Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online Team Blog

June 2008 - Posts

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  CRM Client on Outlook 2003 If you plan to run the CRM client on Outlook 2003, make sure you have the latest Windows OS service packs and the latest service pack for Office. If not, the client will most likely fail to install. -cheers...( read more ) Read More... Published: Thursday, June 26, 2008, 08:38 AM

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  Just how instant-on is an instant-on CRM solution? Bill Patterson, Director of Product Management for Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online, posted a great answer to the age old question "Just how instant-on is an instant-on CRM solution?"...( read more ) Read More... Published: Wednesday, June 25, 2008, 01:39 PM Tags: Overview

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  Bulk Export Tool Tip http://www.codeplex.com/mscrmbulkdataexport Eric recently blogged on the Bulk Export Tool available from CodePlex. http://blogs.msdn.com/dynamicscrmonline/archive/2008/04/30/bulk-data-export-tool.aspx This is a well written and very easy to use tool to... Read More... Published: Tuesday, June 24, 2008, 09:00 AM Tags: Tips, Data Migration

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  Adding Activities to the Contact form in an iFrame I came across the details on how to do this when reading a blog posting from Matt Wittemann a couple years back.  I still use it and thought you might be interested.  Another capability to demonstrate the flexibility of the configuration options... Read More... Published: Friday, June 20, 2008, 04:50 PM Tags: Microsoft CRM Online Blog, Microsoft CRM Online Code Sample, Tips, Customizations

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  Import Data Tip When using the import wizard to import CSV files into Microsoft Dynamics CRM, you can speed up the mapping process by loading some sample data into the wizard. <Load Sample Data> Make sure you sample data does not have empty data in a column or... Read More... Published: Tuesday, June 17, 2008, 05:29 PM Tags: Tips, Data Migration

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  Data Migration with CRM Online I just finished recording a CRM Online Data Migration video focusing on: CRM Import Wizard Data Migration Manager - Sample Data Import Data Migration Manager - Related Account.csv and Contact.csv files In the last video I demonstrate how to map separate... Read More... Published: Monday, June 16, 2008, 03:52 PM Tags: Microsoft CRM Online Blog, Tips, Data Migration

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  SaaS: It’s Closer Than You Think Great Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online article posted on Windows IT Pro SaaS: It’s Closer Than You Think Online applications such as Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online are on the front lines of anytime, anywhere computing—and make business sense.... Read More... Published: Thursday, June 12, 2008, 12:56 PM Tags: Microsoft CRM Online Blog

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  Tech Ed 2008 in the bag... I just returned from speaking at Tech Ed over the last 2 weeks. We had a great conference. Lots of good sessions and of course attendee parties. If you didn't get a chance to go, don't miss next years. I did 4 sessions ( 2 interactive, 2 break... Read More... Published: Wednesday, June 11, 2008, 11:16 AM

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  SDK Update There’s an update to the CRM SDK (v4.0.5) that has a lot of new and updated (and corrected) information.  The download is ready now and the update will be live in the MSDN library later this week....( read more ) Read More... Published: Tuesday, June 03, 2008, 02:21 PM Tags: Customizations

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  Accessing Dynamics CRM from a Mac Technorati Tags: Mac , CRM , Tips While requests to use Microsoft Dynamics CRM and CRM Online from a Mac are not terribly frequent, it comes up every once in a while so it is definitely worth addressing. Supported clients for Dynamics CRM include Internet... Read More... Published: Tuesday, June 03, 2008, 02:15 PM Tags: Tips