Author: Chris Coulson
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Demonstrating Microsoft’s Semantic Kernel
In this video I describe what’s Microsoft’s Semantic Kernel is all about, how it works and I show a demonstration of the semantic kernel in action, using a planner and a math plugin.
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Azure OpenAI Service vs OpenAI API
A comparison of the differences between Azure OpenAI Service and the OpenAI API.
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SharePoint FBA: SSL Required
Recent changes in Chrome to improve cookie security required flags being set on the cookies in order for them to continue to function cross-domain. Microsoft released patches to SharePoint to implement the flags – however the flags also require the cookie to be marked SECURE and now only allows the cookies to function with HTTPS/SSL.…
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SQL Server Spatial Data: Finding and Ordering Distance Between 2 Points
It’s pretty common to want to find the distance from a certain location to a location stored in your database. For example, in the Home Depot or Walmart website you might want to find the closest store. The locations of all of the stores will be stored in a database, and then given your location…
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Now Hosting Inline Styler for Emails
We’ve been using this great inline styler for email’s created by @davecranwell (originally hosted at http://inlinestyler.torchbox.com). Unfortunately it’s been offline for about a month, so today I setup hosting for it. It can now be found at: https://inlinestyler.visigo.com/. What it does is take HTML + CSS and moves the css styles inline in the html. This…
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SharePoint 2016 compatible version of the SharePoint Solution Installer released
I’ve updated the SharePoint Solution Installer to be compatible with SharePoint 2016. Release can be downloaded here: https://github.com/Visigo/sharepointinstaller/releases/tag/SharePointInstaller-SP2013-V1.5.0
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Configuring Forms Based Authentication in SharePoint 2016 and SharePoint 2019 – Part 4 – Adding Users to the Membership Database
Configuring forms based authentication (FBA) in SharePoint 2016 and SharePoint 2019 is exactly the same process as configuring it for SharePoint 2013. I’ve recreated the SharePoint 2013 FBA tutorial specifically for SharePoint 2016 and SharePoint 2019, using screenshots from SharePoint 2016 and Windows Server 2012 R2. I have changed the tutorial to use the SharePoint FBA…
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Configuring Forms Based Authentication in SharePoint 2016 and SharePoint 2019 – Part 3 – Configuring SharePoint
Configuring forms based authentication (FBA) in SharePoint 2016 and SharePoint 2019 is exactly the same process as configuring it for SharePoint 2013. I’ve recreated the SharePoint 2013 FBA tutorial specifically for SharePoint 2016 and SharePoint 2019, using screenshots from SharePoint 2016 and Windows Server 2012 R2. I have changed the tutorial to use the SharePoint FBA…
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Configuring Forms Based Authentication in SharePoint 2016 and SharePoint 2019 – Part 2 – Editing the Web.Config Files
Configuring forms based authentication (FBA) in SharePoint 2016 and SharePoint 2019 is exactly the same process as configuring it for SharePoint 2013. I’ve recreated the SharePoint 2013 FBA tutorial specifically for SharePoint 2016 and SharePoint 2019, using screenshots from SharePoint 2016 and Windows Server 2012 R2. I have changed the tutorial to use the SharePoint FBA…
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Configuring Forms Based Authentication in SharePoint 2016, SharePoint 2019 and SharePoint Subscription Edition – Part 1 – Creating the Membership Database
Configuring forms based authentication (FBA) in SharePoint 2016, SharePoint 2019 and SharePoint Subscription Edition is exactly the same process as configuring it for SharePoint 2013. I’ve recreated the SharePoint 2013 FBA tutorial specifically for SharePoint 2016, SharePoint 2019 and SharePoint Subscription Edition, using screenshots from SharePoint 2016 and Windows Server 2012 R2. I have changed the…