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Enhanced FTP Server as Document Store for CRM4

Ayaz Ahmad — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 15:58:36 GMT

Ayaz Ahmad writes, "...There are many ways to integrate CRM with Document Management Systems. My approach in this article is pretty much utilization of CRM as xRM. So this xRM based solution is built on top of powerful Dynamics CRM platform...I can utilize these documents online in my customer portals (eService). My documents can be accessed online by using FTP/FTPs and utilized in various ways as..." more

Wed, 02 Jun 2010 15:58:36 GMT

FTP Server as Document Store for CRM4

Ayaz Ahmad — Wed, 05 May 2010 22:04:07 GMT

Ayaz Ahmad writes, "...utilize CRM structural relationship model and build a Document Store to process documents and also a cost effective way create, persist, and distribute document...I am using FTP and FTPS protocol to manage documents. At CRM side i have created an entity representing document as a record and then associated this entity where ever required. So here is my entity..." more

Wed, 05 May 2010 22:04:07 GMT

Dynamics AX 2009 - X++ Thread Development Examples

Brandon George — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:26:56 GMT

Brandon George writes, "...For examples I tried to do a multi-tree thread approach. Meaning I tried to spawn sets of threads in threads. This is not possible. For whatever reason, the first thread in the threaded, thread approach will execute, after that the other spwaned threads are stopped..." more

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:26:56 GMT

Code Snippet for Catching ClrErrors in X++

Brandon George — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 21:54:14 GMT

Brandon George writes, "handy code when working with .Net Assemblies, WCF Services, etc...[this] a good template for working with Clr errors. This includes anytime you reference any of the System.* .Net Assemblies, your own custom .Net assemblies, and also Service references of any type, be that Web or WCF..." more

Wed, 24 Feb 2010 21:54:14 GMT

Not so Sure About the Social Media Accelerators for Dynamics CRM

Dan Griffin — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 17:45:01 GMT

Dan Griffin writes, "...I saw a presentation on the Twitter + CRM integration at the 2009 MS Partner Conference...I’m not sure how useful a Twitter-only integration would be. I’d like to see something that can track usage and patterns across Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, blogs, and..." more

Wed, 24 Feb 2010 17:45:01 GMT

Code Showing Dynamics AX and Foo WCF Service

Brandon George — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 18:55:24 GMT

Brandon George writes, "I showed a custom Foo WCF Service, some ServiceContracts, OperationContracts and DataContracts. I also talked about how to reference this in Dynamics AX, make use of the objects, including how to make use of .Net List..." more

Thu, 18 Feb 2010 18:55:24 GMT

Troubleshooting Request Failed Error in AIF

Dianne Siebold — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 00:22:26 GMT

Dianne Siebold writes, "One of the SDETs on our team recently made me aware of a somewhat unintuitive error message that you might receive when sending a message to your AX installation using AIF. In the inbound XML message, the elements must be in alphabetical order. If they are not in the correct order, you may see a message that looks something like this..." more

Fri, 22 Jan 2010 00:22:26 GMT

Code for CRM Waiting Workflows

Ayaz Ahmad — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 00:09:49 GMT

Ayaz Ahmad writes, ",,,aggregation of workflows affects CRM Server performance and application functionality...I have created a custom workflow activity to kill these waiting workflows in a recursive workflow...So here is the code for setting that workflow complete/cancelled...." more

Thu, 31 Dec 2009 00:09:49 GMT

Troubleshooting Dynamics AX 2009 SSRS Report Deployment Issue

Brandon George — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:27:47 GMT

Brandon George writes, "...The ThreadAbortException is the key for this error. Basically the thread trying to do the deploy is timing out writing to the Report Server. Most likely..." more

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:27:47 GMT

Code to Integrate HTML Content Editor in CRM4

Ayaz Ahmad — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 19:39:26 GMT

Ayaz Ahmad writes, "It is often required to format and validate HTML contents in CRM 4... here is a step by step process to integrate this editor to CRM4..." more

Tue, 15 Sep 2009 19:39:26 GMT

Why Microsoft Dynamics AX is Not Quite Cloud Ready

Jeff Onesto — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 19:15:59 GMT

Jeff Onesto writes, "...business applications such as ERP, the model appears to be bit immature for many customers, and with too many questions left unanswered regarding security, control, regulation and speed. Some recent comments..." more

Tue, 18 Aug 2009 19:15:59 GMT

Save Time With MSCRM 4.0 Documentation Generator

Christian Espinoza — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 21:53:46 GMT

Christian Espinoza writes, "...perfect tool for the job...the MSCRM 4.0 Documentation Generator, an Excel 2007 add-in that will automatically generate documentation for the CRM 4.0 entities, fields, picklist values and JavaScripts you’ve developed. This tool will save countless hours of documentation time..." more

Tue, 09 Jun 2009 21:53:46 GMT

Cool New CRM Add-Ons

Ben Vollmer — Sat, 09 May 2009 00:40:46 GMT

Ben Vollmer writes, "...Note Count is a free add on to Microsoft CRM that allows users to see how many notes are associated with the record. If there are any notes, the tab will turn red and display the count...One of the most commonly asked for functions of CRM is a count of records in the view..." more

Sat, 09 May 2009 00:40:46 GMT

How Dynamics CRM Automatically Assigns Accounts by States

Christian Espinoza — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 17:05:51 GMT

Christian Espinoza writes, "...The workflow functionality in Dynamics CRM is a powerful tool that can automate your standard business processes....an easy to follow walkthrough that spells out all the steps and considerations required..." more

Mon, 26 Jan 2009 17:05:51 GMT

Rec Fields Required in AIF Partial Update

Dianne Siebold — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 00:28:15 GMT

Dianne Siebold writes, "...To make a long story short, you need the _DocumentHash field as well as the RecId and RecVersion fields for each entity being updated...When performing an update, the typical process is..." more

Tue, 20 Jan 2009 00:28:15 GMT

Setting up End-to-End Virtualization for OpsMgr 2007

Matthijs Vreeken — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 04:18:47 GMT

Matthijs Vreeken writes, "...when and how to virtualize server roles in Operations Manager 2007 is something that comes up more-and-more all the time...going to provide end-to-end insight into when and how to make the most of virtualization with OpsMgr in the lab and in production in areas such as:" more

Thu, 15 Jan 2009 04:18:47 GMT

Dynamics AX 2009 How to Import Credit Card Transactions for Expense Mgmt

Dianne Siebold — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 18:56:37 GMT

Dianne Siebold writes, "...how to import credit card transactions for expense management in Dynamics AX 2009. To set up importing of credit card transactions into expense management, go to Basic > Setup > Import > Documents. Following is a high level walkthrough of how to set it up..." more

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 18:56:37 GMT

Dynamics AX Map Object Sorting is a Real Issue

Brandon George — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 00:15:08 GMT

Brandon George writes, "...I am sure everyone has used Map objects in writing X++ code before. Map's are part of Collection classes that exist inside Dynamics AX. Well one of the strangest things about this Collection class, is that it's lack or sorting methods. It does not have any. You can't sort a Map object by values or Keys..." more

Wed, 15 Oct 2008 00:15:08 GMT

Dynamics AX Error: e-Con 4.0

Brandon George — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 22:26:53 GMT

Brandon George writes, "This error, when seen from going into the e-Con Studio, means that the MS-XML Parser 4.0 or greater is not installed on..." more

Mon, 15 Sep 2008 22:26:53 GMT

Sample Dynamics CRM JScript Export Tool

Joris Kalz — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 23:50:26 GMT

Joris Kalz writes, "...I recently had to transfer several customizations to a different CRM installation...I wrote a few lines of code to export all jscript code without annoying interaction...The code is pretty straight forward, so feel free to modify. You can download the VS 2008 project here:" more

Mon, 04 Aug 2008 23:50:26 GMT