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CRM 4 – The plugin registration tool won’t build
I have been using CRM 2011 for the past year and I now suddenly have a project which uses CRM 4 and it is very strange going back to CRM 4. Even trying to build the plugin registration tool was totally different. I tried adding the dll’s which is what you usually do in CRM […]
CRM 2011 – Outlook ribbon has gone after CRM 2011 upgrade
September 30, 2011
Recently Metaphorix has upgraded it’s CRM version from CRM 4 to CRM 2011, I should I upgraded the versions. I found that some people who had been using older versions of outlook would find they had no Ribbon after the outlook CRM upgrade. The reason for this was a registry setting which isn’t deleted. To […]
CRM 2011 – N:N relationships and advanced finds quirks
September 30, 2011
I was trying to set up a new entity and link it to a contact. The example in this case was they wanted to have a Language Entity which they could add languages to a contact. They would then want to search for contacts which had certain languages. I set up my new language entity […]
CRM 2011 – CRM in outlook is greyed out
September 23, 2011
I had someone call me today saying they were working from home and when they opened outlook the CRM parts of it were greyed out. It seemed that CRM was unavailable. hmmmm I did first check the user hadn’t had their CRM roles removed, which might explain why they couldn’t view anything, although it didn’t […]
CRM 2011 – repair install failed half way through
September 22, 2011
if you read my previous blog post you will have seen that I finished the story by saying it had fixed everything. Well real life installing, uninstalling and configuring Microsoft CRM 2011 is rarely that straight forward. I ended up with another error I had never seen and left me scratching my head I have […]
CRM 2011 – CRM has stopped dead – Business Management Error: The user ID associated with the current user is not valid
September 22, 2011
I had a heart stopping moment today when I tried to log into CRM 2011 I gave me a weird error message below Business Management Error: The user ID associated with the current user is not valid This was a completely new error to me. I started doing some digging and found the CRM async […]
CRM 2011 Tools – SiteMap Editor and Ribbon Editor
September 21, 2011
I have two excellent CRM 2011 tools to recommend today, they will save yosu a lot of time and make configuring the SiteMap and the Ribbon much easier. Editing the sitemap is quite a time consuming task because you have to export the sitemap, makes changes to the xml files and then import the changes. […]
CRM 2011 – Outlook Synchronizing exception of type ‘Sytstem.OutOfMemoryException’
September 20, 2011
I got an error today when synchronizing my outlook and going offline for the first time. It’s always a bit scary going offline and it’s a terrible call to get if you have a customer who is having trouble with going offline. I got this error when it was trying to bring down the customizations. […]
CRM 2011 – How to add Find columns to an entity search
September 20, 2011
This is something I often forget where and how to configure this. I know it’s somewhere in the Views but always forget which view for the entity I need to change If you don’t know what I’m taking about a Find column is the a column you can search for when you are searching an […]
Free Office 365 ebook
September 19, 2011
If you have just signed up for Office 365 then you might need some help getting used to it. hopefully a free ebook can help you on your way, which I read on this blog you can download the ebook by clicking the link below Microsoft Office 365: Connect and Collaborate Virtually Anywhere, Anytime below […]
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About the Hosk
I'm a Dynamics CRM Developer - Consultant based in Birmingham, UK.
Certifications
CRM 4.0 Applications
CRM 4.0 Customization and Configuration
CRM 4.0 Installation and Deployment
CRM 4.0 Extending Microsoft Dynamics
September 30, 2011
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