Microsoft Dynamics CRM UK Blog

CRM news and views from Simon Hutson

So Long, Farewell, Auf Wiedersehen, Goodbye

After 10 fantastic years working with Microsoft Dynamics CRM, it is finally time for me to move on...

Author: Simon Hutson Date: 07/04/2014

Microsoft UK Apprenticeship Scheme 2014

The Grand Wazoo… Slightly off-topic, but I just found out that applications are still open...

Author: Simon Hutson Date: 06/04/2014

What Is The Microsoft & Salesforce.com Partnership All About?

Give Life Back To Music… Over this weekend I’ve been reflecting on what the partnership actually is,...

Author: Simon Hutson Date: 06/02/2014

CRM Magazine 2014 Service Awards

Good Times… It’s taken a while, but “The Times They Are A Changing”. CRM Magazine has just announced...

Author: Simon Hutson Date: 03/07/2014

Dynamics CRM Spring Wave Training Blitz

At Last I Am Free… Are you a Microsoft Dynamics CRM partner? Then this training on 8th/9th...

Author: Simon Hutson Date: 03/07/2014

Microsoft Dynamics Convergence 2014 Atlanta

My Feet Keep Dancing… Just a quick post to let you know that you are able to register for...

Author: Simon Hutson Date: 03/07/2014

CRM 2013 eLearning Course

Rebels Are We… Thanks to my Danish colleague, Jesper Osgaard, for spotting the availability...

Author: Simon Hutson Date: 11/14/2013

Industry Templates For CRM 2013

Strike Up The Band… Last week at Microsoft Convergence EMEA 2013 we announced the imminent...

Author: Simon Hutson Date: 11/14/2013

MOCA or EXPRESSO. What’s Your Mobile CRM?

Est-Ce Que C’est Chic… Announced this morning at the Microsoft Dynamics Convergence...

Author: Simon Hutson Date: 10/23/2013

Next CRMUG Meeting - 28th November 2013

Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah)… Just a quick post to mention the next CRM User...

Author: Simon Hutson Date: 10/23/2013

CRM Social Insights With InsideView

Mr. Never In A Million Years… One of my favourite 3rd-party, add-on solutions for Microsoft...

Author: Simon Hutson Date: 10/22/2013

CRM 2013 UK Launch Events in November 2013

Blue Ocean... Just a quick post to let you know that we are running customer events here in the UK...

Author: Simon Hutson Date: 10/10/2013

CRM 2013 Mobile Client For iPad

Ride Your Pony… Go check the App Store folks-...

Author: Simon Hutson Date: 10/08/2013

CRM 2013 On-Premise Downloads

Illumination Theory… Following on from my previous post, CRM Online Orion Is Now Live, the...

Author: Simon Hutson Date: 10/08/2013

CRM Online Orion Is Now Live

False Awakening Suite… The wait is over. CRM Online 2013 (formerly codenamed...

Author: Simon Hutson Date: 10/07/2013

CRM 2013 Global Premier Event

Gimmie One of Those… On November 4th 2013 at 5pm (GMT), we are hosting an hour long, virtual...

Author: Simon Hutson Date: 09/19/2013

How Far Can You Take xRM?

Bonafide Funk… If you were wondering how you could use Microsoft Dynamics CRM for replacing...

Author: Simon Hutson Date: 09/19/2013

CRM Online Operational Readiness Training

Book Of Thel… Just a quick post to let all our CRM Online partners know about a 1hr...

Author: Simon Hutson Date: 08/16/2013

SFDC On The Back Foot

Hold It Now, Hit It… I just finished watching Kevin Turner (Microsoft Chief Operating...

Author: Simon Hutson Date: 07/10/2013

Introducing Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2013

No Sleep ‘Till Brooklyn… Last week (Tuesday 2nd July 2013 to be precise), we announced...

Author: Simon Hutson Date: 07/10/2013

Next CRMUG UK Meeting - 16th May 2013

In the Presence of Enemies - Part I… The title really says it all, but the next CRM User...

Author: Simon Hutson Date: 03/28/2013

Just How Big Is MarketingPilot?

Didjital Vibrations… To paraphrase the late, great Douglas Adams from his book...

Author: Simon Hutson Date: 03/26/2013

Thoughts on Convergence 2013

634-5789… Although I wasn’t able to be there in-person, all the sessions from this...

Author: Simon Hutson Date: 03/26/2013

A Sample CRM Project Scoping / Initiation Document

Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa Sad Song… Mark Margolis, one of my CRM Pre-Sales colleagues here in the UK,...

Author: Simon Hutson Date: 03/26/2013

Microsoft Dynamics CRM Windows 8 Concept Demo

Festival De Ritmo… A couple of months ago I saw a Windows 8 “CRM for Sales”...

Author: Simon Hutson Date: 12/03/2012

CRM “Polaris” Beta Preview Programme

Tower Of Inspiration… If you are interested in additional information about the upcoming...

Author: Simon Hutson Date: 11/30/2012

UPDATED CRM Online “Polaris” Release (Q4 2012) Details

The Attack On Rue Plumet… Earlier this week we made some training courses available within...

Author: Simon Hutson Date: 11/16/2012

Microsoft Partners With Moxie Software.

Do You Hear The People Sing… Last week we announced a partnership with Moxie Software to...

Author: Simon Hutson Date: 11/15/2012

Why Won’t CRM 2011 Charts Display?

A Little Fall Of Rain.. This issue cropped up a couple of times in the last month, so I figured it...

Author: Simon Hutson Date: 11/06/2012

Building A CRM Demo For Financial Services (Part 2)

Good Vibrations… Following on from my previous post Building A CRM Demo For Financial...

Author: Simon Hutson Date: 08/17/2012

New Pre-Sales Technical Specialist Accreditation

Empty Chairs At Empty Tables… I was surfing the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference web...

Author: Simon Hutson Date: 08/16/2012

Building A CRM Demo For Financial Services (Part 1)

Bring Him Home… For more than 6 years I have been selling Microsoft Dynamics CRM to a wide...

Author: Simon Hutson Date: 08/15/2012

Demo Outlook Client Not Connecting

I Dreamed A Dream… The other day, one of my colleagues rebuilt their demo laptop with our...

Author: Simon Hutson Date: 08/03/2012

CRM Online Steps Closer To Office 365

Try A Little Tenderness… Yesterday (Thursday 19th July 2012), we took another step towards...

Author: Simon Hutson Date: 07/20/2012

Microsoft Dynamics UK Financial Year End

How Deep Is Your Love… Regular readers of my blog have probably noticed a distinct lack of...

Author: Simon Hutson Date: 07/20/2012

CRM Online Discovery Web Service Changes For Office 365

The Wind Blew Them All Away… I was just browsing through the CRM SDK when I spotted a change...

Author: Simon Hutson Date: 01/18/2012

Provisioning CRM Online Via The Office 365 Microsoft Online Portal

War At 33 1/3… Just before Christmas, I helped one of my customers sign up and purchase a...

Author: Simon Hutson Date: 01/09/2012

Bulk Creating Windows Live IDs

Bring The Noise… As I mentioned in a previous post, for the time being we will be running CRM...

Author: Simon Hutson Date: 01/06/2012

Introductions

Hi everyone! My name is Marco Amoedo and I am the new CRM Partner Technology Advisor in the UK. My...

Author: M. Amoedo Date: 12/28/2011

CRM Online Bulk User Management

I Ain’t Mad At All… In my previous post I talked about CRM Online moving to the same...

Author: Simon Hutson Date: 12/14/2011

CRM Online Now Live On OSDP

Aintnuttin Buttersong… Earlier this year we announced that Microsoft Dynamics CRM online...

Author: Simon Hutson Date: 12/13/2011

Plug-Ins For Calculated Fields

Boom, Shake The Room… It has been all go here in the UK CRM Enterprise Sales team, so I...

Author: Simon Hutson Date: 12/13/2011

Building Silverlight Apps For CRM

Get Down On It… Although I have posted several CRM code-samples on my blog, I don’t...

Author: Simon Hutson Date: 10/04/2011

Tracking Activity History

22 Acacia Avenue… For a recent client demo, I needed to build a dashboard that would identify...

Author: Simon Hutson Date: 09/27/2011

Automating CRM 2011 Security Rules With Plug-Ins

Secret Messages… Following on from my previous post (Using Plug-Ins To Modify Views), I...

Author: Simon Hutson Date: 07/08/2011

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