Public Sector Developer Weblog
Microsoft Public Sector Developer and Platform Evangelism Team Blog.
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BUILD | WIN | HAVE FUN
Charleston, SC and surrounding area developers…. the time is approaching HACKATHON 2.0. 12 hours of...
Author: PubSec Date: 08/08/2012
Attend the Cloud OS Signature Event Series
Introducing Windows Server 2012, Visual Studio and Windows Azure IT Executive (TDM) LinkedIn...
Author: PubSec Date: 07/31/2012
Microsoft Build 2012 Conference at Redmond Campus 10/30-11/2, 2012
Announcing BUILD 2012 October 30 - November 2, 2012 Microsoft Campus, Redmond,...
Author: PubSec Date: 07/25/2012
Moving an existing Hyper-V vhd to Windows Azure
I talked about building a CRM dev VM running on Windows Azure from scratch here. However, you...
Author: PubSec Date: 07/09/2012
Resizing an Azure VM vhd file
I got into a bit of a predicament where the C drive of the VM I created here started to fill...
Author: PubSec Date: 07/05/2012
Preventing charges for an Azure VM when not in use
When you shutdown an Azure VM, you still get charged for usage. That’s because the hardware...
Author: PubSec Date: 07/05/2012
CRM Solution Manager
Full disclosure, I received a free license from the authors of the tool. However, I do believe...
Author: PubSec Date: 07/01/2012
Public Announcement: From Public Sector to Joelcitizen
Starting July 1st I will be blogging EXCLUSIVELY on https://blogs.msdn.com/joelcitizen ! Did you know...
Author: PubSec Date: 06/29/2012
Building an entity model faster through the CRM 2011 import process
Here’s a little tip that, as I speak with customers/partners, I’m discovering isn’t well...
Author: PubSec Date: 06/21/2012
Ensuring you are using your prefix everywhere
With Dynamics CRM 2011, there are many ways to get the same task done when you are customizing your...
Author: PubSec Date: 06/21/2012
Upgrading to IE9 without breaking incompatible apps
As many of you know, the CRM 2011 UI leverages more “in browser” processing. Because of this,...
Author: PubSec Date: 06/20/2012
Building a CRM 2011 dev box using a Windows Azure Virtual Machine
I am a big fan of each the One Organization per Developer approach to team development with Dynamics...
Author: PubSec Date: 06/18/2012
CRM 2011, OData and datajs
What people often call the CRM 2011 REST Service or Organization Data Service is an OData service. …...
Author: PubSec Date: 06/14/2012
Adxstudio Productivity Pack
Run, don’t walk, and go grab this CRM dev essential. A few of my blog posts are irrelevant (or...
Author: PubSec Date: 06/14/2012
Eliminating manual device registration
If you are connecting to CRM Online with a Live ID, you need to register a Device ID and Device...
Author: PubSec Date: 06/14/2012
Geocoding and displaying a map for an address in CRM 2011
There are a few blog posts out there, but the ones I’ve found don’t take you it step by step. ...
Author: PubSec Date: 06/13/2012
Connecting to CRM Online from an outside caller
Scenario: “I want to make calls to CRM from an ASP.NET page, .NET middle tier code, etc. How...
Author: PubSec Date: 06/13/2012
Controlling CRM 2011 popup windows
Now and then, I hear from users that don’t like the fact that CRM loads screens in distinct windows...
Author: PubSec Date: 06/12/2012
Minify Selection in Visual Studio 2010
You learn something new every day! One of the things I’ve been talking to CRM folks about a...
Author: PubSec Date: 06/11/2012
TechCast: Porting Android apps to Windows Phone - how to guide + free resources
Developers, designers, architects and managers must be prepared to answer the porting challenge on...
Author: PubSec Date: 06/11/2012
Populate Two Options values when creating a record in a dialog
Scenario: “I have an entity with a field of type ‘Two Options’ that I would like to populate within...
Author: PubSec Date: 06/07/2012
REMINDER: SharePoint BCS connector for CRM
I’ve been going through a bunch of CRM integration scenarios to refresh my “hands on”...
Author: PubSec Date: 06/07/2012
TIP: Associate a schema with an XML file in Visual Studio 2010
It’s been a while since I had to do it. However, as I’ve started to need to tweak FetchXML...
Author: PubSec Date: 06/05/2012
Converting a SQL report to FecthXML
Scenario: “I want to move to CRM Online, but I wrote all my SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS)...
Author: PubSec Date: 06/04/2012
Random Hacks of Kindness 6 is this Weekend
Random Hacks of Kindness, or RHoK, is a joint Microsoft, Google, Yahoo!, HP, NASA, and World Bank...
Author: PubSec Date: 05/31/2012
Cross domain calls from JavaScript
It’s exciting times for web developers. Many of the hoops we used to have to jump through are...
Author: PubSec Date: 05/31/2012
Give Your Apps Some POP
If you haven't attended one of these sessions you should. SPECIALLY if you are new to Windows Phone...
Author: PubSec Date: 05/30/2012
Design for Online
DISCLAIMER: This post is not official guidance from Microsoft. It’s the thoughts and opinion...
Author: PubSec Date: 05/30/2012
CRM Online myth busters presentation
I’ve created a presentation version of my CRM Online myth busters post. The goal of the deck...
Author: PubSec Date: 05/29/2012
Deleting things from a deployed CRM 2011 managed solution package
Example scenarios: “I have a a field in an entity. After deploying a managed solution to...
Author: PubSec Date: 05/29/2012
US Government goes ALL IN on Digital Strategy
“The release of government weather and GPS data has already led to countless entrepreneurial...
Author: PubSec Date: 05/23/2012
Using RequireJS with CRM 2011 forms
GOAL: Simplify referencing JavaScript libraries from CRM forms for code-centric developer types like...
Author: PubSec Date: 05/16/2012
REGISTER TODAY for the 5/16 Legacy App Maintenance with Visual Studio & TFS Webcast
Register today for the Legacy App Maintenance with Visual Studio TFS Webcast. at 2:00pm EST....
Author: PubSec Date: 05/16/2012
Join us on May 29th and May 31st for the Let's Build Something Mobile Webcast Series!
REGISTER TODAY using the links below! Fast Track Your First App: May 29, 2012 11am-12:30pm Eastern...
Author: PubSec Date: 05/14/2012
ANNOUNCING MOBILE AMERICA - THE PEOPLE HACKATHON
Microsoft Public Sector DPE announces the launch of a nationwide mobile application development...
Author: PubSec Date: 05/14/2012
TEST DEVICES for Government, Education, and Healthcare APPS
Devices, Devices, Devices, Devices, Devices, Devices, Devices, Devices, Devices, Devices WHAT IS A...
Author: PubSec Date: 05/13/2012