https://alexanderdevelopment.net/tag/azure/Recent content in azure on Alexander DevelopmentHugo -- gohugo.ioen-usThu, 31 May 2018 14:00:00 +0000https://alexanderdevelopment.net/post/2018/05/31/installing-and-securing-openfaas-on-an-aks/Thu, 31 May 2018 14:00:00 +0000https://alexanderdevelopment.net/post/2018/05/31/installing-and-securing-openfaas-on-an-aks/A few months back, I wrote a guide for installing and locking down OpenFaaS in a Docker Swarm running on Google Cloud Platform virtual machines. Today I want to share a step-by-step guide that shows how to install OpenFaaS on a new Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) cluster using an Nginx ingress controller to lock it down with basic authentication and free Let’s Encrypt TLS certificates.https://alexanderdevelopment.net/post/2018/02/08/building-a-simple-service-relay-for-dynamics-365-ce-with-rabbitmq-and-python-part-4/Thu, 08 Feb 2018 04:00:42 +0000https://alexanderdevelopment.net/post/2018/02/08/building-a-simple-service-relay-for-dynamics-365-ce-with-rabbitmq-and-python-part-4/This is the final post in my series about building a service relay for Dynamics 365 CE with RabbitMQ and Python. In my previous post in this series, I showed the Python code to make the service relay work. In today’s post, I will show how you can use Azure Functions to make a consumer service proxy using C# so client applications don’t have to access to your RabbitMQ broker directly, and I will also discuss some general thoughts on security and scalability for this service relay architecture.https://alexanderdevelopment.net/post/2017/08/09/running-dynamics-365-configuration-data-mover-jobs-in-azure-functions/Wed, 09 Aug 2017 19:13:58 +0000https://alexanderdevelopment.net/post/2017/08/09/running-dynamics-365-configuration-data-mover-jobs-in-azure-functions/My Dynamics 365 Configuration Data Mover utility allows you to run synchronization jobs from an interactive GUI tool or the command line, but the actual data synchronization logic is contained in a separate AlexanderDevelopment.ConfigDataMover.Lib.dll file that can be included in other applications. In today’s post I will show how you can set up an Azure Function to execute a Configuration Data Mover job file to sync data between two Dynamics 365 organizations.https://alexanderdevelopment.net/post/2016/12/10/executing-dynamics-365-workflows-from-microsoft-flow/Sat, 10 Dec 2016 19:34:51 +0000https://alexanderdevelopment.net/post/2016/12/10/executing-dynamics-365-workflows-from-microsoft-flow/The only Dynamics 365 actions that Microsoft Flow offers right now are “create a new record” and “list records,” but with just a bit of additional effort it’s possible to access all the capabilities of the Web API. Today I will show how to create a Microsoft Flow that queries a set of accounts and executes a workflow for each one.https://alexanderdevelopment.net/post/2016/11/30/scheduling-dynamics-365-workflows-with-azure-functions-and-csharp/Wed, 30 Nov 2016 02:00:00 +0000https://alexanderdevelopment.net/post/2016/11/30/scheduling-dynamics-365-workflows-with-azure-functions-and-csharp/Over the past few days, I’ve shared two approaches for scheduling Dynamics 365 workflows using Azure Functions and the Dynamics 365 Web API. One uses Node.js, and the other uses Python. Because most Dynamics CRM developers are probably more familiar with C# than Node.js or Python, I also created an equivalent C# version.https://alexanderdevelopment.net/post/2016/11/29/scheduling-dynamics-365-workflows-with-azure-functions-and-python/Tue, 29 Nov 2016 12:00:00 +0000https://alexanderdevelopment.net/post/2016/11/29/scheduling-dynamics-365-workflows-with-azure-functions-and-python/Last week I shared a solution for Scheduling Dynamics 365 workflows with Azure Functions and Node.js. In this post, I will show how to achieve equivalent functionality using Python. The actual Python code is simpler than my Node.js example, but the Azure Functions configuration is much more complicated. First, here’s the Python script I am using.https://alexanderdevelopment.net/post/2016/11/25/scheduling-dynamics-365-workflows-with-azure-functions/Fri, 25 Nov 2016 17:00:03 +0000https://alexanderdevelopment.net/post/2016/11/25/scheduling-dynamics-365-workflows-with-azure-functions/Earlier this week I showed an easy way to integrate a Node.js application with Dynamics 365 using the Web API. Building on that example, I have created a scheduled workflow runner using Node.js and Azure Functions. Here’s how I did it. First, I created a workflow in Dynamics 365 that creates a note on an account record.https://alexanderdevelopment.net/post/2016/05/17/azure-text-analytics-sentiment-analysis-with-north52/Tue, 17 May 2016 13:19:37 +0000https://alexanderdevelopment.net/post/2016/05/17/azure-text-analytics-sentiment-analysis-with-north52/For the last several months I’ve been working on an enterprise Dynamics CRM project where one of our goals is to minimize the amount of custom code we write by using North52’s Business Process Activities. I had not been exposed to North52 before working on this project, but I have been pleasantly surprised with how much it has allowed our mostly functional resources to achieve without needing technical assistance.https://alexanderdevelopment.net/post/2016/04/06/webcast-sentiment-analysis-in-microsoft-dynamics-crm-using-azure-text-analytics/Wed, 06 Apr 2016 14:37:20 +0000https://alexanderdevelopment.net/post/2016/04/06/webcast-sentiment-analysis-in-microsoft-dynamics-crm-using-azure-text-analytics/On Monday, April 11, at 12 p.m. EDT, I will be presenting a webcast at MSDynamicsWorld.com that will show how a custom integration with Microsoft Azure Machine Learning can be used to perform sentiment analysis on any data stored in Dynamics CRM. Custom sentiment analysis integrations can enable a number of interesting processes in Dynamics CRM including:https://alexanderdevelopment.net/post/2015/12/01/using-azure-machine-learning-predictive-data-models-in-dynamics-crm/Tue, 01 Dec 2015 03:08:34 +0000https://alexanderdevelopment.net/post/2015/12/01/using-azure-machine-learning-predictive-data-models-in-dynamics-crm/Earlier this year I wrote a post that showed how to perform sentiment analysis in Dynamics CRM using Microsoft Azure Text Analytics. Azure Text Analytics makes it incredibly easy to use sentiment analysis (with English text only), but the full Azure Machine Learning offering is much more powerful. In today’s post I will show how to create a custom predictive web service in Azure ML and make predictions with it in Dynamics CRM.https://alexanderdevelopment.net/post/2015/10/12/sentiment-analysis-in-dynamics-crm-using-azure-text-analytics/Mon, 12 Oct 2015 22:36:23 +0000https://alexanderdevelopment.net/post/2015/10/12/sentiment-analysis-in-dynamics-crm-using-azure-text-analytics/Last year I created a proof-of-concept solution that showed how to integrate Dynamics CRM with HP Haven OnDemand (then called HP IDOL OnDemand) to perform sentiment analysis and index records to support “find similar” queries. While I was working through the AzureCon challenge a few weeks ago, I thought it would be an interesting exercise to update my sentiment analysis code to work with the Text Analytics offering from the Microsoft Azure Marketplace.