Book Description

Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 offers exciting new features that enable you to build and maintain a robust customer relationship management system in your organisation.

This book is your one stop resource to get to grips with all the new features of Dynamics CRM 2011. To make learning fun and engaging, we will build an Airline Compensation Management (ACM) system using Dynamics CRM 2011.

The book starts by setting up the development environment for Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011. We will then build a structural architecture for the ACM system and configure it in Dynamics CRM 2011. While doing this, we will learn about the new customization features offered by Dynamics CRM 2011.

We will then move on to Data Importing and will cover the Import Data Wizard tool, as well as the Import file/data web service which provides additional capabilities that are not available in the Import Data Wizard.

We will use client-side programming to perform data validation, automation, and process enhancement and learn powerful event driven server-side programming methods: Plug-Ins and Processes (Formerly Workflows).

The book then steers you towards SharePoint integration, Charts and Dashboards, Customizing the Ribbon and Sitemap, and extending Dynamics CRM 2011 in the cloud.

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Patterns and practices make or break any middleware or integration solution and are especially important with BizTalk Server 2010. Learning the best patterns to use in the appropriate context greatly increases the chances of success for any solution.

Microsoft Biztalk server 2010 patterns will provide a thorough introduction to BizTalk Server 2010 as a platform and guide the reader through real world lessons and examples building an advanced unified solution that can be used as a reference architecture.

This book will guide you beyond the basics of BizTalk Server 2010 development and give you the relevant background, theory, and techniques necessary to create successful solutions. You will learn how the BizTalk Server 2010 platform works internally and how to plan for the necessary infrastructure for an installation. You will learn how to build messaging-based solutions including content-based routing that are easy to manage and change. You will learn how to solve common integration and middleware challenges by leveraging the strengths of BizTalk Server 2010.

This book addresses using Microsoft BizTalk Server 2010 and associated tools to create middleware and integration solutions with established patterns and practices that increase the effectiveness and impact of your solutions.

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Create professional-quality media applications and components with Microsoft Media Foundation—and deliver the next generation of high-definition multimedia. With this hands-on book, you’ll learn how to build applications to capture video and audio files of different types, process media information, and stream it over the Internet. If you program with C++ and the Component Object Model (COM), this book is ideal—especially for developers looking to transfer their skills from Microsoft DirectShow®.

Discover how to:

• Construct media pipelines with individual Media Foundation components
• Build a simple video player to see how a basic media session works
• Create applications that transcode media content from one format to another
• Process data streams by writing Media Foundation Transform objects
• Examine the internal architecture of Media Foundation Sources and Sinks
• Design a custom media session object to learn advanced Media Foundation concepts
• Create image overlays on top of video and send the result over the network

Table of Contents
Chapter 1 Core Media Foundation Concepts
Chapter 2 TopoEdit
Chapter 3 Media Playback Download Now »

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Fully updated for ASP.NET MVC 3. Delve into the features, principles, and pillars of the ASP.NET MVC framework—deftly guided by web development luminary Dino Esposito. ASP.NET MVC forces developers to think in terms of distinct components—Model, View, Controller—that make it easier to manage application complexity, while allowing strict control over the markup. Plunge into the framework’s internal mechanics and gain perspectives on how to use this programming model versus Web Forms, and begin building your own MVC-based applications quickly.

Table of Contents
Introduction

Part I ASP.NET MVC Fundamentals
Chapter 1 ASP.NET MVC Controllers
Chapter 2 ASP.NET MVC Views
Chapter 3 The Model-Binding Architecture
Chapter 4 Input Forms

Part II ASP.NET MVC Software Design
Chapter 5 Aspects of ASP.NET MVC Applications
Chapter 6 Securing Your Application
Chapter 7 Design Considerations for ASP.NET MVC Controllers
Chapter 8 Customizing ASP.NET MVC Controllers Download Now »

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Grasp the basic concepts that drive all Microsoft® .NET-based languages—and prepare yourself to learn .NET programming. If you have absolutely no previous experience, no problem—simply start here! This ebook provides the foundation for all other .NET programming language books in the Start Here! series. You’ll explore programming concepts and techniques with clear explanations, easy-to-follow examples, and exercises. It’s the perfect reference for understanding how computer programs work.

• Delve into object-oriented concepts such as properties, methods, and events
• Discover what multiprocessing is—and how it’s changing computing
• Examine how programs store data in files, object stores, and databases
• Explore controls, such as labels, text boxes, menus, and scroll bars
• Learn how programming environments help you design and run programs
• Get an extensive glossary of key programming terms

Table of Contents
Chapter 1 Computer Hardware
Chapter 2 Multiprocessing
Chapter 3 Programming Environments
Chapter 4 Windows Program Components
Chapter 5 Controls
Chapter 6 Variables Download Now »

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Ready to learn programming? Start Here!™

Learn the fundamentals of modern programming with Visual C# 2010—and begin building your first apps for the desktop and web. If you have absolutely no previous experience, no problem—simply start here! This book introduces must-know concepts and techniques through easy-to-follow explanations, examples, and exercises.

Here’s where you start learning Visual C#

• Learn how an application performs tasks by tracing its code
• Query and manipulate application data with LINQ
• Access web services with REST and SOAP
• Build simple apps with Windows® Presentation Foundation
• Explore rich Internet apps with Microsoft Silverlight®
• Find and fix errors by debugging your applications
• Put it all together by creating your first programs

Table of Contents
Chapter 1 Getting to Know C#
Chapter 2 Developing a Web Project
Chapter 3 Basic Data Manipulation Techniques
Chapter 4 Using Collections to Store Data
Chapter 5 Working with XML
Chapter 6 Accessing a Web Service Download Now »