
Throwback Thursdays – The Evolution of Processes, Workflows, and Dialogs
As Microsoft has continued to develop and enhance CRM for Dynamics 365, a few of the areas that they have continuously improved through the years are processes, workflows, and dialogs. In today’s

Understanding Global Option Sets in Dynamics CRM
Global option sets are extremely useful for developing in Dynamics CRM according to best practices in system architecture. In this blog we’ll cover what is an option set and how

How to Create a Copy of a Production Instance in Dynamics CRM Online
Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online provides a sandbox (development and/or test environment) associated with your production CRM environment. You can create a “full” copy, which includes the data or you can also

CRM 2013: Will You Miss Screen Pop-ups and Refreshing on the Sub-grid?
Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2013 has introduced an entirely new user experience that allows users to see everything in a single screen with no pop-ups and no flipping from one screen

Synchronizing Shared CRM Contacts with Outlook
What do you do when more than one CRM user needs to synchronize their Outlook contacts with the same CRM contact record? By default, the CRM Outlook Client is set

How to Uninstall Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 for Outlook Client
There may be a time when you need to uninstall Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 for Outlook from your computer. This can be due to an upgrade or due to a

Activities in CRM 2013
One of the great benefits of the upcoming CRM 2013 release is the reduced number of clicks for adding activities. Everything you want to see is easy to access. This

Duplicate Detection and Security Roles in Dynamics CRM
The duplicate detection functionality in Microsoft Dynamics CRM was developed to help you maintain integrity of your data. You can configure duplicate detection rules for any entity in CRM. The

Resolving JavaScript Dependency Issues in CRM 2011 UR 12 and UR 13
It’s not uncommon when working with large amounts of JavaScript files, whether you’ve created them or are using third party libraries, to run into a dependency issue. It’s a significant

A Tip for Dynamics CRM 2011 Security Roles
Many companies create silos within their data for security reasons. One way to do this is to increase Dynamics CRM security settings to make user-owned records read/write-only. This works, but

How Have Dynamics CRM Activities Changed After the Polaris Release?
You may already know that phone calls and tasks are the most common Dynamics CRM activities. The December 2012 Update for Microsoft Dynamics CRM (a.k.a Polaris) has made adding phone

Dynamics CRM UR 12 – Cannot Convert Lead After Update
Microsoft Dynamics CRM UR 12 is here! Amidst of all the cool new features of UR 12, like process based forms and cross browser support (click here to see more