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Dynamics is basically awful. All the tools suck. But I found an Azure data platform last night that backs up CRM to a SQL Database and can apparently go in the other direction. I am pretty excited about fixing my data with a single query instead of a queue of API calls.
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We are using Dynamics at my current work. And our web app talks to it constantly.
Yes it's not that great, but the Accountants love it! :/
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I think Dynamics is nice for end users, but terible for devs. I am doing a two way sync with another system. The LINQ provider makes things a bit nicer but it's also generating fetch XML so a lot of queries fail
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Why is this all so terrible?
I have an application that does integration between two systems. I am writing the back end. The architecture is as follows:
HTTP Azure function - validates message and pushes to a queue
Queue function - pulls item and puts it in the destination system
This works. But if we do a bulk load, Azure functions die when the traffic gets too high (if you do it in a hard loop, about 250 calls). The Azure app goes offline for 15 minutes. There's documentation that you can turn this 'feature' off, but it does not work
The initial version of Azure functions was in 'C# Script', written in the browser. This does not seem to have this limitation. But I am using session keys in queues, which guarentee order of delivery. The dll I need to use that in the DI that happens in script, is not available by default. I did a ton of work to figure out how to import it and it worked. Got up next morning, they had done an update and that code did not work any more.
On top of all that I can't use Entity Framework in Functions because you can't use .NET 5 and whatever version I use, it tries to load a .NET 5 dll and fails.
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Been there, done that.
Queue triggers that did not trigger (on prod, worked on dev, obviously), Functions that didn't scale as promised, queue triggers that just kept on reading messages and then stopped after five minutes no matter how I configured it, another Function that somehow lasted 30 minutes, some HTTP triggers with a startup time of 30+ seconds...
I ended up rewriting the whole damn thing and putting it on a regular app service plan (instead of a consumption plan) and things got slightly better, but it completely defeated the purpose of having Functions in the first place.
Now I wish I could tell you how I solved it, but unfortunately, I can't because I never did 
After that I'm completely through with Azure Functions (which is funny because I wrote some chapters on the subject and I really liked them before it all went awry in this particular project).
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Yeah, I know if we go to the more expensive plan it will work. I am advocating they do a Microsoft support request. The client keeps asking me what's going on, and the doco is full of lies, so all I can say is 'I don't write Azure, but this is what I see when I use it'.
I am Azure certified BTW. Had no idea any of this was happening.
I have to say that, apart from their bulk loads, my system is working just fine. But HTTP triggers that die if they get called too often? Ridiculous
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Has anyone ever notice when searching for programming info, Google shows a lot more things than Bing. It is kind of like Microsoft is editing the results and guiding you to the answers they want. Google answers seem more random (not sure of the right word). Not sure if it is good or bad. Non computer questions and non health searches seem to give the same random results. On health maters Google seems to be guiding you to ????
So many years of programming I have forgotten more languages than I know.
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No. The only time I use Bing is when a Microsoft app specifically opens it (normally using bl**dy Edge rather than the default browser) ...
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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I actually revert to Bing for Microsoft programming stuff at times
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I once noted I got stuck with a boss in a game and I binged "[game] [boss]" and I actually didn't get ANY results on the game or the boss!? 
The only reason I used Bing is that I just got a new tablet at the time and Bing was the default search engine.
Google, obviously, showed me tons of links on how to defeat the boss.
Never used Bing again.
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Definitely. I have no need to give either Google or Microsoft any more of my data than they already have.
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Bing is worthless, it can't find results even if you point them to it. I was forced to use it for 7 years because my company didn't allow Internet, only Bing and MSDN were available to us peasants (all developers, it's a f'ing software house). It took 2 years to get CP and SO opened just because MSDN points to these sites when you do a search.
Sadly DDG sucks just the same.
GCS d--(d+) s-/++ a C++++ U+++ P- L+@ E-- W++ N+ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t+ 5? X R+++ tv-- b+(+++) DI+++ D++ G e++ h--- r+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
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michaelbarb wrote: a lot more things
Which is a Very Bad Thing, I want only exactly what I freaking asked for, dagnabit.
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I tried doing some coding searches on Bing cos I kinda assumed Microsoft would skew the results toward their own sites and just understand the domain better in general, but the results still weren't as good as google's :\
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Any study on Google vs Bing vs DuckDuckGo?
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I feel stupid making this comment to Griff but here goes
Press Ctrl and hold it down Scroll mouse wheel forward and print gets larger
Side note try searching for 1/2 inch brad point bits
OR
1/4 -20 flat top ez cap inserts
Google can not handle woodworking terms and Amazon has no idea
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Yes, I'm aware that zoom exists. But ...
Why should I have to change the zoom level, when everything else on my system uses the same value and is readable? That's putting "different" above "usable" in the priorities list.
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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Side note - I did: 1/2" brad point bits - Google Search[^]
About 9,870,000 results (0.49 seconds)
It understand woodworking when I ask it ... 
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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What is Bing??
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Member 14092605 wrote: What is Bing??
First name of Crosby / Last name of Chandler?
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Friends don't let friends use Bing.
So whatever you do, just don't Bing it!
(also, if you are really interested in usable results from a search on the interwebs, don't use DuckDuckNoGo...)
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Default search is DDG. Once got upset on stupid results, went to Google with same search term, first page was exactly what DDG gave...
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No since I use duckduckgo.
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