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Author: Arashs Date: 12/21/2011
Join us for a "Live" Live Framework webcast..
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Author: Arashs Date: 12/01/2008
Why Mesh-Enabled Web Applications
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Author: Arashs Date: 11/26/2008
Mesh-Enabled Applications are born.............
I have been busy. Extermely busy, and you will know why very soon. I will be presenting a session on...
Author: Arashs Date: 10/14/2008
Live Mesh is Live....
Live Mesh was launched last night but we have only told part of the story. The platform and...
Author: Arashs Date: 04/23/2008
Extending CRM forms with Managed code using Silverlight 1.1
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Author: Arashs Date: 11/28/2007
Make sure you use my new blog
I still get messages and comments added to this blog. That is great but I don't check this blog very...
Author: Arashs Date: 10/15/2007
Blog move....Come and visit my new blog.....
I have decided to move my blog to a different server. My new blog is located here:...
Author: Arashs Date: 08/30/2007
Thanks for all the nice comments
Just had a chance to go through many comments that have been posted to my blog. Thank you for all...
Author: Arashs Date: 05/07/2007
Using Silverlight as an excuse to get back on blogging....
What a great way to get back on the blogging scene (I hope it lasts, with all the things that are...
Author: Arashs Date: 05/07/2007
Time to shift gears….
After spending a few years working on one of the best products and business application platforms...
Author: Arashs Date: 03/12/2007
Convergence preview of Titan: Building Business Applications on CRM Platform
Thanks to everyone who has responded directly to me about my previous post. I have now a list of...
Author: Arashs Date: 02/14/2007
Test drive CRM Titan Dev power at Convergence 2007
It is very likely that I (or/and another collegue from CRM programmability) will be at Convergence...
Author: Arashs Date: 02/05/2007
CRM Titan Preview is released to partner community!
I have been pretty busy presenting the new extensibility points and scenarios of CRM Titan, and in...
Author: Arashs Date: 01/15/2007
A platform for building your business application, no matter what it is
If you want to build a business application, let's say a real estate application, you typically will...
Author: Arashs Date: 12/21/2006
CRM update rollup to address a number of minor programmability issues
As part of our continued commitment to respond to customer asks and issues, we have just released an...
Author: Arashs Date: 12/20/2006
Titan Software Design Review, what an event!
I have been very busy lately so haven't had a chance to update my blogs for a while but I am back!...
Author: Arashs Date: 11/17/2006
Biztalk 2006 adaptor for CRM V3.0
Just got back from a week of holiday and while scrambling through hundreds of email found out that...
Author: Arashs Date: 10/05/2006
CRM recognition by CRM Magazine and Gartner status report
Check out: https://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2006/sep06/09-20CRMIndustryInfluencersPR.mspx
Author: Arashs Date: 09/21/2006
Meet Isaac and Mort
If you participate in any of developer focused presentations or review meetings at Microsoft, the...
Author: Arashs Date: 09/18/2006
Web services standards, free for all...
Today we made a great announcement which will significantly encourage and promote interoperability...
Author: Arashs Date: 09/13/2006
CRM in Enterprise and data integration
I had the privilege to visit one of our large enterprise customers a few weeks back. The visit was...
Author: Arashs Date: 09/11/2006
Role of PMs in scrum process
We are just about to finish the 5th sprint. I blogged earlier about agile development at CRM team,...
Author: Arashs Date: 09/11/2006
A plane that can also be driven as a car, only 148K on sale now!
Couldn't resist the temptation to share this animation on the new roadable plane from Terrafugia.
Author: Arashs Date: 09/06/2006
Generating a web service proxy manually
When you use the VS 2005 callout template that I posted earlier you can take advantage of most of...
Author: Arashs Date: 09/06/2006
Warning: cool demo ahead --->
Live.com team has released a beta version of their long awaited contacts gadget. I personally think...
Author: Arashs Date: 08/29/2006
Up for an innovation survey?
Derik, who is a good colleague, of mine has forwarded me a link to Scott Berkun blog where he is...
Author: Arashs Date: 08/29/2006
Calling “CRM” Web services using JScript
Since I wrote the post about calling "any" web service from CRM forms (BTW, that is my most viewed...
Author: Arashs Date: 08/28/2006
Use Visual Studio 2005 to build CRM Callouts!
You already can develop web services applications for CRM V3.0 using Visual Studio(VS) 2003 or 2005...
Author: Arashs Date: 08/24/2006
Building applications for Partner hosted CRM
Earlier this year, we announced a new program to enable service providers offer hosted version of...
Author: Arashs Date: 08/17/2006
On the importance of a solid Workflow platform
Workflow is one of the key features of any business application, including CRM. Since my PhD days...
Author: Arashs Date: 07/31/2006
A platform for building business applications: Live or On-premise
We already offer an extensible platform for building business applications on-premise. I...
Author: Arashs Date: 07/26/2006
How "Technical" a good technical PM should be
Charles has a good post where he talks about the right balance of skills between developers and...
Author: Arashs Date: 07/16/2006
Create IntelliSense Code Snippets for CRM
Visual Studio 2005 IntelliSense Code Snippets feature enables pre-authored pieces of code to be...
Author: Arashs Date: 07/14/2006
Don't invest in fancy mouse and keyboard, you may not need them for long
Simply brilliant: Brain sensor allows mind-control. or Device Lets Thoughts Control Computer I have...
Author: Arashs Date: 07/14/2006
Want to demo CRM with some cool apps? Get the VPC..
I get asked this question very often, especially from our field who often come running two days...
Author: Arashs Date: 07/13/2006
Customize CRM Data right inside Visual Studio 2005
CRM customization tools are pretty cool in a sense that they allow you to customize the CRM schema...
Author: Arashs Date: 07/12/2006
More thoughts on CRM Live
Check out David Thacher's, our GM, thoughts on CRM Live announcement here.
Author: Arashs Date: 07/12/2006
"CRM Live", here it comes..
I am very excited that CRM team can finally share the vision and thinking around live services with...
Author: Arashs Date: 07/11/2006
Get the latest CRM V3.0 SDK, released today!
This release includes major updates since the last update. Detailed reference, cool code samples and...
Author: Arashs Date: 06/26/2006
"Execute" API in a Service Oriented World --> Link
I get questioned alot about why we have designed the CRM web service APIs as a single endpoint and...
Author: Arashs Date: 06/26/2006
The Tale of Software Inspection at CRM
Typically in a software development team, the Program Manager(PM) is responsible for defining the...
Author: Arashs Date: 06/25/2006
Back from Teched
Teched was great this year. We had more CRM sessions with more variety of topics and much more...
Author: Arashs Date: 06/25/2006
Teched 2006 session on CRM extensibility
Here it is, the details of my Teched 2006 session. If you want any specific topic to be covered,...
Author: Arashs Date: 05/01/2006
Cool CRM Add-on, Part 1 of n
You can tell I have been busy (no post since April 7thL) but I promise you, I have been doing good...
Author: Arashs Date: 04/25/2006
To all CRM fans..Register for Teched 2006 today!
We have finalized the CRM sessions for this year Teched (almost) and I must say, there will be a...
Author: Arashs Date: 04/25/2006
Do you have a cool CRM Add-on?
There are a number of very cool Microsoft CRM add-ons and plugins out there (A list of which can be...
Author: Arashs Date: 04/06/2006
Looking for a CRM Metadata "cache"? look no further.....
CRM V3.0 comes with a brand new web service that provides information about the CRM metadata (e.g....
Author: Arashs Date: 04/04/2006
Working with CRM Form Lookup Controls Programmatically
Lately, I have been asked a number of times about how to programmatically work with Lookup controls...
Author: Arashs Date: 03/28/2006
Agile development at Microsoft Dynamics CRM team
I am not a big fan of waterfall software development model for many obvious (and not very obvious)...
Author: Arashs Date: 03/14/2006