SharePoint search: Use the RefinementFilter property to avoid the 4096 characters limit of SharePoint search queries

Even after 5 years of SharePoint and O365 development I sometimes stumble across endpoints I did not know about. Quite often those endpoints are quite helpful.

In this case it was the  RefinementFilter property that can be added to SharePoint Search calls. Using this property you can ignore the query length limit of 4096 characters. This can be super helpful when querying huge collections of items.

The ultimate Guide for storing user settings in O365

There are many different ways for storing user settings in O365. This article should help choosing the best methods for your use cases.