Jul 15 2010
Here’s yet another link to a post I wrote for Altriva Solutions’ blog. Intro:
Here’s a quick gotcha I saw on the CRM Forums. When configuring the CRM Client for Outlook, you enter http://servername:port/ORGNAME in the Internet address field and you get a cryptic error stating “Mandatory updates for Microsoft Dynamics CRM could not be applied successfully. Try running the application again.”
Jul 28 2008
The Customer Effectiveness Blog links to a white paper that outlines Microsoft’s “plan of continuous innovation and capabilities for Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0, which includes:
- Mobility
- Accelerators
- BizTalk Integration
- SharePoint Web Parts”
I found it a good read — it got me excited about what’s in the pipe.
Jun 08 2008
Here are a few CRM blog posts that I’ve found helpful or interesting lately:
A quick intro comparing Workflows and Plugins: http://mscrmuk.blogspot.com/2008/06/differences-between-workflow-and.html
A description of how workflows are different in 4.0: http://crowechizek.com/cs/blogs/crm/archive/2008/03/26/differences-between-the-workflow-functionality-from-crm-3-0-to-crm-4-0.aspx
Internet Facing Deployment Lessons Learned: http://blog.customereffective.com/blog/2008/04/lessons-learned.html
Suggested steps for upgrading to CRM 4.0: http://blogs.msdn.com/crm/archive/2008/05/01/upgrading-to-crm-4-0.aspx
-p
Feb 12 2008
Ever tried adding a column to a view that is a lookup to a user in Dynamics CRM 4.0? You’ll notice a mysterious checkbox titled “Enable presence for this column”. Now, if you google “Enable presence for this column”, you get nothing (well until I wrote this entry.) So what the heck does this feature do?
Turns out, it’s a neat new feature of Dynamics CRM 4.0. Now, if you’re signed into Communicator or Windows Live Messenger, the online status circle icon will appear next to users’ names in the view.
See the below msdn blog for more details.
-p
References: http://blogs.msdn.com/lezamax/archive/2008/01/11/crm-4-0-presence.aspx