PFE Dynamics at "The Big Easy"– Convergence 2013
For those attending Convergence next week, I wanted to let you know that we will have members of the PFE Dynamics team there presenting some great content. In addition, make sure to follow...
View ArticleMicrosoft CRM Online Performance Tips & Tricks – Part 2
In this post I'll be discussing the second part of troubleshooting and tuning performance with CRM Online. In my last blog post, Microsoft CRM Online Performance Tips & Tricks - Part 1, I...
View ArticleUR12/Polaris Changes to Dynamics CRM 2011 Async Maintenance Jobs
In earlier articles, we provided details on Dynamics CRM 2011's internal maintenance operations performed regularly by the CRM Asynchronous Service. With the release of Update Rollup 12/Polaris there...
View ArticlePodcast and Overview: Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 Update Rollup 13
We're proud to announce that all packages for Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 Update Rollup 13 were released on Wednesday, March 27th, 2013 to the Microsoft Download Center! We plan on releasing the...
View ArticleDynamics Convergence 2013 Wrap Up & The CRM Community
Hey all – We had another fantastic turn out at Convergence this year and our PFE team always appreciates the connections and putting faces to names. This year as Shawn Dieken, Brandon Kelly, Chip...
View ArticleVirtualization – free Q&A sessions by Microsoft
Almost all customers I work with are using virtualization in some fashion with Microsoft CRM. While not specific to CRM, I wanted to pass along this opportunity to learn more about Hyper-V and the...
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How to find which Active Directory security groups belong to your CRM deployment
Have you tried to locate the Active Directory security groups that belong to your Dynamics CRM deployment only to find results like this? First off, why would you ever get results like this? Dynamics...
View ArticleCode Review: Refactored Handling of Plug-in Pre-Image Attribute Values
During a recent Dynamics CRM 2011 code review engagement, I noticed a pattern being implemented repeatedly throughout the customer's plug-in library. This library was in desperate need of a refactor in...
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CRM 2011 Performance: Take advantage of better query performance for your...
Hey everyone, as many of you may know we made some pretty big changes to how CRM retrieves data from SQL server, starting in UR10. Part of this was adding various measures and statistics to change the...
View ArticleUR12 improves onchange event behavior of checkbox control
Raise your hand if you've formatted a two-option field on a Dynamics CRM entity form as a checkbox. Keep it raised if you've implemented client-side form logic triggered by changes to that field. Now,...
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Dynamic Activity Reporting using FetchXML
In a previous post I wrote about some of the differences and limitations around custom reporting in Microsoft Dynamics CRM, specifically of using FetchXML vs. the SQL Filtered Views. Because CRM Online...
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Azure Mobile + JavaScript + WebResources = Easy Editing of OrgDBOrgSettings...
Project and Download URL: http://orgDbOrgSettings.codeplex.com What are orgDbOrgSettings you ask? They work similar to registry settings but they’re stored in the CRM database instead of in a given...
View ArticleDynamics CRM 2013 – formerly codename: “Orion”
If you haven’t heard yet, there have been some recent disclosures in the Dynamics CRM world – you may recall the next version of Dynamics CRM was code named Orion – it now has officially been named...
View ArticlePodcast and Overview: Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 Update Rollup 14
We're proud to announce that all packages for Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 Update Rollup 14 were released on Thursday, July 11th, 2013 to the Microsoft Download Center! The Update Rollup 14 packages...
View ArticleMicrosoft Dynamics CRM / Dynamics 365 Updates: Release Dates, Build Numbers,...
Note: The Updates documented in this blog for: Microsoft Dynamics 365 (v9.X) Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2016 / Microsoft Dynamics 365 (v8.X) Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2015 Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2013...
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CRMInTheField articles now available in Japanese!
Looking for CRMInTheField articles in Japanese? If so, I have great news for you! A friend and colleague, Kenichiro Nakamura, has been translating many of our CRMInTheField articles in Japanese. Ken...
View ArticleDefer Database Updates Installing CRM 2011 Update Rollups
Calling all CRM admins – here’s a tip you’ll want to bookmark for your next round of update rollups. Dynamics CRM 2011 Update Rollup executable packages automatically process and update the...
View ArticleCRM Sandbox Plugin Issues fixed in .NET 4.0 KB 2872041
NOTE: This blog was updated on 7/25/2012: As some of you commented the binaries were missing from the KB article posted, the patches are now available for download within the KB apologies for any...
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Dynamics CRM 2011 UR11 Critical Update: What you need to know
On July 27th, 2013 the Dynamics CRM team released a critical update for CRM 2011 targeted on the Update Rollup 11 codebase. The critical update can be downloaded here:...
View ArticleScript errors when adding documents via the SharePoint integration CRM UR12+
As you may know, Dynamics CRM 2011 has the ability to embed a SharePoint document library within certain record types. After applying update rollup 12 most of us will likely want to take advantage of...
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