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CRM 2011 – A List of CRM 2011 Build and version numbers
I had to figure out what version of CRM 2011 I had installed on my Development environment and it’s always difficult when you have to work this out when all you have is a version number displayed in Deployment manager. I have googled this before and never been able to find a list of the […]
CRM 4 Mainstream support date ends in 2013
February 24, 2012
Donna Edwards who is a CRM MVP and pops up all over the CRM world commenting on forums, facebook, twitter and blogs always with useful bits of information tweeted a very interesting link a while ago about support dates for CRM versions. but before I go into that I recommend you follow Donna via her […]
CRM 2011 – Great list of resources
February 23, 2012
The excellently named blog Mad Computerist has a really good collection of links and resources. They are split up into sections such as installing, plugins, Javascript, reports, tips, tools, etc. it also has links to the rollups The link below will take you to the full list of goodness and it’s worth bookmarking http://madcomputerist.blogspot.com/2011/06/new-features-in-microsoft-dynamics-crm.html a […]
Another blogger (Srikanth Reddy) copies CRM blog posts
February 23, 2012
It seems like the blogger is copying some my blogs and other CRM blogs, so if you are a CRM blogger you might want to check the blog http://srikanthcrm.wordpress.com written by Srikanth Reddy to see if he has copied one of your blog posts. on to the examples Here is my blog http://crmbusiness.wordpress.com/2011/02/17/crm-2011-javascript-xrm-page-basics/ and here is the copy, […]
CRM/NAV Connector – Crm Exception: Message: entity doesn’t contain attribute with Name = ‘name’
February 23, 2012
I have had two very frustrating days wrestling with the connector or to call it by its proper name the Connector for Microsoft Dynamics. I was trying to map Jobs to Contracts, this worked fine, a bit of tinkering to work out what values I needed to put into Contract template lookups but this is […]
CRM 2011 – Rollup 6 still causing some problems
February 22, 2012
I will admit I didn’t download the withdrawn rollup 6 but I do feel sorry for anyone who did and put it on their live system. I was reading Jamie Miley’s blog and he had an interesting post on people still having problems with rollup 6. The blog post is called Update Rollup 6 Causing […]
CRM/NAV Connector – How to map a custom table not included in the standard maps
February 22, 2012
If you use the connector regularly you will eventually want to map a custom table which isn’t covered by the standard maps. To do this in CRM side is easy, you run the configuration utility and add the new entity but to do this in NAV requires a bit more work. The connector works (as […]
CRM/NAV Connector not working after Connector upgrade to V2
February 21, 2012
I was trying to set up a new connector configuration whilst updating an existing connector installation. One of the things I haven’t worked out is to have the connector connecting multiple NAV databases that use different services. When you setup the connector you can only point it at one service in the adapter settings, unfortunately I would […]
Tips on how to become an MVP
February 21, 2012
When the quarterly list of MVP’s is released (new MVP awards and renewals) you might wonder how people are chosen to become an MVP. One thing I would say is Microsoft give the award to people who deserve it, if you look at the list of MVP’s then you see that most of them have written books, have excellent […]
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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
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