companies Monthly Community Series – Pilvipalvelut omilla ehdoilla – mitä Microsoftin Sovereign Cloud tarkoittaa ohjelmistotaloille? – Finland Cloud Champion 31.10. klo 09:00-09:30 - Kasvua ja näkyvyyttä ohjelmistotaloille – hyödynnä ISV Success ja Azure Marketplace rewards -ohjelmia Tässä webinaarissa pureudumme ohjelmistotaloille suunnattuihin Microsoftin keskeisiin kiihdytinohjelmiin, jotka tukevat kasvua, skaalautuvuutta ja kansainvälistä näkyvyyttä. Käymme läpi, miten ISV Success -ohjelma tarjoaa teknistä ja kaupallista tukea ohjelmistoyrityksille eri kehitysvaiheissa, ja miten Azure Marketplace toimii tehokkaana myyntikanavana uusien asiakkaiden tavoittamiseen. Lisäksi esittelemme Marketplace Rewards -edut, jotka tukevat markkinointia, yhteismyyntiä ja asiakashankintaa Microsoftin ekosysteemissä. Webinaari tarjoaa: Konkreettisia esimerkkejä ohjelmien hyödyistä Käytännön vinkkejä ohjelmiin liittymiseen ja hyödyntämiseen Näkemyksiä siitä, miten ohjelmistotalot voivat linjata strategiansa Microsoftin tarjoamiin mahdollisuuksiin Puhujat: Mikko Marttinen, Sr Partner Development Manager, Microsoft Eetu Roponen, Sr Partner Development Manager, Microsoft Nauhoite: Microsoft Finland – Software Developing Companies Monthly Community Series – Kasvua ja näkyvyyttä ohjelmistotaloille – hyödynnä ISV Success ja Azure Marketplace rewards -ohjelmia – Finland Cloud Champion 3.10. klo 09:00-09:30 - Autonomiset ratkaisut ohjelmistotaloille – Azure AI Foundry ja agenttiteknologioiden uudet mahdollisuudet Agenttiteknologiat mullistavat tapaa, jolla ohjelmistotalot voivat rakentaa älykkäitä ja skaalautuvia ratkaisuja. Tässä webinaarissa tutustumme siihen, miten Azure AI Foundry tarjoaa kehittäjille ja tuoteomistajille työkalut autonomisten agenttien rakentamiseen – mahdollistaen monimutkaisten prosessien automatisoinnin ja uudenlaisen asiakasarvon tuottamisen. Kuulet mm. Miten agenttiteknologiat muuttavat ohjelmistokehitystä ja liiketoimintaa. Miten Azure AI Foundry tukee agenttien suunnittelua, kehitystä ja käyttöönottoa. Miten ohjelmistotalot voivat hyödyntää agentteja kilpailuetuna. Puhujat: Juha Karvonen, Sr Partner Tech Strategist Mikko Marttinen, Sr Partner Development Manager, Microsoft Eetu Roponen, Sr Partner Development Manager, Microsoft Katso nauhoite täältä: Microsoft Finland – Software Developing Companies Monthly Community Series – Autonomiset ratkaisut ohjelmistotaloille – Azure AI Foundry ja agenttiteknologioiden uudet mahdollisuudet – Finland Cloud Champion 5.9.2025 klo 09:00-09:30 - Teknologiayritysten ja Microsoftin prioriteetit syksylle 2025. Tervetuloa jälleen mukaan Microsoftin webinaarisarjaan teknologiayrityksille! Jatkamme sarjassa kuukausittain pureutumista siihen, miten yhteistyö Microsoftin kanssa voi vauhdittaa kasvua ja avata uusia mahdollisuuksia eri vaiheissa oleville ohjelmistotaloille – olipa yritys sitten start-up, scale-up tai globaalia toimintaa harjoittava. Jokaisessa jaksossa jaamme konkreettisia esimerkkejä, näkemyksiä ja strategioita, jotka tukevat teknologia-alan yritysten liiketoiminnan kehitystä ja innovaatioita. Elokuun lopun jaksossa keskitymme syksyn 2025 prioriteetteihin ja uusiin mahdollisuuksiin, jotka tukevat ohjelmistoyritysten oman toiminnan suunnittelua, kehittämistä ja kasvun vauhdittamista. Käymme läpi, mitkä ovat Microsoftin strategiset painopisteet tulevalle tilikaudelle – ja ennen kaikkea, miten ohjelmistotalot voivat hyödyntää niitä omassa liiketoiminnassaan. Tavoitteena on tarjota kuulijoille selkeä ymmärrys siitä, miten oma tuote, palvelu tai markkinastrategia voidaan linjata ekosysteemin kehityksen kanssa, ja miten Microsoft voi tukea tätä matkaa konkreettisin keinoin. Puhujat: Mikko Marttinen, Sr Partner Development Manager, Microsoft Eetu Roponen, Sr Partner Development Manager, Microsoft Katso nauhoitus täältä: Teknologiayritysten ja Microsoftin prioriteetit syksylle 2025. – Finland Cloud Champion
eeturoponen
Mar 10, 2026 Place Kumppanifoorumi
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Integrating Microsoft Foundry with OpenClaw: Step by Step Model Configuration
Step 1: Deploying Models on Microsoft Foundry Let us kick things off in the Azure portal. To get our OpenClaw agent thinking like a genius, we need to deploy our models in Microsoft Foundry. For this guide, we are going to focus on deploying gpt-5.2-codex on Microsoft Foundry with OpenClaw. Navigate to your AI Hub, head over to the model catalog, choose the model you wish to use with OpenClaw and hit deploy. Once your deployment is successful, head to the endpoints section. Important: Grab your Endpoint URL and your API Keys right now and save them in a secure note. We will need these exact values to connect OpenClaw in a few minutes. Step 2: Installing and Initializing OpenClaw Next up, we need to get OpenClaw running on your machine. Open up your terminal and run the official installation script: curl -fsSL https://openclaw.ai/install.sh | bash The wizard will walk you through a few prompts. Here is exactly how to answer them to link up with our Azure setup: First Page (Model Selection): Choose "Skip for now". Second Page (Provider): Select azure-openai-responses. Model Selection: Select gpt-5.2-codex , For now only the models listed (hosted on Microsoft Foundry) in the picture below are available to be used with OpenClaw. Follow the rest of the standard prompts to finish the initial setup. Step 3: Editing the OpenClaw Configuration File Now for the fun part. We need to manually configure OpenClaw to talk to Microsoft Foundry. Open your configuration file located at ~/.openclaw/openclaw.json in your favorite text editor. Replace the contents of the models and agents sections with the following code block: { "models": { "providers": { "azure-openai-responses": { "baseUrl": "https://<YOUR_RESOURCE_NAME>.openai.azure.com/openai/v1", "apiKey": "<YOUR_AZURE_OPENAI_API_KEY>", "api": "openai-responses", "authHeader": false, "headers": { "api-key": "<YOUR_AZURE_OPENAI_API_KEY>" }, "models": [ { "id": "gpt-5.2-codex", "name": "GPT-5.2-Codex (Azure)", "reasoning": true, "input": ["text", "image"], "cost": { "input": 0, "output": 0, "cacheRead": 0, "cacheWrite": 0 }, "contextWindow": 400000, "maxTokens": 16384, "compat": { "supportsStore": false } }, { "id": "gpt-5.2", "name": "GPT-5.2 (Azure)", "reasoning": false, "input": ["text", "image"], "cost": { "input": 0, "output": 0, "cacheRead": 0, "cacheWrite": 0 }, "contextWindow": 272000, "maxTokens": 16384, "compat": { "supportsStore": false } } ] } } }, "agents": { "defaults": { "model": { "primary": "azure-openai-responses/gpt-5.2-codex" }, "models": { "azure-openai-responses/gpt-5.2-codex": {} }, "workspace": "/home/<USERNAME>/.openclaw/workspace", "compaction": { "mode": "safeguard" }, "maxConcurrent": 4, "subagents": { "maxConcurrent": 8 } } } } You will notice a few placeholders in that JSON. Here is exactly what you need to swap out: Placeholder Variable What It Is Where to Find It <YOUR_RESOURCE_NAME> The unique name of your Azure OpenAI resource. Found in your Azure Portal under the Azure OpenAI resource overview. <YOUR_AZURE_OPENAI_API_KEY> The secret key required to authenticate your requests. Found in Microsoft Foundry under your project endpoints or Azure Portal keys section. <USERNAME> Your local computer's user profile name. Open your terminal and type whoami to find this. Step 4: Restart the Gateway After saving the configuration file, you must restart the OpenClaw gateway for the new Foundry settings to take effect. Run this simple command: openclaw gateway restart Configuration Notes & Deep Dive If you are curious about why we configured the JSON that way, here is a quick breakdown of the technical details. Authentication Differences Azure OpenAI uses the api-key HTTP header for authentication. This is entirely different from the standard OpenAI Authorization: Bearer header. Our configuration file addresses this in two ways: Setting "authHeader": false completely disables the default Bearer header. Adding "headers": { "api-key": "<key>" } forces OpenClaw to send the API key via Azure's native header format. Important Note: Your API key must appear in both the apiKey field AND the headers.api-key field within the JSON for this to work correctly. The Base URL Azure OpenAI's v1-compatible endpoint follows this specific format: https://<your_resource_name>.openai.azure.com/openai/v1 The beautiful thing about this v1 endpoint is that it is largely compatible with the standard OpenAI API and does not require you to manually pass an api-version query parameter. Model Compatibility Settings "compat": { "supportsStore": false } disables the store parameter since Azure OpenAI does not currently support it. "reasoning": true enables the thinking mode for GPT-5.2-Codex. This supports low, medium, high, and xhigh levels. "reasoning": false is set for GPT-5.2 because it is a standard, non-reasoning model. Model Specifications & Cost Tracking If you want OpenClaw to accurately track your token usage costs, you can update the cost fields from 0 to the current Azure pricing. Here are the specs and costs for the models we just deployed: Model Specifications Model Context Window Max Output Tokens Image Input Reasoning gpt-5.2-codex 400,000 tokens 16,384 tokens Yes Yes gpt-5.2 272,000 tokens 16,384 tokens Yes No Current Cost (Adjust in JSON) Model Input (per 1M tokens) Output (per 1M tokens) Cached Input (per 1M tokens) gpt-5.2-codex $1.75 $14.00 $0.175 gpt-5.2 $2.00 $8.00 $0.50 Conclusion: And there you have it! You have successfully bridged the gap between the enterprise-grade infrastructure of Microsoft Foundry and the local autonomy of OpenClaw. By following these steps, you are not just running a chatbot; you are running a sophisticated agent capable of reasoning, coding, and executing tasks with the full power of GPT-5.2-codex behind it. The combination of Azure's reliability and OpenClaw's flexibility opens up a world of possibilities. Whether you are building an automated devops assistant, a research agent, or just exploring the bleeding edge of AI, you now have a robust foundation to build upon. Now it is time to let your agent loose on some real tasks. Go forth, experiment with different system prompts, and see what you can build. If you run into any interesting edge cases or come up with a unique configuration, let me know in the comments below. Happy coding!
suzarilshah
Mar 06, 2026 Place Educator Developer Blog
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Found an odd hang that leaves no record on host when triggered.
I have a really old system, and I bought a TPM 2.0 module to use on it. I hadn't realized all the details of using it (like needing to reinstall fresh to change secure boot mode). I assumed I could just leave it installed until I wanted to go through the full effort of activating it. And hoped it might be useful even if full secure boot mode wasn't being used. Now I've realized my host will start to hang for no reason with that module installed. With some odd symptoms/details too. I'll outline those later. I'm guessing this is a "not supported" or "don't care" from Microsoft, but figured I should mention it in case I'm wrong. And they see their own part in the bug as bad enough to do something about. Since there isn't any obvious explanation of what happens in the OS (event log explanation, etc), beyond that the system didn't shutdown properly and/or a bugcheck I couldn't decode anything from (system just hangs, doesn't reboot as it should, no debug dmp, etc). ------------ I can physically install the module and not see a hang for a while (days/weeks?) which makes it hard to connect the result to the cause. Then after using my computer for 8-10 hours already (around midnight or 1am at least a couple times now), it'll decide to hang. Then every reboot after that will hang after 1-3 minutes from login to desktop (unless in safe mode then sits indefinitely, or it lasted slightly longer in normal boot mode after I disabled all non-Microsoft services). I can do nothing except log in (or try to use it to open a bunch of stuff, no difference) then it'll hang. No obvious pointer in event log to what sub-system or event or a reason the issue happened. System is from circa 2017. i7-4790k CPU, z97 motherboard that only had a TPM header back then. Bought a semi-recent TPM 2.0 module off Amazon a couple/three years ago that matched the Gigabyte module type I couldn't buy direct anymore (Gigabyte had 3 different things that looked very similar). OS installed a long time ago, using mostly default BIOS options from before I knew anything about what they meant ("Other OS" not Windows 8 mode, etc). If module is installed then the BIOS says secure boot enabled, even when I disabled the TPM setting I could manually adjust. OS says secure boot was not enabled (followed directions online to look for some particular mode, like SC6?). I spent a lot of time trying to fix various oddities, like how Intel's XTU overclocking/BIOS settings tool left behind a service after I'd uninstalled it (pretty sure is connected to a "watchdog" to reset BIOS and reboot). Turning off Samsung's Optune cache performance feature. And tweaking various BIOS settings to see if they impacted anything, like disabling power saving modes, or various boot options (UEFI only vs Legacy only vs ...). Sadly managed to truly break my hardware in that debug/tweaking process. But this hanging issue was happening BEFORE that damage was done. Basically I've rarely used the hardware jumpers to clear CMOS before (removing the battery instead usually, or clear from inside BIOS), and I tried to do both but had it plugged in to AC power still accidentally. Saw a spark and it turned itself on when I shorted the pins. After that it was too late to do anything. Now only the CPU attached PCIe lanes seem to work. Meaning the 2 x 16x slots that'll run at 8x or above (GPU in one, and NIC or wifi in the other). I had to disable the onboard NIC and XHCI in BIOS to let my keyboard and mouse work after booting (outside BIOS). They wouldn't even light up (Logitech things I've had for ages now). And now the boot options include 3 boxes with odd, mostly white, hash marks covering the whole width of the screen. And there was some weirdness with duplicate names there (two Microsoft boot loaders pointing at the same drive entry, one at top and another much further down... below those cross hatched options). But my 5 internal SATA drives all seem to work still (2 SSD, 3 HDD). I don't expect Microsoft to pay for anything, but they're the only ones who could improve this situation for future users. The whole TPM/secure boot feature feels ugly and hard to understand. And anything that hangs the computer should be obvious/explicit in the log entries beforehand (save them with a flush and pause a little). That was another area I wasted time on (adjusting page file sizes manually, changing dump types, etc). Yes, I have the free ESL additional updates enabled for this system (1 year more of security only patches), and installed.
EternalStudent07
Mar 05, 2026 Place Windows 10
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Microsoft 365 & Power Platform product updates call
💡Microsoft 365 & Power Platform product updates call concentrates on the different use cases and features within the Microsoft 365 and in Power Platform. Call includes topics like Microsoft 365 Copilot, Copilot Studio, Microsoft Teams, Power Platform, Microsoft Graph, Microsoft Viva, Microsoft Search, Microsoft Lists, SharePoint, Power Automate, Power Apps and more. 👏 Weekly Tuesday call is for all community members to see Microsoft PMs, engineering and Cloud Advocates showcasing the art of possible with Microsoft 365 and Power Platform. 📅 On the 3rd of March we'll have following agenda: News and updates from Microsoft Together mode group photo Sébastien Levert – Creating your first Copilot Chat declarative agent with Microsoft 365 Agents Toolkit April Dunnam – Using Microsoft 365 Copilot in Power Apps 📞 & 📺 Join the Microsoft Teams meeting live at https://aka.ms/community/ms-speakers-call-join 🗓️ Download recurrent invite for this weekly call from https://aka.ms/community/ms-speakers-call-invite 👋 See you in the call! 💡 Building something cool for Microsoft 365 or Power Platform (Copilot, SharePoint, Power Apps, etc)? We are always looking for presenters - Volunteer for a community call demo at https://aka.ms/community/request/demo 📖 Resources: Previous community call recordings and demos from the Microsoft Community Learning YouTube channel at https://aka.ms/community/youtube Microsoft 365 & Power Platform samples from Microsoft and community - https://aka.ms/community/samples Microsoft 365 & Power Platform community details - https://aka.ms/community/home 🧡 Sharing is caring!
VesaJuvonen
Feb 27, 2026 Place SharePoint Events
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multiple selection not working in word-processing apps
I'm having an issue with both my laptop and desktop pc's where holding down the control key won't let me select multiple words an any word processing application (ms word, wps, notepad, etc...). I can select multiple files on my desktop using the ctrl key, and in google docs I can select multiple words with this method. The problem seems to be just with word-processing software. Anyone have any suggestions? My desktop pc has 22H2 (OS Build 19045.6466) My laptop pc has Windows 11 version 21H2 (OS Build 22000.2538)
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whitelighter
Feb 25, 2026 Place Windows 10
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📣 MSLE Office Hours — Português
Olá, 👋 Espero que estejam bem! Tem dúvidas sobre o Programa MSLE? Nós temos as respostas! Participe das nossas Office Hours do MSLE: um espaço para conectar, aprender e receber apoio personalizado. ✅ Tire suas dúvidas sobre o programa ✅ Explore recursos e boas práticas ✅ Conecte-se com outros educadores e com nossa equipe do MSLE Traga suas perguntas, ideias e curiosidades — estamos aqui para ajudar você a aproveitar ao máximo sua experiência com o MSLE! No horário indicado, favor realizar acesso ao link: Teams meeting.
Henoc_Freire
Feb 24, 2026 Place Microsoft Learn for Educators Office Hours
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Why is OOF an OOF and not an OOO?
Here's an interesting historical question - when we say Out of Office, why does it sometimes get shortened to ‘OOF’? Shouldn’t it be ‘OOO’? Inside Microsoft, ‘OOF’ means not just the message which says you’re Out of Office, but it has grown to mean the act of being Out of the Office too - so you’ll get people putting sticky notes on their door saying ‘OOF Thurs & Fri’ or even people verbally saying things like, "Oh, Kevin’s OOF on vacation for the rest of the week’. I suppose that sounds better than "Oh, Kevin’s OOO on vacation ..." OOF was a command used in the days of Microsoft’s Xenix mail system, which set a user as ‘Out of Facility’ - ie Out of the Office. The usage of the term ‘OOF’ just stuck, as did the term ‘Little r’ (e.g. on an email sent to a distribution list, "Who wants to go to the cinema tonight? Little ‘r’ if you’re interested", meaning reply just to me) - as preserved in Outlook with CTRL+R for Reply, and CTRL+SHIFT+R (aka Big R) for Reply All. Ewan Dalton
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📣 MSLE Office Hours — Português
Olá, 👋 Espero que estejam bem! Tem dúvidas sobre o Programa MSLE? Nós temos as respostas! Participe das nossas Office Hours do MSLE: um espaço para conectar, aprender e receber apoio personalizado. ✅ Tire suas dúvidas sobre o programa ✅ Explore recursos e boas práticas ✅ Conecte-se com outros educadores e com nossa equipe do MSLE Traga suas perguntas, ideias e curiosidades — estamos aqui para ajudar você a aproveitar ao máximo sua experiência com o MSLE! No horário indicado, favor realizar acesso ao link: Teams meeting.
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Feb 23, 2026 Place Microsoft Learn for Educators Office Hours
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