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What’s slowing down your CRM development?
I was reading an excellent article called Produce more by removing more, it instantly struck me this thought process would be useful for development tasks. The article Which is based on a the book...
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CRM 2015 – Understanding CRM Metadata
I have been writing some code which works with CRM Metadata and it has been interesting.Years ago when I first heard the term Metadata I didn’t really understand what it was and more importantly why it...
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CRM 2015 – Typescript is ready to go, definition files available on NuGet
I have written about Typescript before and I like the idea of Typescript so I want to promote it (and the work of Dave Berry). Below is my previous Typescript articleWhat is TypeScript and how does it...
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Object Caching in .NET 4 and CRM
The CRM developer Sir Les told me how he used .NET 4 caching in some plugin code to cache some query data which was used by a plugin.My first response wasWhat the heck is caching .NET4?Quickly followed...
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Hosk’s Top CRM Articles of the week – 17th April
Article of the Week2013 CRM Field Guide now available!Great post from CRM MVP Julie Yack telling people what the new 900 page CRM 2013 book written by CRM MVP’s contains.CRM 2015 – Typescript is ready...
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Hosk’s Top CRM Articles of the week – 20th March
Article of the weekturn CRM greenThe article of the week showcases the new themes which look awesome.What’s new for Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online 2015 Update 1An overview of the new functionality...
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CRM 2015 – Understanding the plugin profiler and a puzzling error
I am a big fan of debugging my plugins using the plugin profiler, it’s easy, quick and you can do it on your own computer without adversely affecting any fellow developersThe alternative for debugging...
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CRM 2013 – How to change the field label size
I had created some new fields, I put them onto the form and I found I couldn’t see half of the text, GRRRRThis was very annoying, annoying like The most annoying type of airline passenger is There must...
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Tips on how to become a CRM MVP from CRM MVP’S
I regularly get asked this questionHow do I become a CRM MVP?orDo you have any tips on becoming a CRM MVP?I find this questions a bit odd because I am not a CRM MVP so I’m not really the best person to...
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CRM2013 error – The file is too large and cannot be uploaded. Please reduce...
One of the CRM Developers had created a report 16 megabytes in size and when they tried to import the report they instantly go the messageThey searched the internet and fond a page with a likely...
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CRM 2013 – How to get rid of annoying pending email warning message
I was getting Pending Email message in my CRM 2013 DEV environment.I managed to ignore this for about a week until today where the message seemed to take a paper-clip quality and get really annoying.I...
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CRM 2013 – How to add reports to the sitemap
A customer wanted to add reports to the sitemap.Actually this is wrong the customer said they wanted to add a reports button, I knew it was a change to the sitemap.What is the sitemap?I think of things...
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CRM 2013 – Understanding Status and Status Reason – think before deleting them
Yesterday I did a complete brain fart. I was an idiot, I made a mistake and I admit it.“There’s no way that you can live an adequate life without many mistakes. In fact, one trick in life is to get...
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What’s new in CRM 2015 SP1 for developers, customizers and admins
When there is a new release for CRM the SDK publishes a what’s new. I recommend CRM developers read this, I have written a blog post about the subjectWhy developers should read the CRM SDK what’s...
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CRM 2013 – How add a status reason using the CRM SDK
I recently had a tricky problem created by myself when I deleted a Status reason without fully engaging my brain. Read more about it in the link belowCRM 2013 – Understanding Status and Status Reason...
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Hosk’s Top CRM Articles of the week – 24th April
Article of the WeekNew SDK Capabilities – CRM Online 2015 Update 1 releaseFantastic articles from CRM MVP Daniel Cai on the new features in CRM 2015 SP 1Best of the RestCRM 2013 – How add a status...
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What is max degree of parallelism option setting in SQL Server?
A ticket opened recently with Microsoft support involved changing a the max degree of parallelism on the SQL server.I had not used or heard of this setting before, which isn’t a surprise I tend to...
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CRM 2013 – Create Enumerations for option sets
What are enumerations for option sets I hear some of you thinking?start with early bound classes.I mentioned the benefits of early bound classes in my blog post CRM 2015 – Typescript is ready to go,...
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Experiences of Unit testing with Microsoft Dynamics CRM Projects
Many moons ago when I was a Java developer and learning how to code, I remember two things which had a big impact on my coding. One was learning about Design patterns and the other was learning about...
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Developers need to stop being so happy!
This blog has a great title because over the years I have met some extremely grumpy developers. Classic old school developers who liked to sit in dark corner and not be disturbed.The point of this...
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