Archive for June, 2012

Using PowerShell to Enable SDK Message Throttling – Dynamics CRM

Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 comes with a set of PowerShell commands to enable command line administration and deployment. The commands expose a subset of the Deployment Web Service to enable getting and setting advanced settings, among other things. The complete list of supported PowerShell commands can be found on MSDN. Using PowerShell to Enable SDK […]

June 12, 2012 · Rahul Desai · No Comments
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Auditing User Logon–Dynamics CRM

Included in Update rollup 5 is the ability to audit a user’s logon access to the Microsoft Dynamics CRM Server. The information that is recorded includes when the user started accessing Microsoft Dynamics CRM and if access originated from the Microsoft Dynamics CRM Web application, Microsoft Dynamics CRM for Outlook or SDK calls to the […]

June 12, 2012 · Rahul Desai · No Comments
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A World of Samples at your Fingertips

Samples are the primary way that we as developers learn to develop applications for a new platform. We use samples as a starting point to learn about new APIs, we reference them when we hit bugs in our own code and need a comparison, and we share them for others to learn from our discoveries. […]

June 11, 2012 · Rahul Desai · No Comments
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Visual Studio Express 2012 for Windows Desktop

With Visual Studio 2012, we strive to provide the best development experience across all Microsoft platforms. This includes enabling developers to bring to life the richness of Windows desktop applications – whether you are learning to build your first app or whether you’ve been developing on Microsoft platforms for many years. Visual Studio Express 2012 […]

June 11, 2012 · Rahul Desai · No Comments
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Magic Quadrant for Application Life Cycle Management

Gartner evaluated how the ALM market is evolving to support the enterprise software development lifecycle.   Gartner sees the ALM market evolving and expanding, driven by key market factors such as agile and cloud. In looking at ALM, Gartner evaluated 16 key vendors and positioned Microsoft in the leader quadrant. Market definition/description and detailed vendor strengths […]

June 7, 2012 · Rahul Desai · No Comments
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Installing SharePoint Server 2010 on Windows 8…

Installing SharePoint Server 2010 on Windows 8 Customer Preview using Server Farm installation type without a Domain Controller…nice article. Installing SharePoint Server 2010 on Windows 8 Customer Preview using Server Farm installation type without a Domain Controller – TechNet Articles – United States (English) – TechNet Wiki

June 3, 2012 · Rahul Desai · No Comments
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ASP.NET MVC 4 RC now available…

The ASP.NET MVC 4 Release Candidate with ASP.NET Web API is now publicly available. You can get the latest ASP.NET Web API bits included in this release by going to the ASP.NET MVC 4 home page….. ASP.NET MVC 4 RC : Official Microsoft Site

June 1, 2012 · Rahul Desai · No Comments
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Microsoft Announces Availability of Windows 8 Release Preview

Microsoft Corp. today announced the availability of the Windows 8 Release Preview, the next milestone of the highly anticipated Windows 8 operating system. Available for download today in 14 languages at http://preview.windows.com…… Microsoft Announces Availability of Windows 8 Release Preview

June 1, 2012 · Rahul Desai · No Comments
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