August 2008 - External Aggregated Posts

SQL SERVER 2008 Sample Databases

This is a useful post because SQL Server 2008 has just been released a few days ago, and we will have tons of labs and samples, most of them based on Microsoft sample databases like the new version of Northwind sample database, so, we’ve got this neat...

Published Aug 22, 2008 13:54 by Cesar de la Torre - BLOG

Kronos’ Dennis McCarthy on the Dynamics CRM platform

Bob Familiar , an Architect Evangelist out of the Boston area, posted a nice interview with Dennis McCarthy, software architect at Kronos . Kronos is a very large global ISV with a focus on workforce management. Dennis talks about a recent project building a software+services solution. He...

Published Aug 21, 2008 21:43 by Ben Riga's Deep Shift

New version - Zachman Enterprise Framework 2.0

The Zachman Framework is a grid of artefacts used to describe an enterprise architecture. Zachman does not require the whole grid filled. Nor is it necessary for only one artefact to correspond to each hook. It is therefore a fairly messy key holder....

Published Aug 21, 2008 12:41 by Cesar de la Torre - BLOG

I changed my role within Microsoft to Architect Evangelist

So!, so a few days ago I changed my role within Microsoft. I'm no longer "Dynamics ISV Evangelist" but now my role is "Architect Evangelist". I really like this change because Software Architecture is my passion and I do have experience...

Published Aug 21, 2008 10:16 by Cesar de la Torre - BLOG

Another CRM Development book hits the shelves

David “Mr. Dave” Yack sent me a copy of his latest project. I haven’t had a chance to read through all 700 pages as I just got it a couple of days ago but it looks darn good. Dave’s a smart guy. He did quite a bit of training for us when we were out helping ISVs get an early start on...

Published Aug 16, 2008 4:40 by Ben Riga's Deep Shift

The Dynamics Duo talk about CRM and Silverlight

In yesterday’s video we talked about WPF and showed off some mind-altering 2D and 3D animations :). As we said then, WPF provides access to local data and resources as well as access to bare metal performance including 3D graphics acceleration. But you can’t take that sort of thing to the...

Published Aug 15, 2008 21:58 by Ben Riga's Deep Shift

The Dynamics Duo talk about CRM and WPF

In this episode The Dynamics Duo dive into the deep rich coolness that is WPF. We also spend some time talking about the offline data framework that Dynamics CRM provides developers. In past sessions we built solutions on SharePoint and Office and those are great for the specific scenarios...

Published Aug 15, 2008 6:41 by Ben Riga's Deep Shift

Zack’s Next Gadget

Zack’s response yesterday to my blog post of a few weeks back about my gadget lust got me thinking about this again. Zack portrays me a keyboard hater so let me say up front that I have nothing against keyboards. Some of my best friends are keyboards. :) Ok so having said that...

Published Aug 14, 2008 19:03 by Ben Riga's Deep Shift

The Dynamics Duo talk about CRM and Office Business Applications (OBA)

In the last episode we talked about Microsoft Office SharePoint Server; in this one we talk about Microsoft Office on the client side. CRM actually integrates really really well with Microsoft Office Outlook right out of the box. That’s a natural as it’s the place where many people work day-in...

Published Aug 14, 2008 1:34 by Ben Riga's Deep Shift

Dynamics Duo code

I just noticed that Girish has posting some additional details of the Dynamics Duo series on his blog. Check it out here: http://blogs.msdn.com/girishr/ Technorati Tags: Dynamics CRM , Girish Raja Read More...

Published Aug 13, 2008 3:10 by Ben Riga's Deep Shift

The Dynamics Duo talk about Dynamics CRM and SharePoint

In this segment Girish and I talk about how Dynamics CRM integrates with SharePoint. We begin with a little guidance for where you might use one over the other and where they work well together. And they sure do go well together. “Separated at birth” is how I put it in the video. ...

Published Aug 13, 2008 2:51 by Ben Riga's Deep Shift

The Dynamics Duo talk about Dynamics CRM Customization

Girish on my team has been working on a demo that demonstrates the capabilities of the Dynamics CRM platform. We figured it would be a lot more interesting to get some of that on video in the form of a conversation (as opposed to a screencast) so I get to play the role of interviewer and Girish...

Published Aug 12, 2008 2:20 by Ben Riga's Deep Shift

Reporting and Analytics in Dynamics AX 2009

I spent some time with Manoj Nuthakki on the Dynamics team chatting about how we take full advantage of SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) and SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS) in the recently released Dynamics AX 2009. AX 2009 ships with 10 SSAS cubes out of the box so includes tons of pre...

Published Aug 12, 2008 1:05 by Ben Riga's Deep Shift

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