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SCO OpenServer on Proxmox: VirtIO disk and network drivers

VirtIO disk and network drivers for SCO OpenServer 5.0.6 and 5.0.7, so it runs properly on Proxmox instead of on emulated IDE. Free and MIT licensed, with the boot media you need. Plus what went wrong on the way: geometry failures, a CD-ROM that thought it was a hard disk, and an MPX kernel 60 times slower than it should have been. The post SCO OpenServer on Proxmox: VirtIO disk and network…

Free PDF Tools for Power Automate now available!

If you work with PDF files in Power Automate, you will already know that even simple PDF tasks can become awkward surprisingly quickly. Things like splitting a PDF, extracting text, merging files together, or pulling out a specific range of pages often end up needing premium third-party connectors, complicated workarounds, or custom code. To make […] The post Free PDF Tools for Power Automate now…

Power Automate: The Simplest Way to Batch Create SharePoint List Items

Back in 2021, I wrote a popular article showing how to batch create items in SharePoint using Power Automate. Since then, the chunk() expression has been introduced which makes batching far simpler. In this post, I will show you how it works on a CSV file of 15,000 rows. This method is: Example Data The […] The post Power Automate: The Simplest Way to Batch Create SharePoint List Items appeared…

Power Automate – Restrict the HTTP Request trigger by IP Address

When using the trigger action When a HTTP request is received in Power Automate there are three possible options for who can trigger the flow: When using the anyone option, the flow can be executed by anyone that happens to know the flow URL. It would be nice if there was an option to restrict […] The post Power Automate – Restrict the HTTP Request trigger by IP Address appeared first on…

Making a Dell PowerEdge T320 quieter

In my home office, I have a Dell PowerEdge T320 which I use for local file storage. The machine works fine but the fan noise, while not loud is slightly annoying. I decided to replace the 120mm system cooling fan with a Noctua NF-F12 to see if I could reduce the ambient noise level of […] The post Making a Dell PowerEdge T320 quieter appeared first on Tachytelic.net .

Working with Zip Files in Power Automate

Zip File Support in Power Automate is fairly limited. There are actions to extract files from an archive, but no support for creating your own zip files. I’ve written before about a method to create Zip files in Power Automate for free using SharePoint. The SharePoint method described worked, but did not provide any file […] The post Working with Zip Files in Power Automate appeared first on…

The Ultimate Solution for Parsing CSV Files in Power Automate or Power Apps

I have already covered the subject of CSV Parsing in Power Automate in a previous blog post and two YouTube videos. That content has been really useful to many thousands of users already. Despite the success and great feedback, I’ve always felt there is room for improvement to this common, yes critical task. So I […] The post The Ultimate Solution for Parsing CSV Files in Power Automate or Power…

Add NVMe Boot Support to a HP EliteDesk 800 G1

In this post I will show you how you can easily modify the BIOS of a HP EliteDesk 800 G1 SFF or Mini so that it can support an NVMe SSD drive as a boot device. Although these machines have a UEFI BIOS, they do not contain the NVMe driver. By adding the driver into […] The post Add NVMe Boot Support to a HP EliteDesk 800 G1 appeared first on Tachytelic.net .

Easily update fields in a SharePoint list with Power Automate

When using the SharePoint Update Item action in Microsoft Power Automate it forces you to enter values for mandatory columns. For lists with many columns this can be a long process if you only want to update a few fields. Example: This list item contains a number of fields: Field Name Type Mandatory Name Single […] The post Easily update fields in a SharePoint list with Power Automate appeared…

How to merge arrays in Power Automate

This post describes how to merge two separate arrays that contain a common value. My friend Tom Riha recently wrote a good post on how to do this. His method will work well for a small dataset, but for a large array it would be quite time consuming as it uses an Apply to each […] The post How to merge arrays in Power Automate appeared first on Tachytelic.net .