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I recently updated from the “Microsoft Remote Desktop 10” application on Mac OS to the “Windows App” and was excited to see I did not have to migrate any servers I had stored. However, I did see some odd behaviors when attempting to access stored credentials. I had been dealing with the annoying error for some time and finally decided to do something about it. It ended up boiling down to being a Keychain Access (here is a link to Mac OS 14 as that is what I’m running at the time of writing this article) permission issue. [Read More]

I have not touched Microsoft Graph in quite some time, and a recent project has forced me to re-familiarize myself with accessing it. It seems like things are always changing — whether it’s Microsoft changing Azure to Entra or npm packages being deprecated. I need to re-learn this stuff if I’m not keeping up with the ecosystems. I found myself looking for the best way to authenticate in order to use Microsoft Graph, and it seems that the Microsoft Authentication Library (MSAL) is the way to go. [Read More]

I recently discovered that RDP’ing into a Windows machine is not as easy as it used to be. Last time I did this, I was primarily working on Windows 7 devices. Goodness how things have changed with Windows 10 AND joining them to Entra ID. Here is what I ended up getting to work. Assumptions The following steps assume you have already logged into this machine with a user and that user is now the device “owner”. [Read More]

I had a recent encounter with AWS S3 objects that initially really confused me, but after I worked through it, I have a much better understanding of what S3 is all about. Amazon S3 vs. Traditional File Systems Unlike traditional file systems with a clear hierarchical structure, S3 operates on a flatter architecture. Instead of organizing files within folders, S3 objects reside directly in your S3 bucket. The folder-like structure you observe in the console serves as a visual aid for quick comprehension, but it doesn’t represent the true nature of S3’s underlying organization. [Read More]