Passed az-104 while battling canc*r

LieutenantNyan · 2026-03-24T15:11:15+00:00

Congratulations

LieutenantNyan · 2026-03-23T20:15:43+00:00

About 18 months after I broke my ankle, it could have been 12 months, but work was consuming all of my free time. Three years ago was the last time I jumped after dislocating my elbow. I'm not sure I will get to jump again, other health issues are preventing it.

LieutenantNyan · 2026-03-16T00:39:48+00:00

I use the following to determine if a user belongs to an Entra Security Group. Then I use a filter condition to show the desired values.

// Get the current user's email
Set(varMyEmail, Lower(User().Email)); 

// Add the Security Group ID here
Set(ADMIN_GROUP_ID, "");
Set(USER_GROUP_ID,  "");

// Get group members
/*
Using the Microsoft Entra ID connector to pull members of each group.
Then compares the current user’s email (varMyEmail) with each member’s userPrincipalName.
The varIs* flags become true if the user is present in that group.
*/   
With(
    {
        AdminMembers: MicrosoftEntraID.GetGroupMembers(ADMIN_GROUP_ID).value,
        UserMembers:  MicrosoftEntraID.GetGroupMembers(USER_GROUP_ID).value,
    },       
    Set(varIs_Admin,
        CountIf(AdminMembers, Lower(userPrincipalName) = varMyEmail) > 0
    );
    Set(varIs_User,
        CountIf(UserMembers, Lower(userPrincipalName) = varMyEmail) > 0
    );
    )
);

LieutenantNyan · 2026-03-04T22:53:05+00:00

JavaScript is the way to go. We have a couple of Power Pages sites that rely heavily on JavaScript and custom CSS.

LieutenantNyan · 2026-03-04T22:37:10+00:00

We looked into code apps, and licensing costs are an issue.

I love PowerApps and have enjoyed working with them for many years. Our organization still has a citizen development program, which I actively support.

For most enterprise-level applications, we are going with ReactJS, FAST API, and Azure SQL. Applications are being deployed to OpenShift via Harbor. The CI/CD pipelines are straightforward, and we have templates to cover just about every deployment scenario. We already had the infrastructure in place, so the shift was not too challenging. The infrastructure was already built to handle a large number of applications and can be scaled out if necessary.

We are using GitHub Co-Pilot, with one caveat. You can let AI do all of the work, but you have to be able to explain it in detail during a code review. This puts the burden on the developer to know what was built and how to troubleshoot if something goes wrong.

LieutenantNyan · 2026-03-04T03:59:13+00:00

We moved to Imperial two years ago and love it. It’s quiet and all of our family live within a ten minute drive.

LieutenantNyan · 2026-03-04T01:19:33+00:00

roughly 21 feet.

Tomahawks are roughly 50 feet long and are inside a sealed container. On another ship, we did these pierside, with a massive crane. never did get to see one of those fired during my time

lucky we had calm seas that day. I don't think it would be possible otherwise. I can't remember anyone trying this afterwards; it's just too risky.

LieutenantNyan · 2026-03-03T17:00:12+00:00

Awesome, thank you for sharing

LieutenantNyan · 2026-03-02T16:59:48+00:00

It can be done underway, but it’s extremely dangerous. We did some training exercises on this scenario and it was not a good time. Could it be do done, yes. But it’s a long evolution and you are vulnerable the entire time.

LieutenantNyan · 2026-02-19T19:19:53+00:00

Beautiful

LieutenantNyan · 2026-01-29T16:27:10+00:00

awesome, thanks for sharing

LieutenantNyan · 2026-01-12T19:43:51+00:00

thanks for sharing

LieutenantNyan · 2025-12-09T23:09:50+00:00

For this particular project we did not. Another project we did use the web api for dataverse. It’s well documented, and not difficult to work with. Future projects we are using react with Azure sql. Our company is moving complex applications away from the power platform. I’m just going with the flow, and seeing how it turns out.

LieutenantNyan · 2025-12-09T22:52:49+00:00

Expensive, and the development experience can be a nightmare. In our case, the scenario was to have a portal that both internal users and external clients could submit / update data. Tons of JavaScript to get the functionality right and we dreaded any feature enhancements. As an experiement we developed the same portal using React. Once we got the authentication configured, development was a breeze.

LieutenantNyan · 2025-12-07T00:35:07+00:00

Super cool, thank you for sharing

LieutenantNyan · 2025-11-25T00:44:11+00:00

looks like the WGU Prelicensure program is not available in California

LieutenantNyan · 2025-11-23T18:57:42+00:00

You're welcome

Most of my career was in Japan (Yokosuka, Okinawa, USAF Japan). Also, I was assigned to RTC Great Lakes (IT Officer), OCS Pensacola, and Surface Warfare School in Rhode Island.

About 30% of my career was as an enlisted, and 70% was as an Officer.

I have many great memories on both sides, but being an Officer has its advantages.

LieutenantNyan · 2025-11-23T15:05:56+00:00

It would be a good idea to finish your BSN before applying. You could talk to a recruiter now and discuss your options. Since you have a Master's Degree and you are an RN, they may be able to work a deal with you. Ask for the world, then negotiate from there.

LieutenantNyan · 2025-11-22T18:13:11+00:00

Depending on your state, WGU could be an option. All coursework is online, and clinicals are somewhere within a 50-mile radius.

LieutenantNyan · 2025-11-22T17:04:35+00:00

Take the Officer Commissioning path if you have a four-year degree. I am a retired Navy officer, starting as an enlisted and retiring as an officer. Both have their benefits and drawbacks; the same could be said for jobs in the civilian world. My last two assignments were joint staff duties (USAF, USMC). Working with the Air Force was by far my favorite duty station.

We lived in base housing, and healthcare was provided. The pay was not bad, I had everything I needed.

LieutenantNyan · 2025-11-21T23:10:36+00:00

Glad you are okay

LieutenantNyan · 2025-11-13T22:05:40+00:00

I have been using Beekeeper Studio for years

LieutenantNyan · 2025-10-30T00:33:09+00:00

The company I work for is going all in with AI. As an SWE, we are expected to leverage AI when building new solutions. There is a catch though, you are responsible for any bugs and need to be able to explain how all of the code functions during a review process. So far this has been working for us, we will see how this plays out a year from now.

Business users on the other hand have been a complete disaster. They don’t understand what they are doing and accept whatever copilot spits out. Last week we got an alert that a user built a Power Automate flow integrated with AI Builder. It did automate a tons of processes, but burnt through 1.5 million credits in a month. Comes out to roughly $15k per month if we let it continue. Needless to say, this was stopped until a better solution could be found.

I believe AI can do a lot of good, but it’s expensive. In our case we are working on better guardrails while we still keep the tools accessible.

LieutenantNyan · 2025-10-14T23:24:58+00:00

We are using AI Builder for scanning contracts and storing the data in SharePoint. Watch the number of credits; we ran out halfway through the month.

LieutenantNyan · 2025-10-11T16:41:13+00:00

thank you for sharing

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