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Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online Free Trial, Paid Subscription, Non-Profit Charity Subscription

Posted 2 days ago

by MagnetismXRM

Since writing a previous blog on setting up a Microsoft Dynamics CRM trial some things have changed! This blog provides updated information on creating a Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online trial, converting the trial to a Paid Subscription and applying for...
Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 Instance Adapter – Part 7 – Sample Data Integration – Part 3

Posted 5 days ago

by MagnetismXRM

In this series of blogs I am writing about using the Microsoft Dynamics CRM Instance Adapter with the Connector for Microsoft Dynamics to integrate two Microsoft Dynamics CRM Organisations. In my previous blog : • I wrote about the impacts of attempting...
Microsoft Dynamics CRM – ALM for Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011: CRM Solution Lifecycle Management

Posted 6 days ago

by MagnetismXRM

Today Microsoft released a new white paper titled ALM for Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011: CRM Solution Lifecycle Management. It’s great to see a white paper or information being released in this area. You can download the whitepaper here What does...
Windows 8 App – Using DataTemplateSelector to Select FlipView Template

Posted 12 days ago

by MagnetismXRM

While working on a Windows 8 Xaml and C# app, I was using a FlipView control to display data, however I wanted the layout of each item to change with the data displayed. To achieve this I used the DataTemplateSelector class which will switch between predefined...
CRM 2011 – Bulk Deletion Jobs with C#

Posted 13 days ago

by MagnetismXRM

The ability to programmatically execute a Bulk Deletion Job in Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 can be useful for developers in a number of scenarios. I have found it to be particularly useful when building and testing data migration tools in a clean instance...
Have you checked out CRM-Project?

Posted 17 days ago

by MagnetismXRM

A couple of weeks ago I went on CRM-Project training course. I was doing the training for a couple of reasons: 1. We use CRM-Project and we wanted to make sure we were getting the most out of it 2. We were planning to start selling CRM-Project and...
CRM – Gartner Reports 12.5% CRM Growth in 2012

Posted 20 days ago

by MagnetismXRM

Gartner is the world’s leading information technology research and advisory company. Gartner carries out an extensive research program to collect figures for worldwide release. Their website can be found here . Here is some of the information shared...
Automatically Publish Duplicate Detection Rules in CRM 2011

Posted 24 days ago

by MagnetismXRM

When installing a managed or unmanaged solution for Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011, extra care must be taken to ensure that all components of the system work as expected. Duplicate Detection rules are not solution components, but if any entity metadata is...
Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 Instance Adapter – Part 7 – Sample Data Integration – Part 2

Posted 26 days ago

by MagnetismXRM

In this series of blogs I am writing about using the Connector for Microsoft Dynamics with the Microsoft Dynamics CRM Instance Adapter to integrate two Microsoft Dynamics CRM Organisations. In my previous blog I wrote about the need to ensure that Mappings...
CRM 2011 Plugins – Avoiding Infinite Loops

Posted 27 days ago

by MagnetismXRM

When developing plugins for Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011, there are scenarios in which the execution of your custom code can result in an infinite loop. This leads to unnecessary execution of plugins and can potentially impact the performance of CRM, as...
Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 Instance Adapter – Part 6 – Sample Data Integration – Part 1

Posted 0 months ago

by MagnetismXRM

In my previous blog I wrote about the options for Mapping fields when creating integration between two Microsoft Dynamics CRM Organisations using the Microsoft Dynamics CRM Instance Adapter . In this blog I will be writing about some requirements for...
CRM 2011 Plugins – Obtaining Entity Record Information

Posted 1 month ago

by MagnetismXRM

Developers can use the IPluginExecutionContext service object to obtain contextual information from the CRM platform which is passed to the plugin at run-time. It includes details about the user who triggered the plugin event as well as transactional...
Permissions Required to ‘Manage Roles’ in Dynamics CRM 2011

Posted 1 month ago

by MagnetismXRM

The ability to assign security roles to other users in Dynamics CRM is usually only given to System Administrators, however occasionally we have the need to give a regular user the ability to assign roles. You may not want to make this user a System Administrator...
Training Course 80294B: Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 Customization and Configuration

Posted 1 month ago

by MagnetismXRM

At Magnetism, we deliver instructor-led class room training. We offer a wide range of Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 training courses. These training courses are delivered by our Microsoft certified trainers and experienced developers. In this blog post...
CRM – CRM for Dummies – Free eBook Compliments of Microsoft

Posted 1 month ago

by MagnetismXRM

I Noticed today a free distributed CRM for Dummies eBook available for you to download and read. So I thought I would give this a plug on my blog. Blurb from the book: About This Book In this book, you discover information about functionalities that...
CRM 2011 Plugins – Obtaining Organization Information

Posted 1 month ago

by MagnetismXRM

Developers can use the IPluginExecutionContext service object to obtain contextual information from the CRM platform which is passed to the plugin at run-time. It includes details about the user who triggered the plugin event as well as transactional...
CRM 2011 Plugins – Obtaining User Information

Posted 1 month ago

by MagnetismXRM

Developers can use the IPluginExecutionContext service object to obtain contextual information from the CRM platform which is passed to the plugin at run-time. It includes details about the user who triggered the plugin event as well as transactional...
Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 Instance Adapter – Part 5 – Mappings

Posted 1 month ago

by MagnetismXRM

In this blog I will discuss the options provided in the Microsoft Dynamics Connector for Mapping Destination fields. There are five options. The following screenshot shows the three most common options. A fourth option is to not Map selected Destination...
Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 Instance Adapter – Part 4 – Configure and Run a Simple Integration

Posted 1 month ago

by MagnetismXRM

In this blog I will describe how to create and run a simple integration between two Microsoft Dynamics CRM organisations for a custom entity called Country . 1. Open the Microsoft Dynamics Connector. 2. Open the Connector for Microsoft Dynamics ....
CRM 2011 Plugins – IServiceProvider

Posted 1 month ago

by MagnetismXRM

When a particular event occurs in Microsoft Dynamics CRM, such as “create of a contact” or “update of an account”, the Execute method is invoked for any plugins registered on the event. This method includes a single serviceProvider...
Dynamics CRM 2011 Email Router Errors Tracking Emails

Posted 1 month ago

by MagnetismXRM

#9628 - An error occurred while delivering the e-mail message with subject "subject" in mailbox example@email.com for delivery to http://localhost/org. We had an issue with one of our customers using the Email Router with CRM IFD where the router...
Microsoft Convergence 2013 – Blog 4- Orion Roadmap & Look n Feel Screenshots

Posted 1 month ago

by MagnetismXRM

Wednesday 20th March 2013 session at Convergence 2013 in New Orleans, Jujhar Singh delivered a session titled CSCRM08 – Microsoft Dynamics CRM: Product Recap & Roadmap Primer . Now this is a session I had been waiting for. It contained the roadmap...
Microsoft Convergence 2013–Blog 3–Opening Keynote

Posted 1 month ago

by MagnetismXRM

On Tuesday 19th March 2013, we were greeted with the Opening Keynote. This is the must attend session to kick of Convergence 2013. After taking in a good breakfast at the hotel we all headed over to get our reserved seats at the Keynote – right...
Microsoft Convergence 2013 – Blog 2 – Bourbon Street & Experience Center

Posted 1 month ago

by MagnetismXRM

If you reading on from my last blog post, then the next couple of things to blog about would be the trip to Randy & Andy’s Convergence 2013 party and the Convergence Experience Center. Consider this blog number 2 of the series. I attended the...
Microsoft Convergence 2013–March 18-21 2013–Blog 1– Arriving

Posted 2 months ago

by MagnetismXRM

Well this blog will start a series of hopefully a few blog posts during my time here in New Orleans. The journey to the USA started from the Auckland International Airport. Boy did it start! What I mean by this is that the automatic link from NZ to USA...