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CRM 2011 – Outlook Synchronisation Process – who wins
Someone asked me to explain exactly how the Synchronisation process worked from outlook to CRM. I wasn’t positive which records would be the last to update, I had a feeling it was the update with the latest time stamp but I wasn’t 100 percent sure. The person didn’t like this answer at all saying you […]
CRM 2011 – adding the CRM Outlook add on in windows 8 needs Windows Identity Foundation manually enabling
October 18, 2012
If you have a new laptop and try and install the CRM 2011 outlook client then you will probably get an error when Outlook tries to use the CRM 2011 discovery service and display the different organisations you can add to outlook. This is what happened Windows 8 installed and Microsoft Office installed I downloaded […]
CRM 2011 – Rollup 10.2 – a rollup of a rollup
October 15, 2012
When I saw there was another CRM rollup and it was called rollup 10 I had a sense of deja vu about the rollup, in fact I was pretty sure I had installed Rollup 10. after a bit of digging around I have found Microsoft have released a updated version of the rollup (why not […]
CRM 2011 – Instructions on installing the Outlook Client Add on
September 21, 2012
One of the benefits of using CRM 2011 is utilizing CRM 2011 inside the outlook client, which makes tracking emails and appointments for CRM records quick and easy. Before you can get these benefits you need to install the CRM Outlook Add in. I have found some great resources on the subject. I would say […]
CRM 2011 – Pending Email warning
March 15, 2012
I was getting the Pending email warning message today when I logged into CRM. This message will appear if you have some emails which haven’t been sent. After a week of this message I finally decided to do something about it, I couldn’t figure out what emails I might have in CRM which wouldn’t have […]
CRM 2011 – Removing an organisation from Outlook
December 5, 2011
I had a Kafka like problem today. I clicked the manage Organisation button in outlook, File -> CRM -> Manage Organisations The problem then appears saying Microsoft Dynamics CRM for Outlook cannot be configured while Microsoft Outlook is running. Close Outlook and try again. These seemed crazy, the manage organisations button is in outlook but […]
CRM 2011 – Adding CRM folders to Outlook favourites
December 1, 2011
The default functionality in CRM 2011 Outlook client doesn’t allow you to CRM folders to the favourites section. This is quite annoying because the CRM folders are held way down the bottom and can take a bit of time to navigate to. There is a KB article from Microsoft which gives instructions on how to […]
CRM 2011 – Outlook add-in installed but not appearing
November 7, 2011
I had installed the outlook Add-In and it had been running for a month or so and then suddenly it stopped appearing in Outlook. The folders weren’t there and non of the functionality was showing. I tried accessing CRM using the browser and the it didn’t give me the message saying I should install 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 – 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 […]
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About the Hosk
I'm a Dynamics CRM Developer - Consultant based in Birmingham, UK.
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