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Activating your Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online Subscription
For prospects/customers wanting to activate their subscription from one offer to another here is the process to do so.  Example scenarios where this would apply: 30-day trial to Professional or other offers you were made eligible for R3 subscription Read More...
Installing the CRM Online Outlook Client via SMS
The purpose of this post is to provide some guidance and resources for creating a SMS-based installation routine for the CRM Outlook client. First and foremost, make sure you are downloading the CRM Outlook client that is specific to CRM Online.  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...
Provisioning ‘unique names’ changes in the next update for Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online
Matt Cooper recently posted a great summary of a change that will be occurring in the next update for Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online. If you have done any development against your unique URL (https://<orgname>.crm.dynamics.com) or have deployed the Read More...
August 2009 edition of the Statement of Direction
The August 2009 edition of the Statement of Direction (SoD) white paper is now available. This updated document outlines the future direction of Microsoft Dynamics CRM (On-premise & Online) through to the next major release, Microsoft Dynamics CRM 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...
Synchronizing CRM Contacts I DO NOT own to my Outlook
I was challenged with this task back in the 3.0 days. It is great that CRM automatically syncs my CRM contacts to Outlook. “What happens when multiple users have the same Outlook contact and try to track in CRM?” Well if the Contact has already been tracked Read More...
CRM Online product suggestions
Did you know that you can submit CRM Online specific product suggestions for consideration in a future service update? The connect site allows you to create new and/or rate existing suggestions.   Make your opinion count! Give us your product suggestions 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...
eService Accelerator for CRM Online - Video
The Accelerators for Microsoft Dynamics CRM provided additional functionality for your CRM application. Please see the below links if you are not already familiar with them. I’m did some research into modifications to the eService Accelerator to work 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...
CRM Implementation Guide Now on TechNet
Looks like our content / documentation teams have made the CRM 4.0 Implementation Guide (IG) available on TechNet.  The IG is comprised of 3 major areas: Planning Guide Installing Guide Operating and Maintaining Guide There are numerous supporting Read More...
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