CRM MVP Michael Höhne is our guest blogger today. You can read more by him on his blog . I don't know about you but I'm using the CRM metadata in almost all of my applications. It may be as simple as the need for an object type code and can be as complex...

Today’s guest blogger is the technical director of AlexaCRM™ and CRM MVP George Doubinski . Follow him at his blog, Georged CRM Blog . Microsoft Dynamics CRM has a number of entities that, in addition to the record id (represented by GUID data type in...

Today our guest blogger is CRM MVP Donna Edwards . Donna is also a moderator on the Microsoft Dynamics CRM forums where she can often be found answering questions and providing professional advice. Here is a simple way to calculate the value of a field...

Do you want to stand apart from other IT personnel? Do you want to demonstrate your expertise with Microsoft Dynamics CRM to colleagues, employers, clients, peers, and –most important – yourself? Have you considered taking the Microsoft Dynamics CRM certification...

CRM MVP Michael Höhne is our guest blogger today. You can read more by him on his blog . You may have noticed that when working with the Execute method of the CRM web service you always get a response, even if it doesn’t contain any data. For instance...

Our guest blogger today is CRM MVP David Jennaway , the technical director of Excitation Ltd , a Microsoft Gold Partner in the UK that specializes in delivering Microsoft Dynamics CRM solutions. This post originated with a conversation I was having with...

Microsoft is bringing new innovations to customer relationship management (CRM) software with Microsoft Dynamics® CRM . It is a flexible CRM solution that fits your people, fits your business, and fits your environment. This document outlines the future...

We are proud to announce that Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 is compatible with Microsoft Windows 7 and Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2. Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 have been released to manufacturing and will be available for customers from October...

Today’s guest blogger is CRM MVP Joel Lindstrom who discusses tips and tricks when working with system entities. Joel blogs at CustomerEffective . As you configure Microsoft Dynamics CRM , one question that frequently arises is should I create a custom...

Today’s guest blogger is CRM MVP Mitch Milam and you can visit his blog at http://blogs.infinite-x.net . Have you ever wondered what your permissions are for a specific CRM record?  If so, then let me show you how to quickly find out. After opening...

CRM MVP Julie Yack is our guest blogger today and talks to us about her experience using Microsoft Dynamics CRM for the XRM Virtual User Group . It is no secret that I am a fan of Microsoft Dynamics CRM.  Not only is it a cool little (ha!) tool,...

The CRM E 2 (Engineering for Enterprise) team is pleased to announce the release of the white paper The Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 Security Model , which represents the core architectural component of the broader CRM E2 Nuts and Bolts article on Security...

It’s been a while since I updated progress on the CRM Accelerators program! There has been a tremendous response to the releases to date and I want to outline our future directions for the program. At the time of writing this blog post we have had 62623...

I’m pleased to announce that the Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 adapter for BizTalk Server now supports BizTalk Server 2009 and the updated adapter is available for immediate public download: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID...

Jerry Weinstock is the Business Development Manager at CRM Innovation a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner. CRM Innovation builds functional enhancements and codeless solutions for Dynamics CRM 4.0. Jerry has been doing implementations since version 1.2...

For CRM developers, aligning the engineering delivery and process quality of their CRM projects can substantially increase overall productivity. In addition, by documenting, communicating, and following a consistent process for implementing CRM in Enterprise...

Microsoft patterns & practices is excited to announce the release of: Developing SharePoint Applications Guidance for building collaborative applications that extend your LOB systems Customer Value SharePoint provides a...

I just wanted to give you a heads-up that Microsoft Learning announced some significant discounts on select Certification Exams today. Select Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS) exams are 15% or 20% off, while Microsoft Certified IT Pro ...

Our guest blogger today is CRM MVP Donna Edwards who blogs regularly here . Ever wonder how to update Closed or Completed CRM records like Activities, Quotes, or Opportunities that are in Completed, Won or Lost status using a supported method that does...