Hello Windows Sharepoint !
Ive decided its about time that i started to get involved in WSS, (that and being asked to become a expert at work). I have only ever used Sharepoint as a end user, now im going to be working on it...
View ArticleSpeeding up CRM 4 - Optimizing and Maintaining Performance Whitepaper
Yes I know I’m a bit late with this one!, however i forgot all about it until yesterday.This hopefully is just what i need as one of my clients are concerned about the speed of their system.I will post...
View ArticleMicrosoft CRM licensing confusion
I still find myself a tad confused in the area of Licensing, I found a nice simple guide, here it is
View ArticleSharepoint on Vista, who needs Windows Server 2003!!
Even though every crm consultant has a vpc, it still isnt the greatest way to work for a development environment.However that isn’t the case if you want to install SharePoint on a vista box. The guys...
View ArticleChanging the label on a CRM form when highlighted by the cursor
I use this method if the previous post’s tool tip is not suitable. It makes use of the “attachEvent” function that adds listeners for when certain events happens to the field/form and runs methods if...
View ArticleRelationship Mapping between quote product, order product, invoice product
It has been a rant among the CRM community that Microsoft did not add the relationship mappings between the above entities!Whilst searching I came across a solution and thought I would share. This has...
View ArticleHow to reopen a activity in CRM
I remember a while back, i was working on site with another consultant that had created a simple way to reopen a activity.I forgot about it until last week when a client asked if it was possible,...
View ArticleEbax: Addon for Microsoft CRM
Taken from the EBAX site.EBAX® users simply click a menu item to import CRM data directly to an Excel workbook. When ready, users simply click the “Update Data” menu item and the changes are updated to...
View ArticleAccess 2002 export XML with XSLT without transformXML
Not a crm post, however I feel quite useful!Access 2002 VBA doesn’t have the transformXML function, this came in the 2003 version. This posed a problem for me when I needed a client’s access 2002 to...
View ArticleYes...is all looks different!
I have decided to port over my blog and site over to the Joomla Open Source CMS system. The downside being that i have lost the vast comments from my Wordpress blog. Using Joomla will allow me to...
View ArticleKMS Software – my new workplace
I have decided to move on and further my career as the new CRM Consultant at KMS Software. These guys are the number one CRM company for providing solutions mainly in the construction industry.They...
View ArticleChecking client offline/online status via client side javascript
A nice built-in javascript function to test whether the user is offline or not... if (IsOnline()) { alert("Client is online");} else { alert("Client is Offline");}
View ArticleMicrosoft Dynamics Video Case Studies
I recently stumbled on Microsoft Dynamics video case studies. They are definitely worth a watch and could help you out with your next opportunity!Link...
View ArticleCRM not launching after domain rejoining domain
For some reason unbeknown to myself, a client had to rejoin their CRM server back to the domain. This however stopped the CRM service from re-launching. We narrowed the problem down to the fact that...
View ArticleISV Utilities for Comparing Customizations and Transferring Configuration Data
A collegue pointed me in the direction of two new useful tools created by Microsoft today. Taken from site..... The Customization Comparison Utility lets you compare the customization files between two...
View ArticleEvent Management Accelerator Error - The date-time format for XX/XX/XXXX...
I came across the following issue below when setting up the event management accelerator sample portal. The error occurs once you have submitted the form to show interest in the event.Exception:...
View ArticleBusiness Intelligence with Microsoft Surface
I like to keep up with the latest innovations, whilst doing my local rounds online, i came across this awesome demonstration of utilising Microsoft Surface for BI applications.Definately worth a look...
View ArticleYou must have Administrator privileges on this system to run this Setup Error...
I came across this error message today whilst trying to run the CRM setup file on a Windows 2008 Server. The Clients IT support for the server had told me that the Administrator account is...
View ArticleInstalling CRM 4.0 on Windows 2008 Server summary
Apart from the issue above, the installation went smoothly, however this was due to the following KB Article provided my Microsoft http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;950100
View ArticleCRM 4.0 Developers Toolkit
CRM E2 have released a new shiny toolkit for us to use Features include.... View All CRM Entities - Displays a listing of CRM entities that are dynamically available from the CRM Explorer within Visual...
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