15 September 2009 0 Comments

Open Solaris vs Linux – A Comparison

OpenSolaris and Linux to a layperson can seem similar in many ways. They both use more or less the same end user applications, have similar desktops, and are open source. But scratch the surface and you find that they are entirely different products all together.

30 July 2009 0 Comments

Automatic Events in Workflow

Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online Workflow will allow you to trigger events automatically using Workflow Local Values. Next look at the values   Some interesting attributes

3 July 2009 0 Comments

Auto-unsubscribe in CRM Online

In Microsoft Dynamics CRM there is a feature to automatically set the Do Not Email flag for a contact if the click on an Unsubscribe link in a CRM generated email. In order to enable this functionality, navigate to Settings > Administration > System Settings.

1 July 2009 0 Comments

Access Team blog redesign

I want to give a big shout out to Ron Disandro for the redesign of the Access Team blog. He worked on Access 14 templates for the last 9 months and recently updated our bland previous design.

1 July 2009 0 Comments

Bing vs. Google: do the test

Ever since Bing’s launch, there’s been a lot of talk about which search engine is doing a better job. Can Bing compare to Google

24 June 2009 0 Comments

Discounted CRM Online access for Microsoft Partners

Microsoft offers CRM Online to our Partners at the reduced rate of $19 per user per month. This offer has been available for some time but I still encounter partners who are not aware of the offering

17 June 2009 0 Comments

11pm Pacific Update

Most of the new content has been coming up – will get completed this evening.  Have gotten a lot of feedback from folks who have both been able to download the new arcade content as well as seeing some of the new content they were waiting for appearing.

15 June 2009 0 Comments

Using the CRM Address Book in Outlook Pt 2

Adding to an earlier post Using the CRM Address Book in Outlook Pt 1 , K|Dubya ( aka – Kevin Williamson ) introduce the concept of using CRM contacts in your Outlook Client Adddress Book. I wanted explain a few configuration items on using the Address Book provider

12 June 2009 0 Comments

And the XRM train starts rolling…

http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=3053   This year is going to be a fun one :)

7 June 2009 0 Comments

IIS 6.0 Compression

Introduction Overview – What Problem Does IIS Compression Solve? Total response time is composed of 3 major components. This can be expressed as a formula: User response time = server processing time + network transmission time + client rendering time The network transmission time can be a major component for remote users accessing SharePoint over WAN links

5 June 2009 0 Comments

Walking the Dog :)

  I recently found a new place to walk and took my dog Lily for a loooooong walk…     It looks desolate until you look to the right and see this…     All those white dots are Heron.  Needless to say Lily wanted to see if she could scare the birds :P …( read more )

3 June 2009 1 Comment

Code Quality with The Development Edition

I thought it might be interesting to quickly demonstrate how you can go beyond unit testing with Visual Studio Team System Development Edition and take a look at code coverage, code metrics and code analysis: You can get the video here . Let me know what you think and if you have any suggestions for future topics; I’m currently planning to do a build and a process video next. Cheers, Giles