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Thursday, December 28, 2006 1:29 PM

Cascading Lookups in Microsoft CRM

Technorati tags: Microsoft CRM One of my most frequest asks of the CRM Product Development team is cascading lookups. So if I select an account, only show me the contacts assoicated with that account. Or one I just did last week, was only show me the
Posted by Ben Vollmer | 7 Comments
Tuesday, December 26, 2006 4:48 PM

Building Parking Stickers

So, I am a little bit redneck ... Ok... A LOT redneck. So Customer Effective out of Greenville, SC sent me a screen shot of the parking sticker that they need to put in their cars for their parking lot. This proves that they are at least as redneck as
Posted by Ben Vollmer | 2 Comments
Friday, December 22, 2006 7:11 PM

ZDNet.com - Pick's Up CRM's Code Name...

Mary Jo Foley is doing a series on Microsoft Code Names for upcoming releases. She did get one of the links wrong... The correct link to the CRM Team's blog post on Code Names. The correct link is: http://blogs.msdn.com/crm/archive/2006/08/28/728400.aspx
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Thursday, December 21, 2006 9:58 AM

eBook from Eloqua

What key factors increase the odds of creating better sales leads, ultimately resulting in long-term, happy and profitable customers? Find out in a complimentary eBook from award winning blogger and author Brian Carroll. Download it now. http://myleads.eloqua.com/?elqPURLPage=888
Posted by Ben Vollmer | 1 Comments
Thursday, December 21, 2006 7:42 AM

Nominations for Pinnacle Awards @ Convergence 2007 - Ends January 15th

The Convergence 2007 Pinnacle Awards will recognize, honor, and celebrate customers that have achieved outstanding success with their Microsoft solutions as well as Microsoft partners’ solutions. There are three categories for the Convergence Pinnacle
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Monday, December 18, 2006 10:03 AM

Partner Event: MSDN Subscription Benefits for Dynamics Partners

This is one of two sessions that Tara Walker, Ryan Kaul, Mike Crigler and I are doing for Dynamics Partners. In this event, partners will learn what valuable tools and applications are available to them via the MSDN subscription. Learn how to take advantage
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Tuesday, December 12, 2006 10:29 AM

Using Run As with Windows Vista to show CRM's Security Model

Technorati tags: Microsoft CRM , Demo Tools If you are using the VPC we released in May, you can use this blog post to allow you to be able to use CRM as two web clients at the same time and show how different users have different views of the system.
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Wednesday, December 06, 2006 9:12 PM

Partner Training - Small Business Specialist Certification

Microsoft and New Horizons are offering a 3 hour Exam Cram , directly after which you can take the exam that’s required for the Small Business Specialist Community. Get it all done in one shot by attending one of our two scheduled sessions in McLean,
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Wednesday, December 06, 2006 1:56 PM

Renaming the Areas in Microsoft CRM

In my areas I cover, we use Microsoft CRM for a bunch of un orthodox uses. This includes things like Government Contractors, Not for Profits, etc. use CRM for tracking any number of things. As such the "module" areas we have defined do not work for them.
Posted by Ben Vollmer | 5 Comments
Tuesday, December 05, 2006 1:19 PM

Customer Offer - For Customers Switching to Microsoft CRM from salesforce.com

Get up to 10 additional user licenses for switching to Microsoft Dynamics™ CRM. With the Microsoft Dynamics CRM Switcher offer, current Salesforce.com customers can get either 5 free seats of Microsoft Dynamics CRM 3.0 Professional with a purchase of
Posted by Ben Vollmer | 0 Comments

Attachment(s): Switch_to_MSCRM offer sheet.pdf
Tuesday, December 05, 2006 7:00 AM

Get Pushed....

I spent some time to day with Jim Stout, the CEO of Invoke Systems . He asked a question, and typical of the way I do things, I told him the answer was on the blog... And that it was easier to get pushed information that pull it down... :-) Well Community
Posted by Ben Vollmer | 6 Comments
Tuesday, December 05, 2006 1:38 AM

Want a Free Shirt?

So I am cleaning my office out. Not becuase I am getting fired, rather, we are trying a new sleep system with the six week old. I get the first shift, which runs from 8 pm to midnight and Beth gets the second shift from midnight to about 6:00. I then
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Friday, December 01, 2006 5:13 PM

Microsoft CRM Training Boot Camps - Atlanta and Washington, DC

You need to register by January 1st for these classes to make sure you get in on time. :-) They have a tendency to sell out... The price/person is $3,134.00 Dynamics CRM Readiness Boot camp will teach your consultants how to use CRM 3.0 to address each
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Friday, December 01, 2006 5:07 PM

Local Event: Momentum Webcast: Redefine Your Customer Relationships with Microsoft CRM 3.0

Every business faces the key challenges of acquiring, servicing, and retaining customers. A strategy that connects all of your customer-facing activities can help you acquire new customers and retain the ones you already have. In this webcast, see how
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Friday, December 01, 2006 4:46 PM

Salesforce Dot Bomb?

I have never read this guy's blog before, but it was interesting reading his perspective on this and his other blogs. He hasn't updated anything since June/July, but it is a good read... :-) Link to Salesforce Dot Bomb?
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Friday, December 01, 2006 4:19 PM

ToolTips for Microsoft CRM 3

I have gotten this request a number of times. We used somethign simliar, but this method here works a ton better than the "hack" we used before. VERY Slick. Link to Microsoft Dynamics CRM Team Blog : Using the attachEvent method to show users context
Posted by Ben Vollmer | 1 Comments
Friday, December 01, 2006 4:15 PM

Microsoft CRM Customer Videos and Testimonials

This was just published. Pretty sweet. Want some real-world examples of how Microsoft Dynamics CRM is helping businesses? Take a few minutes to watch this online video and read some of our customers' stories. You'll find out first-hand how Microsoft Dynamics
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Friday, December 01, 2006 6:05 AM

Update Rollup 1 is available for Microsoft Dynamics CRM 3

Greg mentioned that Rollup 1 was almost available . His team has released Microsoft Dynamics CRM 3.0 Update Rollup 1 for Server and Sales for Outlook. This Update Rollup makes it very easy for customers to update their Microsoft Dynamics CRM 3.0 systems
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Friday, December 01, 2006 5:57 AM

Microsoft CRM V3c Release Date Set - Full Compatabilty with Vista and Office 2007

Now that partners get access to 2007 and Vista, I have been getting this question at least once a day. The guys over at Sonoma Partners blog about it as does Matt . Well according to Christian, the date of availability will be December 22nd. Yeah!!!!
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