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How to Create a Silverlight Web Resource that Interacts with CRM 2011 Forms
Scenario: The CRM users need the ability to retrieve, update, and Save form data from within a custom page on the CRM Form. To accomplish this request we will be developing a Silverlight Web Resource....
View ArticleRestoring a CRM database from SQL Enterprise to Standard
As many of us know, one of the new features of CRM 2011 is auditing functionality out of the box. As part of this auditing functionality, CRM 2011 will automatically create a partition in SQL...
View ArticlePodcast and Overview: Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 Update Rollup 3
We're proud to announce that Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 Update Rollup 3 released Thursday July 28th, 2011! On Friday July 29, 2011 at 11 AM Pacific Daylight Time, Greg Nichols and Mike Gast from the...
View ArticleCRM Outlook Client – Network/Bandwidth Concerns
I recently worked with a CRM 4.0 customer that was experiencing CRM outages due to their CRM Outlook clients in one location consuming a large amount of bandwidth. CRM Outlook clients do transmit and...
View ArticleCRM 2011 Outlook Client Configuration – XML Configuration File Tip
If you're attempting a command line CRM 2011 Outlook client installation using an XML configuration file, you may run into the following error: 12:12:46| Info| Client Configuration Wizard Running...
View ArticleCRM 2011: Silently Installing Update Rollups
Many of my customers like to install CRM Outlook client update rollups silently in order to limit end-user interruption. It is possible to silently install Update Rollups. I've listed the necessary...
View ArticleCRM 2011 Outlook Synchronization Process
Over the past few years, several Microsoft CRM 4.0 White Papers have been produced that cover both Outlook synchronization, as well as Offline synchronization. You can find these white papers at the...
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Displaying the GUID of the record selected using the parameter and displaying...
One of my customers wanted to pass the GUID of the selected record(s) and the current user’s GUID in CRM’s grid view to a custom web page. CRM 2011 allows you to customize the Ribbon for both the Forms...
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Error message “Assembly must be registered in isolation” when registering...
I had a customer run into the error message “Assembly must be registered in isolation” when trying to register a CRM 2011 plugin. We found this error was being thrown because the user was not a...
View ArticleOverview: Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 Update Rollup 19
We're delighted to announce that Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 Update Rollup 19 released Thursday August 25th,2011! Note regarding Podcasts: Going forward, as Update Rollups for Microsoft Dynamics CRM...
View ArticleReminders not working with Outlook 2010 SP1 and CRM 2011–Fix Available
I recently received a new laptop from Microsoft, all pre-loaded and ready to use. I configured Outlook, configured CRM, restored some files and started to use my new machine. However, I had one very...
View ArticlePodcast and Overview: Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 Update Rollup 4
We're proud to announce that Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 Update Rollup 4 released Thursday Sept. 22nd,2011! On Friday Sept. 23rd, 2011 at 9 AM Pacific Daylight Time, Greg Nichols and Mike Gast from...
View ArticleCRM Online Performance: EnableRetrieveMultipleOptimization
Update: Note that with the introduction of UR10 for CRM 2011, there have been some changes to the EnableRetrieveMultipleOptimization (ERMO) setting. See the updated KB article here:...
View ArticleOverview: Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 Update Rollup 20
We're delighted to announce that Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 Update Rollup 20 released Thursday November 10th,2011! Note regarding Podcast: Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 Update Rollup 20 was discussed...
View ArticleError when installing CRM 2011 on a new server that’s part of a Network Load...
One of my customers has a CRM 2011 IFD (Internet Facing Deployment) on a NLB (Network Load Balancing) environment. IFD and NLB were setup and configured correctly. The customer wanted to install a new...
View ArticlePodcast and Overview: Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 Update Rollup 5
We're proud to announce that Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 Update Rollup 5 released Tuesday Oct. 25th,2011! On Wednesday Oct. 26th, 2011 at 8 AM Pacific Daylight Time, Greg Nichols and Ryan Anderson...
View ArticleCRM Online Performance Troubleshooting Ideas
The CRM Online performance topics listed below are general ideas that should be considered when working through performance issues. I will do my best to update this blog entry with new content when it...
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Caveats of Setting the Maximum File Size limits for attachments in CRM 2011
CRM 2011 has a configurable setting where you can set the “Maximum file size limit for attachments”. This is under the Email tab of the System Settings (see screenshot below). Although this setting...
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How to Enable WCF Tracing for the CRM 2011 Outlook Client
Recently I was working with a customer on some CRM 2011 Outlook client performance issues where I needed to inspect the data sent between the client and server. With CRM 4.0 I would use Fiddler to...
View ArticlePremier Field Engineering–Dynamics
I wanted to take a quick break from all the great technical content being provided here to give more detail on just who exactly is developing this content and where else you might be able to find our...
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