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C# Constructor Newbie Question

$$SWYNK$$ Featured Article(s) How to Backup (Part 1) Since data is the lifeline of your company, you, as a Data Professional, need to ensure that your data is protected, recoverable, usable, secure, and so on. One of the first tasks that you should perform as a Data Professional is to ensure that the data is properly backed up. This seems […]

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Centralized Authentication Services

Centralized Authentication Services In response to my editorial from yesterday regarding a centralized authentication framework, David Ellis, a regular contributor to our newsletter provides three authentication frameworks providing standardized trust capabilities. David writes: I’m aware of three major authentication frameworks that are trying to standardize exactly the problem you’re describing (allow trusted sources to provide for authentication). OpenID http://openid.net/ – […]

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Getting FetchXML from LINQPad

(keydet) Using FetchXML is necessary in many situations with CRM 2011. Using FetchXML becomes even more necessary if you are taking a “design for online” approach to solution building. I’m a big believer that everyone should approach solution design this way because then your solution will truly b