Monthly Archives: April 2012

Using the Dashboard Reporting Control for Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011

Posted on April 24, 2012 by Steven Jacobowitz

Recently I noticed a post on the Microsoft Forums regarding the how to render a report through a dashboard using Microsoft CRM.  Microsoft Dynamics Labs actually has a free solution published on the Marketplace called the Dashboard Reporting Control for … Continue reading →

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Lotus Notes Customers can Use Microsoft CRM Also!

Posted on April 19, 2012 by Steven Jacobowitz

Recently I was involved with a prospect who was interested in moving their client data into Microsoft CRM 2011.  They were primarily interested in the xRM capabilities, namely the ability to configure the system down to a few very specific … Continue reading →

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Configuring Microsoft Dynamics CRM Efficiently: Using Custom Entities and Lookups as Option Sets – Part 3

Posted on April 18, 2012 by Steven Jacobowitz

Good Day! To recap; Part 1 of this series we focused on the option set attribute and the benefits associated with providing our end users with a method for entering in pre-determined entries into an attribute.  For example, ease of … Continue reading →

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Configuring Microsoft Dynamics CRM Efficiently: Using Custom Entities and Lookups as Option Sets – Part 2

Posted on April 6, 2012 by Steven Jacobowitz

Last week we discussed the use of the Option Set attribute when configuring Microsoft CRM 2011.  As mentioned it is advisable to use an Option Set when you require standardized input into a field on one of the entity forms … Continue reading →

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Update Rollup 7 for Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011

Posted on April 3, 2012 by Steven Jacobowitz

28 Mar 2012 6:58 PM The Microsoft Dynamics CRM Sustained Engineering (SE) team released Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 Update Rollup 7 on Thursday, March 22, 2011. The links below will take you to the necessary information about Update Rollup 7. … Continue reading →

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