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Here you will find the latest information regarding Microsoft Dynamics CRM and occasionally other Dynamics solutions.

The focus is on general news and tips for the intrepid CRM Administrator, as well as something for even the newest CRM user.

For CRM 4.0 developer newbies: the Developer Ramp-up Kit [link]

If the software development experience with Dynamics CRM 4.0 had to be summarized with one word, it would have to be flexibility.  Let’s say there’s some type of functionality that Dynamics CRM can’t immediately address from within the application; there’s a good chance that there are development tools ready to make CRM work for your [...]

July 10th, 2008 | Tags: , , , , | Category: CRM 4.0, Customizations, Developer, Links | Leave a comment

CRM v3 and v4: Peek into your metadata with the CRM Metadata Browser

This ICU MSCRM blog article reminded me of the little known SDK website called the CRM Metadata Browser, where you can access a nicely summarized view of your CRM metadata.

This is perfect for data migration planning, when you’ll need to see the list of attributes (aka fields) per each entity, along with their existing relationships. [...]

June 11th, 2008 | Tags: , , , , | Category: Administrator, CRM 3.0, CRM 4.0, Cool tips, Developer, Links | Leave a comment

Latest CRM 4.0 Software Development Kit released (v4.0.4)

You can download the latest SDK from the Microsoft website below.

Microsoft Downloads: CRM 4.0 SDK (4.04)
Size: 14.MB

Latest Additions and Updates

Offline Plug-in Security
New information about the additional security restriction for an offline plug-in, which requires that a registry key named after the public key token of the plug-in assembly be added to the system registry. [...]

April 4th, 2008 | Tags: , , , | Category: Customizations, Developer, Links | Leave a comment

For the Developer: New Software Development Kit (SDK) release for CRM 4.0

The Microsoft Dynamics CRM Team Blog announced the release of the newest SDK, version 4.03!

Version 4.0.3 of the Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 SDK is now available for download!

This version contains lots of great new information, including the 1st phase of the Report Writers Guide and a vastly improved Plug-in registration tool.

Also included in this release:

A [...]

March 7th, 2008 | Tags: , , , , | Category: Developer, Downloads, Links | Leave a comment