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Read System Properties like CPU Temperatures with .NET Core

Read System Properties like CPU Temperatures with .NET Core

Through a forum post I discovered the NuGet package OpenHardwareMonitorLibCore, and wanted to test it. Apparently this is a wrapper of a very popula

Using ASP.NET Core 3 in .NET libraries

Using ASP.NET Core 3 in .NET libraries

With the release of ASP.NET Core 3, Microsoft has also changed the way how to use and reference ASP.NET Core dependencies. In the past you could use

Windows 10: disable app auto start

Windows 10: disable app auto start

By default, Windows 10 starts all applications that were open before starting or restarting a system. I don't know anyone who thinks this functionali

Outlook: failed to add Office 365 account

Outlook: failed to add Office 365 account

For several months now there has been a bug(!?) in Outlook that often prevents Office 365 accounts from being added. The error message Outlook reveal

Microsoft MVP 2019 - .NET and Azure

Microsoft MVP 2019 - .NET and Azure

It was this time again: the annual cycle of the Microsoft MVP re-nomination. Thousands of MVPs sat in front of their computers on the first of July h

Azure IoT: send messages with C#

Azure IoT: send messages with C#

Requirements You must have created an IoT Hub in Azure. You must have created a device in your created Azure IoT Hub. You need the connection string

Setting up an Azure IoT Hub

Setting up an Azure IoT Hub

The Azure IoT Hub is a highly scalable, secure platform for the bidirectional communication of devices and software components in the sense of IoT -

ASP.NET Core Serverless on AWS Lambda

ASP.NET Core Serverless on AWS Lambda

Serverless Serverless is on everyone's lips; in the .NET area it means mainly Azure Functions. In principle Serverless is all about not having to wor

Resize Images with .NET Core

Resize Images with .NET Core

To resize images like PNG, JPEG, JPG and Co using .NET Core, there is no SDK support available today. But the Microsoft Mono team has written a wrapp

Add custom claims to token in Auth0

Add custom claims to token in Auth0

By default, the token of Auth0 does not contain any information about the user's name. The default claim for the name would be: http://schemas.xmlsoa