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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://blogs.msdn.com/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>Girish Raja's Dynamic(s) Thoughts : UserGroup</title><link>http://blogs.msdn.com/girishr/archive/tags/UserGroup/default.aspx</link><description>Tags: UserGroup</description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2.1 SP1 (Build: 61025.2)</generator><item><title>XRMUG Presentation on Using CRM 4.0 &amp; Windows Azure</title><link>http://blogs.msdn.com/girishr/archive/2009/05/27/xrmug-presentation-on-using-crm-4-0-windows-azure.aspx</link><pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2009 20:48:17 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:9644734</guid><dc:creator>girishr</dc:creator><slash:comments>1</slash:comments><comments>http://blogs.msdn.com/girishr/comments/9644734.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://blogs.msdn.com/girishr/commentrss.aspx?PostID=9644734</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;Tomorrow Shan McArthur, Ben Riga and I are presenting a webcast for XRM virtual user group. It is a basic 100-level session with some interesting demos on using CRM 4.0 and Windows Azure in the context of self service portals.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;blockquote&gt;   &lt;p&gt;When: May 28, 2009 (Thu) 9:00 AM to 10:30 AM (PST)&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/blockquote&gt;  &lt;blockquote&gt;   &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Self-Service Sites: Proactive and Effective&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/blockquote&gt;  &lt;blockquote&gt;   &lt;p&gt;More than ever applications built for the web connect customers (or partners, employees, or citizens) directly to systems running behind the firewall. Whether for informational or transactional solutions like customer portals or loyalty program sites, it is imperative that information gathered is acted upon as soon as possible while keeping costs way down. In this session we’ll explore how building on the XRM platform and taking advantage of Windows Azure, Live Services, and SQL Data Services provide a great platform for building proactive self-service web sites that effectively manage the end-user experience.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/blockquote&gt;  &lt;p&gt;You can find more details about this event at &lt;a title="http://www.xrmvirtual.com/events/self-service-sites" href="http://www.xrmvirtual.com/events/self-service-sites"&gt;http://www.xrmvirtual.com/events/self-service-sites&lt;/a&gt;. If you wish to attend this session, please sign up for free at &lt;a href="http://www.xrmvirtual.com/"&gt;XrmVirtual.com&lt;/a&gt; and also check out a number of upcoming presentations in the events section.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;See you tomorrow in the webcast and come prepared with your questions!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=9644734" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/girishr/archive/tags/CRM/default.aspx">CRM</category><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/girishr/archive/tags/Microsoft+Dynamics/default.aspx">Microsoft Dynamics</category><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/girishr/archive/tags/UserGroup/default.aspx">UserGroup</category><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/girishr/archive/tags/Webcast/default.aspx">Webcast</category><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/girishr/archive/tags/XRM/default.aspx">XRM</category></item><item><title>CRMUG Session: Building Complex Business Applications</title><link>http://blogs.msdn.com/girishr/archive/2008/09/02/crmug-session-building-complex-business-applications.aspx</link><pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2008 06:00:22 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:8921145</guid><dc:creator>girishr</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://blogs.msdn.com/girishr/comments/8921145.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://blogs.msdn.com/girishr/commentrss.aspx?PostID=8921145</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;blockquote&gt;   &lt;p&gt;This Thursday, I'm co-presenting a session with &lt;a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/crm/pages/bio-reuben-krippner.aspx" target="_blank"&gt;Reuben Krippner&lt;/a&gt; titled &amp;quot;Using the CRM Platform for Building Complex Business Applications&amp;quot;. The session will be held as a &lt;a href="http://www.crmug.com/" target="_blank"&gt;CRM User Group&lt;/a&gt; workshop.&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/blogfiles/girishr/WindowsLiveWriter/CRMUGSession_A825/crmug_banner_2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="border-top-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px" height="38" alt="crmug_banner" src="http://blogs.msdn.com/blogfiles/girishr/WindowsLiveWriter/CRMUGSession_A825/crmug_banner_thumb.jpg" width="244" align="right" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Date: Thursday 9/4/2008, from 12:30PM- 2:00PM EDT&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p&gt;Psst, I'll show some pieces of the demo from the &amp;quot;&lt;a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/crm/archive/2008/08/18/the-dynamics-duo-dynamics-super-heroes.aspx" target="_blank"&gt;Dynamics Duo&lt;/a&gt;&amp;quot; videos and will be available for any questions you might have.&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p&gt;The event details and link to register are available &lt;a href="http://crmug.com/default.aspx?pageid=730&amp;amp;eventid=495" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;. Below is an excerpt from the description. &lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p&gt;Are you leveraging the integration of Dynamics CRM with the Microsoft Stack? Microsoft Dynamics CRM is a robust platform that can be used to build different line of business applications besides the out of box functionality of sales, service and marketing. We&amp;#8217;ll look at how one such business application could be built and how it can provide a seamless user experience by integrating with various technologies like WPF, Silverlight, SharePoint, and the Office Business Applications.&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p&gt;Please join us as we reveal the hidden power of a robust, integrated solution for your business!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=8921145" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/girishr/archive/tags/CRM/default.aspx">CRM</category><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/girishr/archive/tags/Community/default.aspx">Community</category><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/girishr/archive/tags/Platform/default.aspx">Platform</category><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/girishr/archive/tags/UserGroup/default.aspx">UserGroup</category></item></channel></rss>