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Keep track of IoT Edge Updates

Summary Azure IoT Edge, like every other software, needs to be updated to keep track of a) new features, b) remove bugs, but also c) install security fixes. But where do you find information about the latest versions and patches? Azure IoT Edge Releases Major releases are currently named with “1.1 LTS” and “1.2”. The version history can be found on the Microsoft Docs page Azure IoT Edge versions and release notes.

Add a new branch from upstream repository

Summary I’ve forked Marlin to adjust the configuration and persist it in my own repository. Now Marlin released version 2.1. Naturally, I wanted to use 2.1 as well. But the new branch was not available on my fork :-( I have branch 2.0.x in my repo and cloned locally I want branch 2.1.x from the Marlin repository cloned locally and pushed to my fork Add new branch from original repository Get the status quo Let’s see what we have in a local clone of my repo:

Widgets instead of Add-Ins/Apps?

The concept of Add-Ins (formally knows as Apps) in SharePoint puts logic as HTML and CSS to another page. This page is then rendered as iFrame to another SharePoint page. This approach has advantages and disadvantages. You have to decide yourself. A very promising way to put stuff (or WebParts) onto a SharePoint page is the Widget Wrangler. More information can be found on https://dev.office.com/blogs/introducing-widget-wrangler. Conceptually Widget Wrangler implementation is based on similar thinking as PnP App Script Part implementation, which was released few years back as part of the PnP patterns (or at the time it was call App Model Samples).