CRM 2015 – How to change the option set default value
I recently had a few issues with Status Reasons and the number associated with a status reasonCRM 2013 – Understanding Status and Status Reason – think before deleting themThis lead me to have to add a...
View ArticleInvestigation into replacing the Assign functionality
I had a small one line change request for a CRM 2013 implementationReplace Assign functionality with will show users of the current users team.I thought it would be easy to write a technical...
View ArticleHosk’s Top CRM Articles of the week – 1st May
Article of the WeekGreat detailed blog on conditional formatting with CRM ChartsHighlighting contribution using conditional formatting in CRM chartsThe article of the week is a pair of blogs by Adam...
View ArticleWhat are the limitations of Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online and how do you work...
will all CRM instances be online is the future?Why haven’t I worked on more CRM online projects?I was contemplating the questions above reading the white paper about creating solutions for CRM...
View ArticleCRM 2013 – Managed solution problems with out of sync solutions
Solutions were a fantastic concept added into CRM 2011 allowing CRM developers to easily group their CRM customizations in groups (solutions) and easily move their customizations between CRM...
View ArticleHosk’s Top CRM Articles of the week – 8th May
Article of the WeekMicrosoft Dynamics CRM Online 2015 Update 1 (7.1.0) Product Documentation is Available!The documentation for CRM 2015 SP1 is fantastic. This link shows all the documentation for the...
View ArticleWhat is the !! Javascript operator!!!!
I saw some Javascript code which the CRM Developer Pacman was working on and it had a bizarre If statement which used a double exclamation mark!!One exclamation mark means not but what does two...
View ArticleInformation to Get started with Unit Testing with Microsoft Fakes and...
This blog will highlight useful information for any CRM developers wanting to learn about Microsoft fakes and Microsoft Fakes with CRM.I have recently decided I should be unit testing my CRM code, to...
View ArticleGood coding practices – Information hiding
I was reading code complete 2, which is an excellent book and I would recommend all CRM developer read it, you will learn lots of things.The book mentions information hiding, this may be a new concept...
View ArticleHosk’s Top CRM Articles of the week – 15th May
Article of the WeekCustomizing Lead Qualification Process in CRM 2015Great article from CRM MVP Jukka, going through customizing the lead process in CRM 2015Best of the RestGood coding practices –...
View ArticleCRM 2015 SP1 – Turbo forms use asynchronous JavaScript web resource loading
I was reading this blog post from the CRM LadyTurbo Forms in Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2015 (v7.1.0)The article points to some good resource learn more about the new turbo forms.The article from the CRM...
View ArticleUnit tests are a vital part of emerging code design
When a developer writes code there is always an aspect of design to it. Some developers spend more time on initial upfront design others like to start coding straight away. The design and structure...
View ArticleHosk’s Top CRM Articles of the week – 2nd June
Oh my it’s June already. These articles are from a while ago but I didn’t get time to post them before I went to the lovely skegness for a week’s holiday.Article of the WeekI wrote this articleCRM...
View ArticleWhere is the Developer toolkit for CRM 2015?
I have a couple of puzzling questions about CRM development and I thought I would blog about them in the hope someone might come up with an answer.Where is the CRM developer toolkit for CRM 2015?When...
View ArticleGetting the CRM Developer toolkit working with Visual Studio 2013
Yesterday I wrote Where is the CRM Developer toolkit for CRM 2015? and for the past couple of nights I have been wrestling with Visual Studio Community 2013 and the CRM Developer toolkit trying to get...
View ArticleCRM Developer Toolkit Alternatives
I was glad to see my blog post Where is the developer toolkit for CRM 2015getting some retweets and very please to see the Connect suggestion now has 51 votesDynamics CRM Developer Toolkit for CRM...
View ArticleCRM 2013 – Disabling a subgrid
This blog post will look at possible ways to disable subgrids in CRM 2013. I had a requirement if a user made a case restricted then the case couldn’t be linked to any other cases.RequirementsOn the...
View ArticleHosk’s Top CRM Articles of the week – 12th June
Article of the WeekThe article of the week is my article is the excellent and I want as many people as possible to go and have a look at his first steps in towards creating a developer toolkit...
View ArticleCRM Developer Centre gets updated and it looks good
I noticed the CRM Developer website has been spruced upI thought I would write a quick blog about this because I think new CRM developers should definitely head towards the new site.the change isn’t...
View ArticleDon’t let bugs get into production environments
“ If debugging is the process of removing software bugs, then programming must be the process of putting them in. ” – Edsger DijkstraBugs are lazy, good for nothing trouble makers. They are too lazy...
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