Tip #1169: Have a toast with variable timing

Fancy avocado toasts

Just found something in Unified Interface under the cogwheel menu that I’ve never seen (or noticed) before and couldn’t find any references in the documentation: Did I miss the memo? Toast? Where? Shilpa Sinha, Principal PM at Microsoft explains: This was added for Accessibility reasons. In accessibility compliance, there is a requirement called “timing adjustable” […]

Tip #1167: Impersonation does not grant extra powers

Anonymous mask

I did write before about impersonating users. It’s a very straightforward “manoeuvre” and is commonly used when there is a service account (could be either non-interactive user or, better, application user) that needs to act as a specific user. There is even a built-in role Delegate which contains an absolute minimum set of privileges required […]