Windows Azure in Australia: Facts and Rumours

Windows Azure in Australia: Facts and Rumours – Tom Hollander’s blog – Site Home – MSDN Blogs

May 20, 2013  Tags: , ,   Posted in: Azure, General, Microsoft, Tools, Tips & Utilities  No Comments

Windows Azure in Australia! How does that change your security outlook?

Great piece of information covering the security aspects of Azure in Australia – from Rocky Heckman…

Windows Azure runs in data centres managed and operated by Microsoft Global Foundation Services (GFS). These geographically dispersed data centres comply with key industry standards, such as ISO/IEC 27001:2005, for security and reliability. They are managed, monitored, and administered by Microsoft operations staff that have years of experience in delivering the world’s largest online services with 24 x 7 continuity….more information at the link below:

Windows Azure in Australia! How does that change your security outlook? – Enabling Digital Society – Site Home – MSDN Blogs

May 20, 2013  Tags: , ,   Posted in: Azure, General, Microsoft, Tools, Tips & Utilities  No Comments

Windows Azure expands Downunder

Exciting announcement and news….

The new Windows Azure major region in Australia will consist of two sub-regions located in New South Wales and Victoria. These two locations will be geo-redundant, offering our customers the ability to back up their data across two separate locations, both within Australia…more at the link below:

Windows Azure expands Downunder – Microsoft Australia Blog – Site Home – MSDN Blogs

May 20, 2013  Tags: , ,   Posted in: Azure, General, Tools, Tips & Utilities  No Comments

Install Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 on Windows Server 8 (Windows Server 2012)

Microsoft has released support for Windows Server 2012 in its UR13 update. With the availability of UR13, you should NOT need to read this blog post in the case that you intend to use UR13+ as your development environment. If your plan is to not use the latest rollup but rather stay with a rollup prior to UR13, then you can still use the techniques in this blog post (link below).

Daniel Cai’s Blog: Install Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 on Windows Server 8 (Windows Server 2012)

May 19, 2013  Tags: , , ,   Posted in: Dynamics CRM, General, Windows Server 2012  No Comments

Surface Pro hits Australian shores on May 30

On May 30, the Surface family of PCs will be growing in Australia with the launch of Surface Pro. Surface Pro with Windows 8 Pro will be available for purchase online via the Microsoft Store and through JB Hi-Fi and Harvey Norman.

Surface Pro hits Australian shores on May 30 – Microsoft Australia Blog – Site Home – MSDN Blogs

May 16, 2013  Tags: , ,   Posted in: General, Microsoft, Microsoft Surface  No Comments

Connecting SharePoint Online and CRM Online using BCS – 2013 Edition

Nice post….

This blog post is a simple step-by-step walkthrough on connecting SharePoint Online (SPO) to CRM Online using the Business Connectivity Services (BCS). This can be useful in a number of situations including self service portals, executive dashboards, etc. The end goal for this post is to have CRM account information displayed within SharePoint as illustrated below (nothing fancy) but you can easily extend this sample to include additional scenarios such as pulling additional entities/tables, create/update CRM data, charts/dashboard, mashups with ERP and much more.

Connecting SharePoint Online and CRM Online using BCS – 2013 Edition – Girish Raja’s Blog – Site Home – MSDN Blogs

May 14, 2013  Tags: , , ,   Posted in: Dynamics CRM, Office 365, SharePoint, Tools, Tips & Utilities  No Comments

SharePoint Code Analysis Framework BETA released

Get it here as BETA.

    The SharePoint Code Analysis Framework (SPCAF) provides tools to analyze SharePoint code. This includes

  • SharePoint solutions (.wsp) for SharePoint 2007 / 2010 / 2013

  • SharePoint 2013 apps

      • SPCAF cannot only analyze assemblies like other tools as FxCop or SPDisposeCheck. It can also analyze all the XML code in SharePoint packages like Features, ContentTypes, ListTemplates and all the other files like controls (.ascx), pages (.aspx) and master pages (.master) etc.

      SPCAF can be used directly in Visual Studio 2012 or 2010 to analyze SharePoint projects. It also provides a client application to analyze existing WSP packages, can be integrated into a Team Build via a custom build activity, it can be run on command line or as MSBuild task during each local build.

      SharePoint Code Analysis Framework BETA released! – SharePoint Software Quality Blog – Site Home – MSDN Blogs

      April 22, 2013  Tags: , ,   Posted in: Microsoft, SharePoint, Tools, Tips & Utilities  No Comments

      Integrate Microsoft Dynamics CRM

      Integrate Microsoft Dynamics CRM – TechNet Articles – United States (English) – TechNet Wiki

      Data Integration Solutions

      There are many options for integrating your Microsoft Dynamics CRM system with other in-house and third-party systems.  The list below represents some of the data integration solutions available for Microsoft Dynamics CRM:

      Microsoft
      1. Microsoft Dynamics CRM Data Import Wizard
      2. Connector for Microsoft Dynamics . Free product supporting integration of Dynamics CRM with Dynamics ERP (GP, AX, NAV, SL). More information available on Dynamics Connector blog .  
      3. Microsoft SQL Server Integration Services
      4. Microsoft BizTalk Server
      5. Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 & Sharepoint 2010. Better together [es-ES]
      6. How to integrate Dynamics CRM 2011 and SharePoint 2010 [es-ES]
      7. Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 Instance Adapter
      Third-Party Dynamics CRM adapters for SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS)
      1. KingswaySoft SSIS Integration Toolkit for Microsoft Dynamics CRM
      2. CozyRoc SSIS+ component for Microsoft Dynamics CRM
      3. RSSBus SSIS task for Microsoft Dynamics CRM
      Third-Party ETL Tools with Dynamics CRM adapters
      1. appStrategy appCompass for Microsoft Dynamics CRM
      2. BlueIntegrator and BlueSSIS with Microsoft CRM transport and connectors
      3. C360 Import Manager for Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011
      4. eOne Smart Connect
      5. InaPlex Inaport . Read TechNet case study on using InaPlex Inaport for data integration with Microsoft Dynamics CRM
      6. Informatica PowerExchange for Microsoft Dynamics CRM
      7. Jitterbit
      8. Magic iBOLT for Microsoft Dynamics CRM
      9. Pervasive Data Integrator for Microsoft Dynamics
      10. QuickBix Integration Suite for Microsoft Dynamics CRM
      11. RapidiOnline Microsoft Dynamics CRM Integration
      12. Riva Omni Integration Server for Microsoft Dynamics CRM
      13. Scribe Insight and Scribe Online with adapter for Microsoft Dynamics CRM
      14. Simego Data Sync
      15. Starfish ETL
      16. Synchronicity’s ECHO moving from onpremise to online
      17. IBM WebSphere Cast Iron Integration for Microsoft Dynamics
      18. Flow Software Integration Solution

      April 13, 2013  Tags: , ,   Posted in: Dynamics CRM, Microsoft, Tools, Tips & Utilities  No Comments

      Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 and v4.0 Service Updates and Update Rollups: Release Dates, Build Numbers, and Collateral

      Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 and v4.0 Service Updates and Update Rollups: Release Dates, Build Numbers, and Collateral – Dynamics CRM in the Field – Site Home – MSDN Blogs

      April 5, 2013  Tags: , ,   Posted in: Dynamics CRM, Microsoft, Tools, Tips & Utilities  No Comments

      Free: E-Book Gallery for Microsoft Technologies

      Nice bunch of free content for Microsoft Technologies @ the link below, enjoy :)

      Download content for ASP.NET, Office, SQL Server, Windows Azure, SharePoint Server and other Microsoft technologies in e-book formats. Reference, guide, and step-by-step information are all available. All the e-books are free. New books will be posted as they become available.

      E-Book Gallery for Microsoft Technologies – TechNet Articles – United States (English) – TechNet Wiki

      April 3, 2013  Tags: , ,   Posted in: General, Microsoft, Office, Office 365, SQL Server, SharePoint, Team Foundation Server, Tools, Tips & Utilities, Training, Visual Studio, Windows 8, Windows Phone, Windows Server 2012  No Comments