The new Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online “Import Data Wizard” supports .csv, .txt and .xml file format for source data input. It also supports upload of multiple files in one Import session in compressed file format (.Zip). A .zip file can include files...

With great success on 1st xRM Acceleration Lab in Chicago last Dec’09, we are ready to host our second xRM Acceleration Lab from 24 to 28 May’10 at the Platform Adoption Center on the Redmond Campus in Washington state. We will be presenting Executive...

Between Saturday, April 24 th and Tuesday, April 27 th members of the CRM Research and Development Team will be hosting a series of discussion groups and forward-looking research sessions at the Atlanta Convention Center for Convergence 2010. During these...

Today is a major milestone in the development of  the next generation of Microsoft Dynamics CRM , code named “CRM5” as we are pleased to announce the availability of the Community Technical Preview 3 (CTP3) for this release.  This CTP is primarily...

Our friends on the Microsoft Forefront Server Protection team are conducting research to understand what applications you would like to protect, and how you would like them protected. One of the applications they are soliciting feedback on is Microsoft...

I am sure you are following the series of blogs introducing you to Import Data Wizard of Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online November 2009 Service update . This blog will help you with importing records having references to other records. These “other records...

The CRM E 2 team is pleased to announce the release of two complementary documents, a white paper and a build guide, related to Sharing Data across Microsoft Dynamics CRM Deployments . The white paper provides an overview of the levels of integration...

Our guest blogger today is CRM MVP Aaron Elder with some of his characteristic “forward looking” observations. Architect. Microsoft .NET 4.0 is almost upon us and should be released in the next couple weeks (April 12 th , 2010). There are so many cool...

One of the most common IT projects for business application developers is integration solutions between multiple systems. In the CRM world it is not uncommon to see integrations to/from various application and services such as ERP systems, social networks...

Check out the most popular content and community areas available to help you create the perfect experience for your business. This is usually the most popular handout we provide at conferences and now you have it without the long plane trip. ...

CRM MVP Joel Lindstrom, a Solutions Consultant for CustomerEffective , blogs about Mobile Express solutions. I have found myself using Dynamics CRM Mobile Express fairly frequently lately.  I’ve been away from the office and had to address cases...

Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online has released November 2009 Service update . One of the key delivered features was the enhanced Import Data Wizard . You are probably already familiar with importing data into Microsoft Dynamics CRM using various file types...

Guest blogger and CRM MVP Donna Edwards talks about a tip to help you customize reports and documents for your customers. Many organizations appreciate the ability to generate ‘branded’ Quotes, Orders, Invoices and other Customer related documents from...

The Windows Embedded and Windows Mobile teams have finalized the transition of the enterprise vertical device business to Windows Embedded. Microsoft is committed to this market and with this transition will have one organization focusing on the enterprise...

The conference gala is certainly here. The Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference (WPC 2010) is coming to Washington, D.C. this year on July 11-15, 2010. If you are building some great solutions on Microsoft technologies, make sure you nominate your organization...

I was thinking about this over the weekend and decided to share some of my ideas and insights with you. So here is my top ten list of reasons to attend Convergence 2010 : 10 – Atlanta is a cool place to visit. 9 – Southern food/hospitality can’t be beat...

Convergence 2010 , the premier Microsoft Dynamics conference is here shortly (April 24-27) and this year the event is organized a little differently, beginning on a weekend and with a virtual partner day. If you are thinking about attending Convergence...

We recently discovered that in the current CRM Online signup there were cases where our default scenario did not work as planned. When the user enters his/her Windows Live ID (WLID), the first name and last name of the signup account for the new organization...

If you read German you may have caught some exciting news coming from Bonn, Germany and directly from CeBIT (Hanover). Microsoft and Deutsche Post   announced a strategic marketing partnership for hosted CRM services that enables businesses to access...

Views allows you to display data in Microsoft Dynamics CRM in a customized manner, designed for the way you work. Creating them is easy and only requires a few clicks. The types of views include system and personal. Each entity has different system views...