We've just released a new "Developer Ramp up Kit" for developers who want to get up to speed into Dynamics CRM 4.0!. Over the past 18 months, we‘ve conducted dozens of Instructor-Led trainings for our ISVs worldwide to get them ramped up for CRM 4.0 platform (code named “Titan”). The trainings were...

If you want to develop CRM 4.0 Plugings, there's a tool called " Plugin Registration Tool 2.0 " which can help you a lot when you want to register it into CRM Server. So, PluginRegistration tool is an enhanced version of the tool that is published within Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 SDK. You can download...

Microsoft Dynamics™ Mobile , version 1.1 has been released and is available in PartnerSource. With the new release of Microsoft Dynamics™ Mobile , Microsoft Dynamics we now have the opportunity to use the Mobile Development Tools to build end-to-end solutions for Microsoft Dynamics, create vertical...

If you create an AIF Service from scratch (like creating an AX query and generating the WCF Service with the AIF wizard) and then you try to consume it from an external .NET client app, you'll get an error (at least with AX 5.0 CTP3 drop2). On the other hand, you are able to consume, with no problems...

This is a basic tip for developers who are starting with Dynamics AX. So, to find the form class and tables that are used by a functional process (like when you are executing and seeing an AX form), what we need to do first is to find out the form class name. To find the AOT form class name, open that...

In most of the cases, our X++ classes have to be executing within the server (AOS). In a default deployment we're not able to debug server code. To have this Dynamics AX feature, we must enable it in ‘ Microsoft Dynamics AX Server Configuration Utility ’ tool (within 'Administrative Tools' menu)....

In Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 'Titan' we can choose to develop workflows among two types of workflows, but both of them are internally based on WF ( Windows Workflows Foundation , which is part of .NET 3.x ). So, we can choose between the following: - High level workflows with CRM Web client as...

This is an easy one!, but in any case, it is quite useful if you do not know how to find it. :-) So, the default logo image is the following: 1.- The image file is located in the following place: C:\Program Files\Microsoft CRM Server\CRMWeb\_imgs\ masthead.jpg You could copy another image with...

We have released a Dynamics CRM 4.0 Titan CTP3 VPC (Virtual PC image) for any Dynamics partner to download via PartnerSource (requires login). PartnerSource is a portal available to partners who focus on Microsoft Dynamics and related business products. If you are an ISV partner you should contact...

So, this is a really interesting integration aspect between AX and .NET apps. We want to access AX business logic (or data, transactions, etc.) from the .NET world. :-) Requirements Before starting to develop anything, we need to install several required components: In my case, I’ve got a single...

So!!, What am I going to post about?. Well, since I am going to work quite focused on "Dynamics (CRM, NAV & AX) as a Development platform" , I am going to post about it. Especially talking about technical information and technical solutions. What do I mean with "Dynamics (CRM, NAV & AX) as...