Scenario: The CRM users need the ability to retrieve, update, and Save form data from within a custom page on the CRM Form.   To accomplish this request we will be developing a Silverlight Web Resource. The Silverlight Web Resource will be displayed...

I had posted a blog article on developing a custom website using the Late-Bound Entity Class. This will use a similar project, but with the Early-Bound entity Classes. One benefit of using Early bound types is that IntelliSense will now work when working...

One of the topics of discussion that can come up during the planning phase for a customers CRM implementation is Business Unit structure and sharing, which leads to the PrincipalObjectAccess (POA) table. As the POA table grows in size due to the sharing...

There are a handful of timeout settings that can affect Dynamics CRM. In most situations the default setting is sufficient for these and they don’t need to be changed, however, there are times (such as during an upgrade) when these might need to...

I wanted to make sure everyone is aware of a really great tool that can be used to measure and improve performance of Dynamics CRM based on the SQL Server. I recently used the tool for a Performance Review service and it worked really well. The tool is...

As many of us know, one of the new features of CRM 2011 is auditing functionality out of the box. As part of this auditing functionality, CRM 2011 will automatically create a partition in SQL specifically for the auditing data. The partition is beneficial...

We're delighted to announce that Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 Update Rollup 18 released Thursday June 30th, 2011! Note regarding Podcasts : Going forward, as Update Rollups for Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 and CRM 2011 will be alternately shipping every...