Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online Team Blog : Windows Live ID

Making Your Existing Email Address Your Windows Live ID

Eric Boocock — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 00:02:00 GMT

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)

Service Accounts - Non-Interactive Users

JonWhite — Mon, 18 May 2009 19:39:58 GMT

A non-interactive user is a user account in Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online that can access the system but only via the web service layer. Essentially, that user can not use the user interface. Service accounts are used to access CRM Online using the service...(read more)

Navigating Between Multiple CRM Online Organizations

Eric Boocock — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 01:06:00 GMT

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)

Microsoft Dynamics March Service Update – Authentication

JonWhite — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 00:52:32 GMT

Who are you ? With the March Service update for Dynamics CRM Online , we have a few additions to the authentication programming model that enables more scenario’s and is more secure. If you recall from an earlier post , I discussed some of...(read more)

Updating a Windows Live ID in CRM Online

Eric Boocock — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 02:04:00 GMT

What happens when you invite a user using their work email address and they have a separate Windows Live ID? The user will receive the invitation and click on the link to accept and be directed to the CRM Online sign-in page. If the user attempts to enter...(read more)

Windows Live ID

JonWhite — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 03:41:58 GMT

Windows Live ID is the authentication tool that is part of the Windows Live Service. With it you get free email, blog page, photo galleries, document storage, and more. Social networking tools such as Groups are also available. Groups allow you to invite...(read more)

Using Active Directory for authentication to CRM Online and MS Online Services

bgalicia — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 23:31:31 GMT

Microsoft is now offering a Community Technology Preview of Microsoft Services Connector —a new Windows Server® component that seamlessly connects Active Directory users to a suite of Live services and Microsoft Online Services (including CRM...(read more)

Logging Windows Live ID support requests

Eric Boocock — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 03:37:45 GMT

It has come to our attention that in a few instances users have had problems creating a Windows Live ID. This is an issue for us as it is the means of authentications for Microsoft Dynamics CRM Live. If you experience problems signing up for...(read more)

First steps to getting started with Microsoft Dynamics CRM Live

Kevin Williamson — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 00:46:48 GMT

There's a very nice article for those who are brand new to CRM Live. This walks you through the basic set up steps of a new CRM Live org. The article covers topics like: Selecting a System Administrator Setting a base currency Inviting new...(read more)

Explaining Windows Live ID usage in Web Applications

JonWhite — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 22:25:00 GMT

High Level explanation of how Windows Live ID works. If you are using a web application that uses Windows Live, such as Microsoft Dynamics CRM Live, you might be wondering, how does authentication work. The first step in the process is that the web application...(read more)