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Importing Data from Salesforce.com to Microsoft CRM Online - Part 1
I am cross posting this blog from the CRM blog site as it is specific to CRM Online. -eBoo I am hoping you are already following the series of blogs describing on how to use the new Import Data Wizard in the Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online Service Update Read More...
How to Configure Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online E-mail Router with Exchange Online.
The following article demonstrates how to configure the CRM Online E-mail Router to use Microsoft Exchange Online. I will be posting another blog on how to support "E-mail to Case" using the Router configuration below. -Eric Microsoft has released the Read More...
Mobile Express URL for CRM Online Customers
As part of the CRM Online November Service Update, Mobile Express is provided to all CRM Online customers free of charge. To configure Mobile Express navigate to Settings…Customizations…Customize Mobile Express. Select what CRM entities and attributes Read More...
Parsing Full Name Into Separate Name Fields
Assume you are going to import Contacts into CRM using the Import Wizard. The file you are going to import has the Contact full name in 1 column. When attempting to import the Contacts using the Import Wizard you will receive an message that the Full Read More...
CRM Sample Data – Product Fix
Have you imported the CRM Sample Data (YES, it works with CRM Online) and tried to add products to an opportunity? Nothing there! You look and see the products have been imported but notice the warning: There are 295 products added as a part of the sample Read More...
Making Your Existing Email Address Your Windows Live ID
Let’s say you want to invite your new users to CRM Online using their corporate email address, however you are not sure if their corporate email address is their Windows Live ID (WLID). Why would I do this? Well if you send the invite to a Windows Live Read More...
Auto-unsubscribe in CRM Online
In Microsoft Dynamics CRM there is a feature to automatically set the Do Not Email flag for a contact if the click on an Unsubscribe link in a CRM generated email. In order to enable this functionality, navigate to Settings > Administration > System Read More...
Synchronizing and the Offline Client
One of the great features provided by Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online is the ability to take the application offline (i.e. work on a plane). This capability is made possible by our S+S (software+services) vision of leveraging the best of services (CRM Online) Read More...
Achieving Single Sign On with CRM Online
My company uses Active Directory for Authentication but CRM Online uses Windows Live ID. How can I have single sign on if there are 2 different logins. The answer is quite simple. Load the CRM Online Outlook client and during the configuration process Read More...
Copying Attributes from one Entity to Another
NOTE: THIS IS AN UNSUPPORTED MEANS OF CUSTOMIZING THE ENTITY. I WILL INVESTIGATE A SUPPORTED SCENARIO AND MODIFY THIS POST. I have been asked many times, “If I customize this entity can I simply copy the attributes to another entity or do I need to create Read More...
Updated Server to Server Authentication Documentation
NOTE: The information presented below is NOT in the SDK currently available for download or online . This update was posted on the Microsoft CRM Development Forum on April 7th. The following updated information applies to version 4.0.8 of the Microsoft Read More...
Using OCS with Dynamics CRM Online
One of the great benefits of Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online is the integration with Microsoft Office. Microsoft Office is so widely used that it's hard to see why you ever chose a CRM system that was not integrated with it. A key benefit is being able Read More...
Navigating Between Multiple CRM Online Organizations
I created the video below to demonstrate how to a user that is assigned to multiple CRM Online orgs (with the same WLID) can quickly navigate between them without having to log in and out of each org. The video says it all but it basically utilizes the Read More...
Reassigning Records in Bulk
In Microsoft CRM you can reassign all records assigned to a user by Opening the User record, in the menu bar click Actions…Reassign Records… The assignment process will be facilitated just as the regular reassignment functionality at the CRM record level Read More...
Option to use CRM forms in Outlook
I wanted to write a quick post to clarify a setting in the Microsoft Dynamics CRM outlook client.  Once you install the Outlook client you can set a number of personal options ( Image 2 ) by clicking on CRM in the Outlook menu bar and selecting Options Read More...
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