Podcast and Overview: Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 Update Rollup 12
We're proud to announce that all packages for Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 Update Rollup 12 were released on Tuesday, January 29th, 2013 to the Microsoft Download Center! All packages except Server...
View ArticleUR12 FAQ and Known Issues
Update Rollup 12 just fully released today, but the December 2012 Service Update has been running in some of our CRM Online deployments for several weeks now. The Microsoft CRM Support team recently...
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The plug-in execution failed because no Sandbox Hosts are currently available.
You have successfully implemented CRM servers and expect your Sandbox service to execute plugins in Isolation mode; however, they fail with an error: ERROR: The plug-in execution failed because no...
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UR12 vs. Polaris: Commonalities Differences & Improvements
Now that UR12 has shipped to onPremise customers we’re starting to get questions on which features were introduced as well as the differences between UR12 and “Polaris.” Let’s cover the common features...
View ArticleMore juicy details on Dynamics CRM 2011 Asynchronous Service’s maintenance jobs
You're likely aware that the Dynamics CRM 2011 Asynchronous Service regularly executes multiple internal maintenance jobs for each organization (database) and that these are scheduled initially at the...
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Using JQuery in Web Resources
Currently the only JQuery function that Microsoft CRM supports is the AJAX function, Using jQuery. The SDK states that you can use the JQuery library in your web resources. So this provides use with...
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Three Obscure Dynamics CRM 2011 Hot fixes, Part Two
Have you ever read about a new feature, or noticed in the latest Update Rollup (UR) a feature, or even a fix, that didn’t really made a lot of sense to you!? Working with enterprise customers I...
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Latest Roundup of PFE Dynamics Social Media Offerings
Once in a while I like to take a break from the technical content provided in our blog and talk a little about who we are and what we do. For those that aren’t familiar with our team, you can get the...
View ArticleUpdate Rollup 12 and Polaris Favorites
By now there is a lot of good information available for CRM 2011 UR12 and the December 2012 Service Update. Here are links to some of my favorites: -- 10 things I love about Dynamics CRM December 2012...
View ArticleMicrosoft CRM Online Performance Tips & Tricks – Part 1
In working with CRM Online customers, performance has been and continues to be an area of focus. I regularly have conversations with customers on performance with CRM Online and how to approach the...
View ArticlePFE Dynamics at "The Big Easy"– Convergence 2013
For those attending Convergence next week, I wanted to let you know that we will have members of the PFE Dynamics team there presenting some great content. In addition, make sure to follow...
View ArticleMicrosoft CRM Online Performance Tips & Tricks – Part 2
In this post I'll be discussing the second part of troubleshooting and tuning performance with CRM Online. In my last blog post, Microsoft CRM Online Performance Tips & Tricks - Part 1, I...
View ArticleUR12/Polaris Changes to Dynamics CRM 2011 Async Maintenance Jobs
In earlier articles, we provided details on Dynamics CRM 2011's internal maintenance operations performed regularly by the CRM Asynchronous Service. With the release of Update Rollup 12/Polaris there...
View ArticlePodcast and Overview: Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 Update Rollup 13
We're proud to announce that all packages for Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 Update Rollup 13 were released on Wednesday, March 27th, 2013 to the Microsoft Download Center! We plan on releasing the...
View ArticleDynamics Convergence 2013 Wrap Up & The CRM Community
Hey all – We had another fantastic turn out at Convergence this year and our PFE team always appreciates the connections and putting faces to names. This year as Shawn Dieken, Brandon Kelly, Chip...
View ArticleVirtualization – free Q&A sessions by Microsoft
Almost all customers I work with are using virtualization in some fashion with Microsoft CRM. While not specific to CRM, I wanted to pass along this opportunity to learn more about Hyper-V and the...
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How to find which Active Directory security groups belong to your CRM deployment
Have you tried to locate the Active Directory security groups that belong to your Dynamics CRM deployment only to find results like this? First off, why would you ever get results like this? Dynamics...
View ArticleCode Review: Refactored Handling of Plug-in Pre-Image Attribute Values
During a recent Dynamics CRM 2011 code review engagement, I noticed a pattern being implemented repeatedly throughout the customer's plug-in library. This library was in desperate need of a refactor in...
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CRM 2011 Performance: Take advantage of better query performance for your...
Hey everyone, as many of you may know we made some pretty big changes to how CRM retrieves data from SQL server, starting in UR10. Part of this was adding various measures and statistics to change the...
View ArticleUR12 improves onchange event behavior of checkbox control
Raise your hand if you've formatted a two-option field on a Dynamics CRM entity form as a checkbox. Keep it raised if you've implemented client-side form logic triggered by changes to that field. Now,...
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