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Through the lens: Social network – roses and thorns
Social media and the roses “Did you accept my friend request?” – my new friend asked me in a text message, the day after talking to her for the first time in class. We were more interested in making sure ‘my friends in Orkut’ knew that we are talking than actually talking to each other.Continue reading “Through the lens: Social network – roses and thorns”
Through the lens: An architect in the computing world – Five principles
Architect – a person who designs and in many cases supervises the construction/delivery of their design, usually based on the requirements of a customer I have always wondered what is required to be an architect. While technical and functional skillset is the base for any architect, there must be a few other guiding principles thatContinue reading “Through the lens: An architect in the computing world – Five principles”
Xbox Series S – How does it fair in an Indian Broadband setup?
Disclaimer – I’m a casual gamer (Few hours per day / very basic set of games). So my views expressed here might not be applicable for hard-core gamers. My primary objective was a console to play few games for me and my family, secondary is for entertainment by using various apps for music / videosContinue reading “Xbox Series S – How does it fair in an Indian Broadband setup?”
Windows 11 in Hyper-V : Things to watch out
Windows 11! the new release from Microsoft has all the things that can make even a regular user to be excited about. My favorite feature is redesigned ‘Settings’ app. It resembles the mobile settings of Android / Your Phone app UI and yes, its awesome. I did my setup in a Hyper-V VM. Upgraded anContinue reading “Windows 11 in Hyper-V : Things to watch out”
Dynamics 365 CE – Using Security Groups – How many do I need? Can I nest them?
The latest feature in Dynamics 365 CE (and PowerApps), is to provide user access to an environment using AAD Security Group or Microsoft 365 Groups. This is a wonderful feature for IT admins as they don’t need to deep dive into the security model of Dynamics 365 CE / Power Platform for doing a dayContinue reading “Dynamics 365 CE – Using Security Groups – How many do I need? Can I nest them?”
PP : Check logged-in user security roles
Product: Dynamics 365 CE, Model Driven Apps Language: JavaScript Doing an operation based on the logged-in user’s security roles is a common requirement is any Dynamics / PowerApps implementation. Here is a simple code, that you can re-use to do any activity based on user’s role. For this example, I have taken a scenario ofContinue reading “PP : Check logged-in user security roles”