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CRM 2011: Bad ‘setFormMode’ error!

Posted 1 month ago

by BugsOli

The other day, I was puzzled by a weird problem coming from a “Go to URL” action in a CRM sub-report. The link was constructed correctly by using the following line of code: Parameters!CRM_URL.Value & “?ID={“& Fields...
BI: TARGIT Certified Specialist

Posted over 1 year ago

by BugsOli

Congratulations to my colleague Mathieu and I as we have successfully passed the TCS exam and are now proud to announce that we can deliver TARGIT trainings in French to customers in Belgium (French part) and Luxemburg!
CRM 2011: MB2-866 certification

Posted over 1 year ago

by BugsOli

Passed it today, and got the maximum score…1000/1000
CRM 2011: Error 404 while using internal claims authentication

Posted over 1 year ago

by BugsOli

This error has driven me crazy for a while: while using Microsoft CRM 2011 in IFD-mode, the external authentication would work correctly but not the internal access! DNS were working correctly, the TMG server was configured correctly, the SSL certificate...
CRM 2011: ADFS error 317

Posted over 1 year ago

by BugsOli

While deploying a new CRM 2011 environment at a client site, I got errors with my ADFS setup: We used a wildcard certificate for all servers (on the same domain), purchased from RapidSSL ADFS is on a separate server CRM 2011 is on its own server...
CRM 2011: Q4 Service Update

Posted over 1 year ago

by BugsOli

OK, now that you have installed Update Rollup 5 for Microsoft CRM 2011, you can import the Activity Feeds solution provided by Microsoft and available here . This new solution will provide new functionalities that are related to “social networking”...
CRM 2011: Q4 Service Update and localhost

Posted over 1 year ago

by BugsOli

If, like me, you get consistent ‘Access denied’ error while browsing the “What’s New” activity feed screen, this is because you are using the following Web address: http://localhost/YOUR_ORG Instead, try using the computer’s Netbios name, for example...
CRM 2011: Update Rollup 5 with Q4 Service Update available through direct download

Posted over 1 year ago

by BugsOli

More information here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2567454/en-us Link to the individual downloads: http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?displaylang=en&id=27820 This update will be available through Windows Update from the November...
CRM 2011: Update Rollup 4 available through direct download

Posted over 1 year ago

by BugsOli

More information here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2556167/en-us Link to the download: http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?displaylang=en&id=27554 This update will be available through Windows Update from the 27 th of September
CRM 2011: Thunderbird compatibility

Posted over 1 year ago

by BugsOli

Well, this one is a recurring question: is Microsoft CRM compatible with other email clients such as Thunderbird? Well, the simple answer is “No sir”, but I’ve found myself thinking about creating a free plugin that will give the ability to convert...
How-to: Use SQL CTE with custom reports in CRM

Posted over 1 year ago

by BugsOli

One of my client asked me the other day to produce a report containing all the cases (incidents) in the system… OK, this is pretty easy and it already exists somewhere But the hardest part was the filtering of this report: he wanted to be able to put...
Interesting article: Microsoft CRM 2011 Multiple Forms basics

Posted over 1 year ago

by BugsOli

I’ve just found out this very nice post on multiple forms basics in Microsoft CRM 2011, so I wanted to share it with you all… Microsoft CRM 2011: Multiple Forms basics .
How-to series: Send SMS messages from CRM 2011 (part 3)

Posted over 1 year ago

by BugsOli

Finally! This is the final part of my how-to series on how to send and track SMS messages in Microsoft CRM 2011. The first post explained how to prepare the solution. The second post talked about the Web front-end customization. This last post will...
CRM 2011: Update Rollup 2 available through direct download

Posted over 1 year ago

by BugsOli

More information here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2466086/en-us Link to the download: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=a5a088be-c19e-43b5-87fb-219c2a2bc280&displaylang=en This update will be available through Windows...
How-to series: Send SMS messages from CRM 2011 (part 2)

Posted over 2 years ago

by BugsOli

In the first part (see part 1 ), I explained how a SMS could be better to communicate with your customers and contacts, since it is instantly dispatched on the cell phone. In this part, I’ll deal with customizing the CRM as to enable this kind of communication...
How-to series: Send SMS messages from CRM 2011 (part 1)

Posted over 2 years ago

by BugsOli

In a time where the information must be available quickly, there is an alternative to feeds, tweets, walls and emails….this alternative is called SMS, for Short Message Service. Of course, one can always say that an SMS is the same thing as a tweet...
CRM 2011: Hide a button in a custom entity’s form ribbon

Posted over 2 years ago

by BugsOli

For all of you who wanted to know how to do this, here are the steps: Make sure the custom entity is part of the solution you want to export and modify Export the solution and edit the customizations.xml file In this file, each entity has its...
CRM 2011: Update Rollup 1 available through direct download

Posted over 2 years ago

by BugsOli

More information here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2466084 If you don’t want to bother downloading all the components separately, wait until the 26th of April when the update will be given through Windows Update.
Are you ready for the Cloud?

Posted over 2 years ago

by BugsOli

In this video from Software Advice , Brad Wilson, General Manager of Microsoft Dynamics CRM, explains the choice between Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online and On Premise. It all ends up to this obvious question: are your clients ready for the Cloud or not...
Get ready for a fight Salesforce.com!

Posted over 2 years ago

by BugsOli

In this video from Software Advice , Brad Wilson, General Manager of Microsoft Dynamics CRM, gives an overview of the current and future strategy behind Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011. What is interesting about this interview is the fact that Microsoft...
Where are we with the CRM software market today?

Posted over 2 years ago

by BugsOli

Here is an interesting video from Software Advice about the CRM software market as-of today compared with 12 years ago. As you will hear, Brad Wilson (General Manager of Microsoft Dynamics CRM) talks about the difference between the way people treated...
CRM 2011: RTM today!

Posted over 2 years ago

by BugsOli

Or yesterday it seems http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=c3f82c6f-c123-4e80-b9b2-ee422a16b91d&displaylang=en
How-to series: Create a custom report (part 5)

Posted over 2 years ago

by BugsOli

So, after a long time, I’ve decided to end my how-to series by explaining how to embed a subreport in a custom report. If you don’t already know how to create a custom report, I’ll suggest that you follow my previous posts on this same blog for more...
CRM 2011: The RC version is here!

Posted over 2 years ago

by BugsOli

As stated on various blog around the world, the Release Candidate version of Microsoft CRM 2011 is finally here! I’ll updating soon, if not today, to see what has changed and what has been corrected Stay tuned! Some links: CRM 2011 Server RC ...
Azure: Want to know more about SQL Azure DB Manager?

Posted over 2 years ago

by BugsOli

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