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January 2010 - Posts

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  xRMvirtual.co.za – South African xRM Chapter Our guest blogger and intrepid reporter is CRM MVP Julie Yack. Julie is also the host of the xRMVirtualUserGroup . A while back Dylan Haskins contacted me about his interest in starting an xRM group in South Africa. If you're reading this, then you... Read More... Published: Friday, January 29, 2010, 10:16 AM Tags: Community, XRM, Guest Star, MVP

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  The Power of Choice and the Firewall Today’s guest blogger is Jerry Weinstock at CRM Innovation a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner with two ISV CRM solutions that are in the cloud – Data2CRM – import and migration manager, Web2CRM – visual designer for Web forms to Microsoft Dynamics CRM... Read More... Published: Thursday, January 28, 2010, 11:36 AM Tags: CRM Basics, crm 4.0, firewall, CRM Online, Guest Star, Tips and Tricks

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  Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 Adapter for Microsoft Dynamics GP Announcing the availability of the Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 Adapter for Microsoft Dynamics GP 10.0 Feature Pack 1 and Software Development Kit (SDK!) The Microsoft Dynamics GP 10 Feature Pack 1 supports International English for organizations interested... Read More... Published: Wednesday, January 27, 2010, 07:56 AM Tags: Downloads, GP, Announcement, Accelerators, International

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  CRM featured on MS.com this week How cool is this? CRM is featured on the Microsoft.com homepage all this week! Check it out at http://microsoft.com (or as always, http://crm.dynamics.com to go straight to the product website). As I understand it, only 20 items are featured per quarter... Read More... Published: Tuesday, January 26, 2010, 09:11 AM Tags: In the news, crm 4.0, Microsoft

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  Importing Data from Salesforce.com to Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online - Part 2 Welcome back, to the second part in series of Importing data from Salesfore.com . In this post I will take you deeper into the mapping details of the two Salesforce.com maps, which I introduced in my earlier post . The out of box Salesforce.com Maps,... Read More... Published: Monday, January 25, 2010, 08:29 AM Tags: Importing, Data Migration, CRM Online, Data Import Wizard

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  Bandwidth testing using CRM Performance Toolkit CRM Performance toolkit (available for download in http://crmperftoolkit.codeplex.com/ ) provides an easy and comprehensive way to test various performance aspects of your CRM implementation. Here, I will brief on how you can use CRM Performance toolkit... Read More... Published: Friday, January 22, 2010, 09:56 AM Tags: Downloads, Toolkit, Performance, crm 4.0, Microsoft

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  Microsoft Dynamics CRM: Convergence 2010 - Atlanta tweetmeme_style = 'compact'; tweetmeme_source = 'MSdynamicsCRM';...( read more ) Read More... Read More... Published: Thursday, January 21, 2010, 10:02 AM Tags: Conference, CRM4, CRM5, CRMUG, Convergence

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  Integrating eMail Marketing & Demand Generation I wanted to share the following Webinar invitation.  Anyone who knows me, knows that Technology Lead Generation is one of my passions, and the ultimate direction of PartnerPoint .  This webcast is on the integration of these types of Demand... Read More... Published: Wednesday, January 20, 2010, 10:56 AM Tags: Training, Webinar, Partners

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  Connectivity and Firewall Port Requirements in On-Premise Deployments   The CRM Engineering for Enterprise aka E 2 team is pleased to announce the release of another component of the broader CRM E 2 Nuts and Bolts article on Security and Authentication in Microsoft Dynamics CRM -  the white paper Connectivity... Read More... Published: Monday, January 18, 2010, 10:33 AM Tags: Downloads, CRM Basics, Implementors, crm 4.0, Enterprise, Documentation, Nuts and Bolts

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  Microsoft Dynamics CRM: Workflow Authoring Best Practices The Microsoft Dynamics CRM workflow engine provides powerful functionality for implementing custom business logic in a CRM deployment. However, it also lends itself to complex problems and design mistakes which can result in expensive maintenance and... Read More... Published: Friday, January 15, 2010, 09:41 AM Tags: CRM Basics, Workflow, Documentation, Customization

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  ISV Utilities for Comparing Customizations and Transferring Configuration Data Learn how to build and use two new powerful tools developed for Microsoft Dynamics CRM. The Customization Comparison Utility lets you compare the customization files between two Microsoft Dynamics CRM systems and the Configuration Data Utility lets you... Read More... Published: Thursday, January 14, 2010, 08:33 AM Tags: Downloads, Toolkit, crm 4.0, Visual Studio, SDK, Customization, Code, C#

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  Internet Leads – How to start and grow your business online Internet Leads are prospective customers interested into your business online. You can use your favorite search engine marketing tools or expertise as a starting point for integration into a CRM solution. Online Lead Generation is a marketing term that... Read More... Published: Wednesday, January 13, 2010, 10:43 AM Tags: Lead Managment, Training, CRM Basics, Marketing, Tips and Tricks

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  Microsoft Dynamics CRM Automatic Customizations Microsoft Dynamics CRM has recently released November 2009 Service update for Microsoft Dynamics CRM online. One of the key features delivered as part of this release is enhanced Import Data Wizard. To familiarize yourself with the new capabilities of... Read More... Published: Monday, January 11, 2010, 09:01 AM Tags: Import Data Wizard, Data Management, Data Migration, Customization, Tips and Tricks, Service Update

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  Microsoft Dynamics CRM – Look How Far It’s Come Our guest blogger today is CRM MVP Donna Edwards who blogs regularly here . Since this is the beginning of a new decade, it seems appropriate to reminisce a little. Reminiscing about Microsoft Dynamics CRM takes me back to the early days of Microsoft... Read More... Published: Thursday, January 07, 2010, 08:44 AM Tags: In the news, crm 4.0, Documentation, CRM Online, Guest Star, MVP

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  Microsoft Dynamics CRM and sample code: Think First CRM MVP Michael Höhne is our guest blogger today. You can read more by him on his blog . Here's one of my favorite samples floating around in the CRM world:          I have seen this code numerous times and... Read More... Published: Wednesday, January 06, 2010, 10:07 AM Tags: Guest Star, Custom Solution, Code, Tips and Tricks, MVP

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  Microsoft Dynamics CRM – Advanced Workflows Today’s guest blogger is CRM MVP Ayaz Ahmad who is a CRM Solution Architect with more than seven years in software development and managing large projects and technical teams. Ayaz blogs at http://ayazahmad.wordpress.com/ . Microsoft Dynamics CRM provides... Read More... Published: Tuesday, January 05, 2010, 08:48 AM Tags: crm 4.0, Workflow, Guest Star, Code, Tips and Tricks, MVP

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  Accelerators: Microsoft Ties Dynamics CRM to Twitter When it comes to Microsoft Dynamics CRM Accelerators , sometimes it’s hard to keep up with the new stuff. The accelerator program is conducted by people who love the CRM product. From the CodePlex site we learn: CRM Accelerators are a range of add-on... Read More... Published: Monday, January 04, 2010, 10:28 AM Tags: In the news, crm 4.0, Tips and Tricks, Accelerators