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Protecting Sensitive Data: Ensuring Privacy from a Data Engineering Perspective 

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Sensitive Data

Protecting Sensitive Data: Ensuring Privacy from a Data Engineering Perspective  In a bank call center, staff members handle clients’ data. They have to identify clients for various requests while maintaining privacy. The call center representative must be able to identify the client while keeping the credit card number private, even though the system holds card information. Protecting sensitive data is crucial for the bank’s success.   You also want to keep the value of transactions on the card private. Data may be substituted with random numbers or displayed as ***, showing only the last four digits for validation purposes.  Now, imagine the same data set is sent to the analytics team to analyze … Read more

Custom Script Setting in SharePoint & OneDrive Removed

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Custom Script Setting

Last week, we published a blog discussing Microsoft retiring SharePoint Add-Ins. In that blog, we briefly discussed how the Classic Mode for Custom Scripts has been affected by that change. The Custom Script setting in SharePoint and OneDrive has already been removed – the change took place in May 2024.   There is a new PowerShell command (DelayDenyAddAndCustomizePagesEnforcement) that will allow administrators to delay any changes until November of this year. Additionally, the NoScriptSite setting will be configured to True for all existing sites except for specific site templates.   How Will The Removal of Custom Script Settings Affect My Organization?  Because the Custom Script setting has been removed, you can’t add, … Read more

SharePoint Add-Ins to be Retired in M365 

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SharePoint Add-Ins

In Microsoft’s effort to provide modern, evolved digital solutions, they will be retiring SharePoint Add-Ins and pushing SharePoint Extensibility Models instead – such as SharePoint Framework.   SharePoint Add-Ins will stop working for new tenants in November 2024 and will be fully eliminated in early 2026. You will no longer be able to update, purchase, or acquire SharePoint Add-Ins.  How Does the SharePoint Add-In Retirement Affect Me?  Many people are unaware of this new change, and it will greatly impact those who have used SharePoint Add-Ins or made custom Add-Ins in the past. If you made a purchase from the Microsoft Store or downloaded a free application, they will stop working.   … Read more

Increasing Productivity with Microsoft PowerToys  

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PowerToys

Microsoft PowerToys is an application aimed to increase productivity by providing the user with a set of tools and offerings.   Originally introduced in the 1990s and resurrected for Windows 10, PowerToys are a collection of free, open-source utilities designed to enhance your Windows experience. Whether you’re a power user or simply looking to streamline your workflow, PowerToys offers a suite of tools that can make your computer usage more efficient and enjoyable.   There have been a few new tools and updates showcased in the Microsoft Build 2024 conference. Here is a list of the most notable features with PowerToys so far:  PowerToys – Mouse Without Borders  If you use multiple … Read more

How the Bushcraft Rule of Threes Helps Me Think about Project Management 

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Project Management

Using survival skills can help with project management. Yes, you read that right.   What is the Bushcraft Rule of Threes?  The bushcraft rule of threes is a simple guideline that helps campers and survivalists to prioritize their needs in a wilderness situation. It states that you can survive:  The rule of threes helps you prioritize what will cause you to fail fastest first. When you follow the rules, it prevents you from wasting time and energy on less urgent matters. For example, if you are in a cold and wet environment, finding or building a shelter to keep you warm and dry is more important than looking for food … Read more

Managing Open-Source Dependencies with JitPack

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Managing dependencies for your Android app has gotten a lot easier with tools such as Gradle, but there is still one big gotcha that it cannot solve: The dependency itself. It is quite normal for a single Android app to have dozens of third-party dependencies, most of which are open-source. There are many benefits to using open-source libraries, but there are some pain points too. For instance, a dependency may contain bugs, lack needed features, or may have been abandoned by the original developer. In this article, I will discuss ways to deal with that, leveraging the powers of Git and the online service called JitPack. JitPack Basics What is … Read more