Decoding the ones and zeros

I am Gary Raife, a solutions architect. I write about the Microsoft cloud, Copilot and the Power Platform, and about connected health tech, mostly by building the thing and reporting what broke.

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14 September 2025
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  1. SharePoint Power Apps, in an evening steps from no-code to low-code!

    SharePoint Power Apps

    Picture this: it’s 10 p.m, Friday evening, the kettle’s hissing like an angry boiler sprite, and your boss (Jeff) just came over, “Could we, uh, have a mobile app for that SharePoint list by Monday?” using that “SharePoint Power Apps” thing. You roll your eyes, “classic Jeff”…. god no wonder no one likes him what […]

  2. Freedom of Information: Unleashing the Braveheart of Microsoft Copilot autonomous agents

    Copilot, Copilot Extensibility, Copilot Studio

    Welcome back to another Raife Bytes episode today it’s another post about Microsoft Copilot autonomous agents and their potential use cases, specifically how we can unleash the Braveheart of Freedom of Information, a topic which i’m sure is at the heart of alot of people’s frustrations with the public sector. It’s a tenuous link, but […]

  3. What does a crying toddler, coffee and Copilot Agents have in common?

    Azure Health Tech, Copilot, Copilot Extensibility

    Welcome back dear readers to another post of random health technology insights! Today’s topic sounds well a-bit niche…. Yes it is but hear me out there is a reason for this randomness, Copilot Agents Picture this, it’s 3 AM and I’m jolted awake by the sound of my toddler crying again… After the obvious quick […]

  4. Health Tech from Wrist to Cloud: A Connected Odyssey – Act IV

    Apple HealthKit, Azure FHIR, Azure Health Data Services

    Welcome back, dear readers, to the thrilling final final conclusion of our health tech saga! If you’ve been following along, you know we’ve journeyed from the humble beginnings of wearable devices to the interconnected world of Azure Health Data Services & Power Platform Today, we’re headed into the future with a splash of generative AI, […]

  5. The Great Adaptive Card Showdown: Copilot Actions vs. Topics!

    Copilot, Copilot Extensibility, Copilot Studio

    Welcome to another exciting episode of “Raife Bytes,” where we dive into the tech trenches and emerge with nuggets of wisdom, this time Copilot & Adaptive Cards! Today, we’re pitting two titans against each other in the ultimate showdown, well not quite as much of a show down as Anthony Joshua vs Daniel Dubois but […]

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