Over the last few months, I've presented at three conferences ( Tech Ed, IT Pro, Microsoft's internal Tech Ready ) about building software as a service solution with Microsoft Dynamics CRM. Now that all the conferences are over, I'm making more of this...

Last week we introduced the Event Management Accelerator which is part of the CRM Accelerators for Microsoft Dynamics CRM customers and partners to be released in the next few months, each week we will unveil more details of each accelerator. In this...

Forms, forms, forms… It’s amazing how much manual data entry we still have to do in what is supposed to be an increasingly automated world.  For a data-intensive application like CRM, the way the application presents and requests data...

Is it too early to start talking about what is looking to be a really good PDC ? The keynotes and events scheduled will be very interesting and venue compelling. Here's some cherry-picking from my viewpoint. Chris Anderson and Don Box will be delivering...

Continuing from my previous blog post Client Extensions and Scripting Samples in the SDK Part 1 , I will continue to point out a few of the samples for client extensions and scripting that have been added to the SDK. In Part 1 I covered the following...

We are pleased to announce the release of the first Nuts and Bolts article Offline and Online Synchronization in Microsoft Dynamics CRM , which is designed to: Provide answers to FAQ Offer multiple levels of complementary information to support a broader...

Our Guest Star series continues with Matt Parks , one of our first CRM MVPs and a key figure in the CRM community . One of the many things that was introduced with Dynamics CRM 4.0 is the concept of server roles. Available only with the Enterprise...

Last week we introduced the eService Accelerator which is part of the CRM Accelerators for Microsoft Dynamics CRM customers and partners to be released in the next few months, each week we will unveil more details of each accelerator. In this article...

Girish Raja and I (Ben Riga) just finished up a few videos for Channel 9 to show off the superhuman … super-developer … line-of-business platform power you get when you build your solution on Dynamics CRM.  There are 5 videos we put together...

As part of Microsoft’s CRM strategy to deliver the “Power of Choice” to customers and partners, we offer Microsoft Dynamics CRM in a variety of subscription or ownership models: On-premise: Customers purchase the licenses and run the...

  This just in from guest blogger Mark Rhodes , of the Dynamics CRM User Group (CRMUG). Meet other Microsoft Dynamics CRM user veterans, Microsoft Support resources, and other product specialists at the first CRM User Group Summit , September 22nd...

Guest blogger CRM MVP David Yack talks about what he has been doing in his spare time.  :o) In my spare time (ha!) for the last year I have been working on writing a book targeted to developing applications on CRM 4.0.  Originally, the book...

Last week we introduced the Analytics Accelerator which is part of the CRM Accelerators for Microsoft Dynamics CRM customers and partners to be released in the next few months, each week we will unveil more details of each accelerator. In this article...

Over the last few months, I've presented at 3 conferences ( Tech Ed, IT Pro, ms internal - Tech Ready ) about building software as a service solutions with Microsoft Dynamics CRM. Now that all the conferences are over, I'm making more of this content...

I want to call attention to some of the client extension and scripting samples included in the SDK. There are a number of new capabilities and samples sprinkled throughout documentation. People who have been working with Microsoft CRM for a long time...

David Abraham from Chorus IT brought to our attention a very informative article on their website about how to integrate Microsoft CRM with SharePoint. They have also provided download links to a visual studio project file giving the source code away...

The picture above is the first “computer bug” found in 1945. As a piece of techno-folklore, this was a literal bug! In the past several months since the release of the CRM 4.0, we’ve had the usual stream of customer issues come in through our support...

Last week we introduced the CRM Accelerators program for Microsoft Dynamics CRM customers and partners, each week we will unveil more details of each accelerator. In this article we feature the Analytics Accelerator. Analytics Accelerator – Due...

Here's your chance to test Internet Explorer version 8. As reported in InformationWeek : Microsoft is widening the testing program for the forthcoming Internet Explorer 8 and is actively seeking the public's help in putting the browser through its paces...

CRM 4.0 introduced many changes to the way URLs need to be constructed. In MSCRM 3.0 and earlier, you could simply access a page by using a URL such as ht.tp://<crmserver:port>/default.aspx The introduction of multi-tenancy and CRM Online...