June, 2011

The Microsoft Dynamics CRM Sustained Engineering (SE) team released Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 Update Rollup 18 on Thursday, June 30, 2011. The links below will take you to the necessary information about Update Rollup 18. Microsoft Download Center: http...

I was thinking of some Summer learning opportunities that might interest some of my developer friends. You can try Windows Azure at no cost using the CODE webcastpass and deploy your first app in as little as 30 minutes . So here are some ideas, in no...

The Dynamics CRM User Group (CRMUG®) provides users a wealth of opportunities to learn, network, and share expertise about Microsoft Dynamics CRM. Powered by Dynamic Communities, Inc., CRMUG is an independent community and the only one recognized by Microsoft...

Customer Portal and Partner Relationship Management Portal solutions are the graduated replacements of the portal Accelerators for Microsoft Dynamics CRM. They provide businesses the ability to deliver portal capabilities to their customers and partners...

Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 localizes in 42 languages. On any base language org, one can install language specific MUI packs and have the UI reflect in the language of the user’s choice. When considering global organizations that use MUI packs, the currency...

I am pleased to let you know that the following Managed IT articles are now available via TechNet and MSDN.  As a result, these and future documents will now be available to our audience via MS Downloads, TechNet, and MSDN.  In addition, all...

Our guest blogger today is Gonzalo Ruiz who is a CRM consultant for Avanade Canada . This post is inspired by a popular article by my ex coworker Humberto Lezama G . regarding when to use plugins or workflows for implementing custom logic in Microsoft...

Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 has got exciting new features that help you create custom charts in a few clicks while you are accessing your records. You then see the custom chart as you view your records. The out of the box entity “phone call”...

When you update records using Silverlight and the REST Endpoint for Web resources, unless you have worked around this issue you are updating every field even if the data hasn’t changed. This can lead to the following problems: Potential for data loss...

Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 introduces the capability to create recurring appointment in CRM and its bi-directional synchronization support with Outlook. In this blog I am going to discuss about one of the enhanced capabilities introduced by CRM which...