u/Baffled04

I'm helping a small organization that has maybe 25-30 clients. We want their clients to login to their website through a secure portal to view the dashboard. Based on my search, Google says I can use the F2 SKU with 2 capacity units. Our reports are small and fairly non-complex – maybe 15 pages spread across 3 separate dashboards. We are not an enterprise operation.

The frustrating part of this process is chatting with Microsoft sales for help, having a meeting with their outsourced customer service company (Concentrix), then another one with more of their colleagues, only to be connected with a Microsoft partner who told me I didn't need his services if I all wanted was pricing (I'll build the secure portal myself). And I'm still here left figuring out pricing on my own.

Was there an easier way for me to go about this?

I live in Canada, and there appears to be a trend of opening Nordic spas in North America which has me feeling skeptical. It feels largely fuelled by the heat/cold therapy trend pushed by the podcast world more than anything else.

I'm getting mixed search results on whether or not talking is encouraged/allowed in various countries. I visited Iceland years ago and went to a random public pool with a sauna and everyone was incredibly peaceful and respectful. Here at a public sauna in Canada there's not much decorum to be found. It's hard to find a quiet experience unless I go at early hours of the morning. There are secluded spaces outside major urban centres where I can find that, but those are destinations.

My fear is that they're going to be bastardised versions of what an actual Nordic spa is, mainly because we don't have the culture around it – we can be loud, fat, and annoying (less than Americans, but you get my point).

What are Nordic spas like in your country? Am I over-romanticising what the traditional experience is like? Or is there a strong culture around Nordic spas that people largely adhere to?

I don't believe it's even fully aligned to where it should be on the body, yet it was still working earlier. I cannot for the life of me get it off, and I don't want to force too much.

Does the freezer method actually work? Any help?

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