Fatal: could not read Password for terminal prompts disabled

I was recently trying to write back remote changes carried out by a build agent as part of a CI-CD task. I came across the following error:

Visual Studio error: v16/Server/sqlite3/db.lock

Occasionally, when you want to commit code to a remote repository after creating a new Visual Studio project you might face the error:

Find Duplicates using Azure Data Factory (two source files)

There are some scenarios where you need to combine different datasets with some similarities to find duplicates. In this post I demonstrate how to use Azure Data Factory and Dataflows…

Use Azure Data Factory to find duplicate records (two source files)

I've read many sources online that illustrate how to create a flow that detects record duplicates. Some of these duplicate detection patterns can be quite complex, most are old patterns.…

Configuring Dynamics 365 CE Data Export Service

The steps below outline the actions needed to build the Dynamics 365 Data Export Service. What I found was that documentation on this subject is sparse, but also, blog posts…

Stop Azure Data Factory Data Flows outputting to multiple files

I came across a recent issue where I was trying to overwrite a single in my Data Flow. However, Data Factory started to output several intermediary files instead.

Filtering in Azure Data Factory

Microsoft have now made it easier to filter records from a delimited source. We all know it's possible to filter SQL data sources, but now filtering in Azure Data Factory…

SQL – Inner Join on Contacts and OptionSetMetadata tables

Using the Data Export Service, you can also query metadata to join customer data into a single flat table. For those trying to get OptionSetMetadata labels instead of code, here…

Create a Dynamics 365 CE Trial Instance with your Azure Student Subscription

I signed-up to an Azure Student Account for an Azure Developers course that I was studying during the evenings. One thing that I noticed immediately was that I could not…

Custom Business Process Flow is not visible in Dynamics 365 CE Unified Interface

If you've created a new Business Process Flow, and you've found that it's not visible in the Unified Interface, you need to add it to the PowerApp Model-Driven App.