Using ML.NET in an OpenFaaS function

Last week at its annual Build conference, Microsoft announced ML.NET, an "open source and cross-platform machine learning framework" that runs in .NET Core. I took a look at the getting started samples and realized ML.NET would be a great tool to use in OpenFaas functions. I »

Setting values in a Dynamics 365 CE quick create form from the main form

Earlier this week I was asked to populate a field in a Dynamics 365 Customer Engagement quick create form with a value from a field on the main form. Unfortunately, the main form would not be saved at the time the quick create form was opened, so the value couldn't »

Updated solution for scheduling recurring Dynamics 365 workflows

I've released an updated version of my recurring workflow scheduler for Dynamics 365 Customer Engagement. This solution targets Dynamics 365 version 9, so it should work in all current Dynamics 365 online organizations. You can download version 1.3 of my solution from here: https://github.com/lucasalexander/AlexanderDevelopment.ProcessRunner/ »

Installing and securing OpenFaaS on a Google Cloud virtual machine

Here is a step-by-step guide that shows how to install OpenFaaS on a new Google Cloud Platform virtual machine instance running Ubuntu Linux and how to secure it with Nginx as a reverse proxy using basic authentication and free SSL/TLS certificates from Let's Encrypt. As you look at this »

Disable and enable Dynamics 365 CE users with SSIS & KingswaySoft

Recently I was asked to set up a process to automatically disable or re-enable Dynamics 365 Customer Engagement users depending on some external data. This ended up being ridiculously easy to do with SSIS and KingswaySoft's Dynamics 365 Integration Toolkit. Let me show you how it works. In Dynamics 365 »