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  • Forum Post: Re: Leads/Contacts/Accounts/Opportunities

    Generally speaking the definitions are quite flexible but here is the common definition: Lead: An unqualified opportunity. This could be as simple as a business card or a conversation overheard in a pub Contact: The individuals your business interacts with during the normal course of the day (normally...
  • Forum Post: Re: Upgrade: CRM 3.0 > CRM 4.0 - with the data migration?

    The implementation guide is a good start: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=1ceb5e01-de9f-48c0-8ce2-51633ebf4714&DisplayLang=en This takes you some of the way there. The rest you should be able to piece together from the forum posts and Google. The short version is...
  • Forum Post: Re: Installing MS Dynamic CRM 4.0 on VPC

    The implementation guide is a good start (http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=1ceb5e01-de9f-48c0-8ce2-51633ebf4714&DisplayLang=en). Essentially though you install the server and then install the client. The pre-checks will tell you what you're missing. Leon Tribe
  • Forum Post: Re: tax and discount

    Could you use a discount list and set the minimum to 1? Leon Tribe
  • Forum Post: Re: Localised sample data

    Save the data into a unicode-compliant text file, NOT a csv. The import tool will read it and bring the data in correctly. Leon Tribe
  • Forum Post: Re: Track in CRM for Appoinments

    In the user options (CRM-Options). On the general tab you can turn off what gets synched between CRM and Outlook. Turn off the 'Appointment' option and it should stop synching. Leon Tribe
  • Forum Post: Are the SQL Views Updateable i.e. FilteredContact

    I am reading up on using the SDK and it’s not pretty compared to the Scribe or SSIS. I reviewed some of the views of the CRM database in SQL Server Management Studio such as the [ MSCRM . dbo . FilteredContact]. The csv file bulk update method in CRM for the Contact table left me with more questions...
  • Forum Post: Name Format Setting in System Settings

    Hello I need to change the Full Name format from First Name Last Name to Last Name, First Name. When I change it in the System Settings (Administration area) it only affects new records while all existing records still show the Contact Full Name according to the previous setting. Does anyone know...