READING TIME: 11 MINUTESIn this guide, I’m going to show you how to display your Teams presence status in Home Assistant. There are a few ways to configure this. Each method has…
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Hey there! I'm Danny, owner and writer of Smart Home Pursuits. I've worked as an IT Manager for 8 years and enjoy using my knowledge to make my smart home "smarter".
How To Copy Files to Google Drive using Powershell
READING TIME: 5 MINUTESIn this guide, I’m going to show you how to copy (upload) files to Google Drive using a simple Powershell script. This is a great way to automate the…
READING TIME: 6 MINUTESIn this guide, I’m going to show you how to store and use secrets in Home Assistant. By using the secrets.yaml file, you can remove all of your personal…
Part 3: Roborock S7 Home Assistant: Automations, Schedules, and Voice Commands
READING TIME: 6 MINUTESThis is part 3/5 of my How To Setup Roborock robot vacuums in Home Assistant guide. In Part 1, I’ve shown you how to: Initially vacuum setup your Roborock…
Part 2: Roborock S7 Home Assistant: Customize Map Card & Create Zone Automations
READING TIME: 12 MINUTESIn this guide, I’ll show you how to add some quality-of-life improvements to your Roborock S7 integration in Home Assistant. In Part 1, I’ve shown you how to: Unbox and…
Part 1: How to Setup & Configure Roborock S7 with Home Assistant
READING TIME: 9 MINUTESIn this guide, I’ll show you how to setup and configure the Roborock S7 in Home Assistant. The Roborock S7 is easily one of the best robot vacuum/mop combo’s…
READING TIME: 6 MINUTESIn this guide, I’ll show you how to deploy the open source time tracking app Kimai in a Docker container. Kimai is free, browser-based (so it’ll work on mobile…
READING TIME: 6 MINUTESIn this guide, I’m going to show you how to setup and install Plex-Automatic-Preroll-Gui to automate the prerolls that play before you start a Plex movie. If this sounds…
READING TIME: 4 MINUTESIn this guide, I’m going to show you how to make Google Chrome the default browser using Group Policy (GPO). This guide applies to Windows Server 2012,2016,2019, 2022 as…
Dynamically Display Lovelace Text Based on Schedule in Home Assistant
READING TIME: 4 MINUTESIn this guide, I’m going to show you how to dynamically display a message on your Home Assistant dashboards. This will allow you set dynamic reminders for things around…