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Antti K. Koskela

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Software Engineer excited about #Azure, #Blazor, #Microsoft365 and #dotnet 😁. Microsoft #MVPBuzz for Azure and M365.

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Antti K. Koskela @koskila.net · Nov 15

Hello World!

I'm giving this platform a try, as the other place has become relatively unhospitable.

But first things first: Here's my dog. Her name is Miina, and she's a #Kromfohrländer #kromi. 😁

#dogsofbluesky

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Antti K. Koskela @koskila.net · 1d

3 times in the last 3 years I've been burned by new Windows machines. If I had a working configuration, I would not mess with it.

And you shouldn't have to take that risk either. Here's how you can keep your trusty #Windows10 setup running for another year!

www.koskila.net/windows-10-t... #Windows

Extend Your Windows 10 Experience for Another Year 🥰

This article explains how you can keep using Windows 10 for another year, even though Microsoft has officially ended support for it. Background (rant) I'm...

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Antti K. Koskela @koskila.net · 8d

I've worked with #SharePoint for almost 15 years. It's paid for my house. Most of my friends know to uppercase the 'P'. 🤠

And for the life of me, I couldn't remember how targeting a term or its children works in #KQL 😂

I feel like I should've. 🤷

So here it is: www.koskila.net/target-term-...

How to query a term + children in SharePoint Search (KQL)?

In this article, I'll get back to basics of KQL in SharePoint Online's Search Service, and explain how to target a Managed Metadata term and its children....

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Antti K. Koskela @koskila.net · 12d

Wait, is this how #VivaEngage works? You now have to request to join "All Company" - the default group for everyone in the network? 😅

I'm 100% sure this is not how it used to work..

#YearOfYammer

Antti K. Koskela @koskila.net · 13d

Et tu, #GitHubCopilot..? 🥲

The endless #gaslighting by LLMs has reached GitHub Copilot #CodingAgent.

Antti K. Koskela @koskila.net · 15d

Unexpected excitement in my blog this week!

When #Dell fails an unwanted BIOS update, resulting in my #aipc being unbootable during a production incident, just blinking LEDs with an undocumented error code, Lisa from North Carolina comes to my rescue.

www.koskila.net/dell-xps-15-... #AIWithDell

LEDs Are Blinking But Nobody's Home - Dell XPS 15

This article explains how to diagnose and fix a Dell XPS 15 laptop that won't start, indicated by blinking LED lights. It includes a list of blink codes and...

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Antti K. Koskela @koskila.net · 19d

This week I'm posting about how my team wrestled with #SAP #SuccessFactors auth (especially the offline assertion stuff) so you don’t have to. The documentation wasn't exactly clear either.

Exact token request, offline assertion gen, real-world gotchas. #blogging

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How to authenticate against SAP SF OData endpoints in .NET?

This article explains how to obtain OAuth access tokens for SAP SuccessFactors OData endpoints using the SAML 2.0 Bearer Assertion flow. I wouldn't normally...

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Antti K. Koskela @koskila.net · 19d

I don't know what @Microsoft has been up to with their recent #Windows updates, but they've worked wonders on my battery life! It's fantastic when your PC just becomes better by itself.

Or so I thought. I opened #VSCode and now I'm back to ~90 minutes 😅

#IntelInside #Intel

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Michaël Maillot @michaelmaillot.bsky.social · 29d

Following #aMPBordeaux & #Teamsdagen, I made a short article about an authentication issue I met with M365 Agents SDK. This is an echo of discussions I had with #M365Dev folks
@koskila.net, Benjamin Talmard & @yhabersaat.ch

michaelmaillot.github.io/tips/2022509...

#M365Community #SharingIsCaring

[M365 Agents SDK] How to overcome silent SSO with botframework.com Token Service - Michaël Maillot

Blog articles about Microsoft 365 / Azure / General Dev

michaelmaillot.github.io

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Antti K. Koskela @koskila.net · 29d

Controversial opinion: #VivaTopics was a great idea. And it was supposed to have a nice integration with #VivaSkills.

But alas, instead, we got AI-inferenced skills.

I'm now the "Waterfall project management" and "Workday" expert at Contoso.

Thanks, #Copilot.

www.koskila.net/2025-09-22-m...

M365 Skills are all over the place again - what's good?

This article explains the weird history of the M365 Skills offering, which has been renamed and rebranded more times than I can count. If you want the TL;DR...

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Antti K. Koskela @koskila.net · 29d

#Newsflash: it can happen even on a mac!

#maclife #microsoftword

Antti K. Koskela @koskila.net · Sep 20

After all these years, #Windows keeps surprising me.

Copy-pasting tables between Word-documents stopped working.

I rebooted the machine.

Copy-pasting tables between #Word-documents works again.

It's like magic.

Image related: it's the Machine Spirit fixing my machine.

Antti K. Koskela @koskila.net · Sep 20

Returning home from #TeamsDagen - I've always thought it's cool how the Turku castle overlooks the ferry harbor.

Antti K. Koskela @koskila.net · Sep 17

Good morning, Stockholm! Are you at #Teamsdagen2025 today? If so, come check our session out at 11

Antti K. Koskela @koskila.net · Sep 16

Today, I'm heading out to Stockholm for #Teamsdagen2025! It's a trippy flight - takeoff at 12:00 and landing about 5 minutes earlier at 11:55 🙈

The event is tomorrow, if you happen to be there, come say hi! I'll be talking about #M365AgentsSDK with @michaelmaillot.bsky.social at 11:00 :)

Antti K. Koskela @koskila.net · Sep 16

Last week, I had a fantastic time at #CollabdaysFinland 2025! Another great day of learning, fun encounters and of course 45 minutes on stage with my old friend @gautamdsheth talking about #M365AgentsSDK!

Here are the session materials:

CollabDays Finland 2025 was amazing! Here are the session materials

CollabDays Finland/Helsinki was last week, and boy was it an interesting trip! I feel super fortunate having the opportunity to do some fun traveling for...

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Antti K. Koskela @koskila.net · Sep 15

#Finnair 2025 - chatbot Sisu:
"There are Math.Random(3, 999) people in queue before you. Please go away."

#customerservice #CX

Antti K. Koskela @koskila.net · Sep 10

Man, it's been a busy week so far - and it's only getting better!

But that means I forgot to share my blog article from yesterday...

This week I'm sharing some of my experiences (and motivations) with the #M365AgentsSDK so far. It's been a bumpy ride..

#teamsfx

www.koskila.net/Why-m365-age...

Why M365 Agents SDK Should Be on Your Radar

This article explains some of the pros and cons of the M365 Agents SDK: The ambitious successor to Teams Toolkit, and why you should care about it. I'm also...

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Antti K. Koskela @koskila.net · Sep 10

... this is probably the first time I'm traveling to an airport with no intention of flying or picking anyone up. On my way to #CollabDaysHelsinki 2025!

#collabdays

Antti K. Koskela @koskila.net · Sep 7

Thanks, Johan! I guess I've just gotten very lucky with my workplaces so far 😅

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Antti K. Koskela @koskila.net · Sep 3

Another day, another POC to build, another way to break #M365AgentsSDK 😅

Luckily, this time I got some help from @michaelmaillot.bsky.social‬ to fix it, because the errors were definitely not helping...

#M365AgentsToolkit #M365Copilot

M365 Agents SDK SSO broken - how to fix it?

There are a lot of ways SSO can break for your bot or agent on Teams/M365 Copilot/any other M365 app. I don't even know how to explain the extensibility in...

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Antti K. Koskela @koskila.net · Sep 3

Off to Mallorca for @OmniaIntranet's global team days. I feel like I was just there for #ValoIntranet team days.. In 2019 😅

I feel really fortunate for having a career that lets me do fun things with awesome people! #IT rocks. 😁

Anyway. Time to board.

Picture related. ☀️

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Foone @foone.bsky.social · Sep 1

he looks so happy

the game Neon Genesis Evangelion - Shito Ikusei, showing Kaji checking his computer, and smiling.
The text reads "Doesn't look like I have any unread emails."

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The Hearse Whisperer @babadooknukem.bsky.social · Sep 1

Much like "crab", industrial music is constantly re-evolving from first principles basically anywhere where there's a bunch of metal and plastic laying about

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Antti K. Koskela @koskila.net · Aug 31

Less dramatic and more traumatic than that! After 5 years of struggles, I finally gave up on robot lawn mowers and bought a Husqvarna Rider. Cost me an arm and a leg (as they do), but I now spend less time mowing the lawn than I did with the robots... And I hate every moment 😂

Antti K. Koskela @koskila.net · Aug 31

End of an era.

#HomeAssistant #WorxLandroid #RobotLawnMowers