Hi Greg, you need to raise a generic request for a fix to your mcid on the certifications forum. I am dealing with it right now, and they are switching email addresses for me. After I raised the issue, they opened up a private message to get private info about my accounts. It's pretty much a 3 day process.
On Fri, 8 Sep 2023, 2:30 pm Dr Greg Low via ozdotnet, <ozdotnet@ozdotnet.com> wrote: > Agreed, but being one of the people who periodically need to consume many > Microsoft internal apps and web sites, I will just have to differ on how > effective I find them šIāve been so frustrated by some of the ones I > need to use, that Iāve volunteered to help fix them. It would be quicker > for me to fix the app for them, than to need to interact with it. > > > > But itās Friday so: > > > > My biggest issues are still around identity. Iām having yet another week > struggling to work out how to sort out issues with Microsoft identities. I > do not understand why this needs to be so hard. > > > > *Iāve dealt with Amazon for a very long time. To this day, I still use the > same identity I created when I first used them, and it works for all > services that I purchase from them.* > > *Same with Google. Same with Apple, etc.* > > > > But with Microsoft, Iāve been pushed into needing a string of identities > over the years, with incompatible identity systems, incompatible Microsoft > service requirements for identity, etc. > > > > Why does this have to continue? > > > > And the support for this in many areas has moved to forum-based support > that is extremely poor. Hereās a fine example of āsupportā that I received > yesterday: > > > > > > > > Iāve been trying to work out if thatās the worst āsupportā response Iāve > ever received. > > > > So, I then guessed that I needed to contact MCP support, instead of MCT > support (as clearly they donāt have a clue, even though they are closely > associated), and today I woke up to: > > > > *A moderator has deleted a thread you were following, How do I change my > email address on my certification profile?. It's possible that the thread > was off topic, violated the Code of Conduct, or was just a duplicate > thread.* > > > > I have no idea what the issue was as theyād already deleted the thread. It > might be because Iām asking how to change the email address, and they > assume thatās a duplicate. But I canāt find any previous discussion now, > apart from changing it via the Learn profile, which clearly doesnāt work. > > > > I donāt get why there isnāt some Microsoft VP screaming at people to fix > it. I know I want to, and Iām a calm person. > > > > Itās gone on way too long. > > > > Regards, > > > > Greg > > > > Dr Greg Low > > > > 1300SQLSQL (1300 775 775) office | +61 419201410 mobile > > SQL Down Under | Web: https://sqldownunder.com | About Greg: > https://about.me/greg.low > > > > *From:* David Connors via ozdotnet <ozdotnet@ozdotnet.com> > *Sent:* Friday, September 8, 2023 1:55 PM > *To:* ozDotNet <ozdotnet@ozdotnet.com> > *Cc:* David Connors <da...@connors.com> > *Subject:* Re: Blazor popularity and use > > > > On Fri, 8 Sept 2023 at 13:44, Dr Greg Low <g...@sqldownunder.com> wrote: > > Yep, we talk about browsers like thereās consistency there. There still > isnāt. And itās a huge hit on productivity. I see so much lost effort > trying to align pixels across different browsers, different versions of > browsers, etc. Itās just silly. > > > > I remember being on a web app project. I was doing the data bits, and > there were 10 devs doing the web parts. > > > > After 6 months, I looked at what the other 10 had produced and knew I > could have built that myself in a winform app in a fortnight, by myself. > > > > This is probably more down to approach. If they were building from scratch > by themselves, then I agree, productivity will be terrible; however on the > flip side, you have to remember that 80+% of the cost of software is after > the code is written and in the support phase. For our internal apps, we use > a commercial off the shelf theme and a couple of other components and stick > with those. The consistency of UI layout, responsiveness across form > factors etc is all done very cost effectively by using something like: > https://angular-material.fusetheme.com/dashboards/project - best $700 > you'll ever spend. > > > > If ease of development was our primary concern we would all be building > Microsoft Access apps. > > > -- > ozdotnet mailing list > To manage your subscription, access archives: https://codify.mailman3.com/
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