Crystal Reports vs SQL Server Reporting Services
I use SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) when I want to build reports. I have enjoyed working with it since I started tinkering around with
February 8, 2017
Tag: Server
What software will work for me?
As technical consultants, we often are asked, “I have [insert problem here]. What software should I use?” If the answer were this simple, our jobs
November 25, 2016
What is the Cloud and What are its Advantages?
In this blog, I wanted to summarize the Cloud environment. Simply put, the cloud is the internet. It is a pool of shared computing resources
November 15, 2016
On Premise or Hosted?
On a regular basis clients ask me when or if they should move their systems to the cloud. There is never an easy answer to
October 24, 2016
Using CRM Client Extensions in Your Server Side Plug-Ins and Custom Workflow Activities
If you’re a beginner, or maybe even somewhat experienced, CRM developer doing a server side plug-in, or in particular, a custom workflow activity for the
September 1, 2016
How to Renew an SSL Certificate for CRM on ADFS 3.0
If you are using an Internet Facing Deployment for your CRM there is always that time every 1, 3, or X years where you receive the message to renew your SSL Certificate. With ADFS 3.0 no longer dependent on IIS like its previous version were it changes the process a little bit. It is not very difficult to do but it took me a little research to piece together all the steps in the right order. I wanted to share this information so that the process goes as smooth as possible and you aren’t stuck with your environment being down as you scramble to figure out how to get the CRM and ADFS applications working together again.
You will first want to remove the old certificate from the ADFS and CRM servers. If the certificate is not removed then this will cause problems later down the line.
July 28, 2015
Five Tips on Understanding SQL Server Better
Being a developer I often find myself in situations where I need to troubleshoot SQL queries that are not performing well and generally need optimizations. I would like to share some interesting tips on how SQL Server handles queries and what execution plans might be better than others. A query execution plan is an ordered set of steps that are used to access the data in SQL server. If you are working with SQL Server Management Studio once you have started a new query window click the following button 
(or CTRL + M) so you can enable execution plans. In the examples below I will be using tables from AdventureWorks database which is a sample database provided by Microsoft.
May 20, 2015
OWIN Specification.
The Open Web Server Interface for .Net or OWIN for short is a specification that is meant to decouple the dependency a web application has on a specific web server technology. It specifies a simple delegate function that is used to separate a server and application and to let the server know how to pass the responsibility of filling out the response data to the application.
March 2, 2015
