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    Creating an Audit Report for User Logins in Dynamics CRM

    If you’ve ever tried to create an audit report for Dynamics CRM, you may have noticed that you can’t create one with the Report Wizard. The Audit Summary Report in the Settings area gives you some information, provided you enable auditing for the correct entities. However, if you need detailed information on your report, or…

    Concurrency
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    What the Visual Studio Online (VSO) rename to Visual Studio Team Services (VSTS) means

    Last week at Connect() Microsoft announced the transition of its Visual Studio Online (VSO) service to the name Visual Studio Team Services (VSTS) which better describes the role that it has as the platform for DevOps delivery.  The toolset is intended to be an end-to-end framework for delivering modern applications to customers.  Microsoft is serious about DevOps and this toolset is fully…

    Nathan Lasnoski
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    Microservices with Azure App Services

    This is the first post in a series that takes a deep dive into Microservices & Azure App Services. The goal of this series is to educate you on microservices and how to apply a microservices style architecture to your new OR existing application by using Azure App Services, a newer PaaS offering to the Azure…

    Concurrency
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    Windows 10 Default App Protocols with Edge and Internet Explorer 11

    Modern Apps in Windows 10 present many organizations with new opportunities and challenges. While I like the new Edge browser and I see a lot of potential for it in the future, the fact is not everything works with it, and many organizations just aren’t ready to support a new default browser.  At the same time, gone…

    Concurrency, Inc.
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    Exporting SharePoint Group Members to Excel Without PowerShell

    I was at a client recently and was not allowed to run any powershell commands but needed a list of accounts that existed in a SharePoint Group in a table format.  I also was not allowed site collection administration permission.  I tried a few different options in which trying to manipulate the list view of the group…

    Concurrency, Inc.
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    Windows Application Packaging for Microsoft Intune

    Although most of the engagements that I’ve seen with Microsoft Intune tend to focus on Mobile Device Management, Microsoft Intune is also a very useful tool for cloud based management of Windows PCs. Offering inventory reporting, Windows update management, software deployments and malware tools; it is a great solution for small to midsize businesses looking…

    Concurrency, Inc.
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    DNS Aliases with HTTP Redirection

    I sometimes want an easy way to remember a long URL without relying on bookmarks or saved favorites.  NameCheap.com, my favorite registrar and name service provider, offers something called a “URL Redirect (301)” in their external DNS manager which is a brilliant use of a DNS name that resolves to one of their own web servers…

    Concurrency
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    Visual Studio Online Tutorial to Enable Team Tab on Excel

    Excel’s Team tab allows for easy importing and exporting to/from Visual Studio Online and simplifies bulk editing of work items. You can enable the Team tab by following just a few steps, which are listed below:

    Concurrency
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    Rights Required for Creating Extended Events Sessions

    What rights are required in SQL Server to create and view an Extended Events session? In SQL Server 2008 and 2008R2, a user had to be granted CONTROL SERVER to create and run sessions. CONTROL SERVER is roughly equivalent to sysadmin. The difference is that if you grant someone CONTROL SERVER and you don’t want…

    Concurrency, Inc.