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Testing CRM rollups and .NET versions
In this article I will talk about testing patches and how .NET versions can cause odd errors.Rollups and CRM VersionI had a customer who was using CRM 2013 Service patch 1 and wanted to test their...
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Is Gamification in a Microsoft Dynamics CRM a gimic?
To answer the question in the title, Microsoft certainly doesn’t think so because they have just acquired FantasySalesTeam.Microsoft Acquires FantasySalesTeam, an Innovative Sales Gamification...
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Thoughts on CRM Design and converting user requirements to CRM solutions
Just because you can, doesn’t mean you should – HoskI was working on a CRM 2013 project and then a CRM 2011 urgent bug came in and I had to open up CRM 2011 to investigate the problem, s I opened up...
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Hosk’s Top CRM Articles of the week – 10th August
Article of the weekCRM 2015 Custom Alerts and Popup Dialogs in JavaScriptGreat article on creating custom popups in Microsoft Dynamics CRM. It’s unsupported but this is a common requirement and this...
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Why understanding abstractions can help you write better code
I have been a developer for many years, working with APL, Java, Javascript and C# and I considered myself a decent programmer (doesn’t everyone?)I had read articles on the S.O.L.I.D principlesI had a...
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CRM 2015 – How to decompile a plugin Assembly (DLL)
This blog post looks at how to decompile plugin code because I had a problem recently where I needed to do it. The process will work in all version of CRM because fundamentally it works at DLL level...
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Hosk’s Top CRM Articles of the week – 19th August
Article of the weekDynamics CRM 2015 JavaScript Form Notifications on SteroidsGreat article on how to beef up the notification in CRM by using the solution provided for free on codeplex. Those boys at...
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CRM 2015 – How to diagnose plugin errors
This blog talks about a plugin error which I have seen a number of times when using the Plugin Developer Toolkit, it will discuss how to diagnose plugin errors in general.Before I talk about plugins...
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Hosk’s Top CRM Articles of the week – 24th August
Article of the Weeka good example and justification of using access teams to share recordA great post to help understand when and why to use access teams. I wrote a brief article on access teams for...
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CRM 2015 – Why is the System user shown as disabled in the plugin...
Someone asked me why the System user had the word disabled in brackets in the plugin registration tool when editing plugins and can we I still use it.I have set plugins to run as SYSTEM but I couldn’t...
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CRM 2015/CRM2013 – JavaScipt to get the current users name
This blog post will show you a quick way to get the name of the user using JavaScript.Where you might use this functionalityThis functionality is useful because you might need to update a User lookup...
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Microsoft Cloud Certification could allow complex CRM solutions to go online
Complex customizations can be difficult to implement in CRM On-line instances, so the announcement from Microsoft this week offering cloud certification offers a route complex CRM solutions can now be...
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Hosk’s Top CRM Articles of the week – 1st September
Article of the weekAnnouncing CRM DevTools for CRM 2015 and Update 1!This brilliant tool for Chrome has been updated. Not only is this a great tool but even if you don’t use the tool it points out...
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Hosk’s Top CRM Articles of the week – 14th September
I have been on holiday for a week at the awesome Butlins, I had a great time but boy was it tiring.I saw Scooby Doo, Mike the Knight, Angelina the Ballerina and Katie from Cbeebies, went on rides,...
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Why CRM Developers should always start with the CRM SDK
The CRM SDK is the main tool for a CRM developer and the better a CRM developer knows its capabilities, limitations and documentation the more efficiently they can do their job.CRM developers should...
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Understanding levels of abstraction to improve the design of your code
The right level of abstraction in coding helps your code become easier to read/understand and bringing consistency and a logical design to your code. When you see the right level of abstraction used...
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Hosk’s Top CRM Articles of the week – 21st September
Lets start with a quoteTo forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover that the prisoner was you.Lewis B. SmedesI have got two articles of the week this week (it’s a fluid system) and neither of them...
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CRM 2015 – Advanced find to return all enabled users with a security role
I had a requirement to find all the users who had a security role because I needed to update a value.Advanced find is easy to findI am a big fan of the advanced find and have been known to have many...
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What’s new in CRM 2016 and why you should read the preview guide
We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things, because we’re curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths.Walt Disney I go on holiday to Butlins for a week and Microsoft...
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Hosk’s Top CRM Articles of the week – 28th September
I have been de-cluttering my stuff the last week, unsurprisingly I have too much stuff, which makes it difficult to tidy it all the way.This book is amazing, it has changed me from a messy person to a...
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