One of the benefits of blogging is having a place to capture items that might be worth remembering when problems occur. Recently Microsoft released a technical article on running Microsoft Dynamics CRM v4.0 in a Windows 2008 64 Bit Server environment. Some of the Key Items include an "Error message when you try to open the Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 Web application" but the article also includes work arounds to many of the issues discovered in the field.

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When a workflow fails, all it shows in CRM is a window similar to the following. This is very vague and does not help you in any way to identify the cause of the failure, especially if you were using a workflow assembly in the workflow.To check the actual error reported during the execution workflow, you can search for the error code and message column of the System Job.You can create an advanced

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This is a follow up on my earlier project CRM Customization Manager, CRM Configuration Manager is a Windows application to create an Export / Import selection that can later be exported as a command prompt string for later use, or execute directly inside the application. The main features of CRM Configuration Manager are, Easy access to the features of CRM Customization Manager Possible to select a CRM server as destination, allowing one click export and import. Create advance export/import selections for later use inside scripts / installations This release includes CRM Customization Manager v2.0 that contains fixes and few new features, JavaScript Export/Import, This allows you to extract JavaScript to a local folder, where you can work in a proper script editor, and later import them back. You can also create new javascripts in the same folder, just follow the name convention and they will also be imported to the correct entity / event. Zip support, Now all features works with zipped customizations Include Related Entities, This features will automatically include related entities to the selected entities, so their relationships are exported and can be reviewed for conflicts. This is recommended during the development process when relationships may change. Publish Workflows, Publish operation now also publishes workflows Previous key features... I’m wondering, is there any interest in creating your own operations? That is, using a Plug-in model to add custom arguments to the application that will call your code before/after execution. If you find the application useful, please donate to keep the development alive :)   CcmSetup1.10.exe (909,29 kb) Update (2010-03-11) Implemented support for Https & IFD and minor fixes... See full version history   Happy Customizing!

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Speaking in San Francisco Tuesday, Apple Chief Operating Officer Tim Cook explained why the Apple TV is still considered a "hobby," and talked about custom-built chips in future products.

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While many factors like scheduling, resources, and funding influence project success and failure, recent project management research indicates that to be successful, projects must tie directly to business strategy. IT managers thus must understand how the project supports the strategy. This video will briefly review the highlights of the aforementioned research and present suggestions from experts about how to make new projects successful. - Video Content....

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One of the best features of Dynamics CRM is the integration to Microsoft Outlook. In comparisson to competing CRM systems, this is really one of the strongest unique selling points of Dynamics CRM. However, even though it is really good, there are some parts of it that could use some touchups and until that happens, some workarounds would be good. One of these issues, is that appointments can easily be created from Outlook and mapped to some object in CRM. This is easy and very few click. Nice. But, when this appointment is completed, it is a bit more complex and a lot more clicky. First you have to open the appointment in Outlook, then open the appointment in the CRM form. From there, you can press the "Save as completed" button, which is a bit tedious and many users find this a bit strange and I am having a hard time explaining why you have to do it this way, it isn't very obvious or logical. The best solution would be that the CRM addin had a button which could mark appointments and other activities as completed. But that just isn't there yet. So, is there a workaround, yes, of course there is. It isn't perfect, but it will work. Define some text, like for instance "Completed" and then tell the users to put Completed as the last text in the description field or in the subject field. Then create a workflow in CRM that triggers for updates on the field where you expect the text. Then let the workflow check if the end of the content of that field is "Completed" and if so, set the appointment as completed. The same functionality could of course be implemented in a plugin instead, but that requires a bit more programmatic skills. The functionality of adding a button to Outlook can of course also be developed with Visual Studio Tools for Office (VSTO), and that could of course be used to automatically update the appointment as completed. So, that might help you out a but I really hope that the CRM Client for version 5 will deliver this functionality since it...

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Since we published our reviews of the Radeon HD 5450 and the Radeon HD 5570, we have been going back and forth with AMD over the results of our video quality tests using the Cheese Slices test. Our initial results showed that neither the 5570 nor the 5450 had enough compute power to handle the full suite of post-processing abilities on 1080i video, the most...

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In a comprehensive set of benchmark tests, virtualization competitors Parallels Desktop 5.0 and VMware Fusion 3.0 were examined head-to-head, finding Parallels to be an average of 30% faster than VMware.(author unknown)02754459654995853747139182506870540649260043600587951076899615296105973758478815031958351724904680930729415343004476690902938686095179502833013854897537658573951649962480617434742103890859703596833374081753495876862466820215918687458000923317441980576375244597021218173451017814550132162621710542012500203077831143447644092668342776317677530654703109206036435109528246004584125501

In a comprehensive set of benchmark tests, virtualization competitors Parallels Desktop 5.0 and VMware Fusion 3.0 were examined head-to-head, finding Parallels to be an average of 30% faster than VMware.

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I am excited about the Microsoft’s Azure initiative. App Fabric is a part of Window Azure platform and as indicated at http://www.microsoft.com/windowsazure , makes it simpler to connect cloud and on-premise applications. It also simplifies the on-premise...(read more)crmblog0293868609517950283312707370961586683877

I am excited about the Microsoft’s Azure initiative. App Fabric is a part of Window Azure platform and as indicated at http://www.microsoft.com/windowsazure , makes it simpler to connect cloud and on-premise applications. It also simplifies the on-premise...(read more)

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Ive eventually managed to get the "Monitoring BizTalk with HP Openview" whitepaper complete and submitted to Microsoft to go through the publishing process.  Not sure how long this takes? Anyway it should be around soon Big thanks to Saravana Kumar (BizTalk 24/7) and Dave Gerrish (a great HP Openview Consultant) for their input, and to Elton Stoneman for reviewing it Cheers Mike

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Suppose you have a CRM form that has several IFRAMES contained in multiple tabs. Loading such a form can sometimes create a performance issue on the client browser due to the frames all loading at the same time. One such way to reduce the hit on performance would be to delay loading an IFRAME until the tab it is on is clicked and made visible.

What we’re going to do is create a function that sets the source of the IFRAME and then we’ll attach the function to the onclick event of the tab. In this example, I have an IFRAME named ‘IFRAME_myiframe’ and I have set the original url to be ‘about:blank’. I want the IFRAME to display the Bing search engine when it’s tab is displayed.

IFRAME Load function

Setting an IFRAME source via javascript is a pretty simple piece of code that CRM customizers should be familiar with. We’re just going to wrap the code within a function:

LoadFrame = function() {
     crmForm.all.IFRAME_myiframe.src='http://www.bing.com';
}

This function should be placed in the OnLoad of the form.

The Tab Element

Next, we need to identify the name of the specific tab we want. The id of any tab on a CRM form is ‘tabXTab’ where ‘X’ represents the zero-based index of the tab. So the first tab is named tab0Tab, the second is named tab1Tab, and so on. The tab I want to work with is the second tab, so the element I’m looking for is named ‘tab1Tab’.

Now that we’ve identified the tab element, let’s attach the load function:

document.getElementById('tab1Tab').onclick = LoadFrame;

Note: Place this code in the form’s OnLoad event, but make sure it comes AFTER the load function we defined above.

That’s all there is to it. Cheers!

 

 

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Suppose you have a CRM form that has several IFRAMES contained in multiple tabs. Loading such a form can sometimes create a performance issue on the client browser due to the frames all loading at the same time. One such way to reduce the hit on performance would be to delay loading an IFRAME until the tab it is on is clicked and made visible. What we’re going to do is create a function that sets the source of the IFRAME and then we’ll attach the function to the onclick event of the tab. In this example, I have an IFRAME named ‘IFRAME_myiframe’ and I have set the original url to be ‘about:blank’. I want the IFRAME to display the Bing search engine when it’s tab is displayed. IFRAME Load function Setting an IFRAME source via javascript is a pretty simple piece of code that CRM customizers should be familiar with. We’re just going to wrap the code within a function: LoadFrame = function() {      crmForm.all.IFRAME_myiframe.src='http://www.bing.com'; } This function should be placed in the OnLoad of the form. The Tab Element Next, we need to identify the name of the specific tab we want. The id of any tab on a CRM form is ‘tabXTab’ where ‘X’ represents the zero-based index of the tab. So the first tab is named tab0Tab, the second is named tab1Tab, and so on. The tab I want to work with is the second tab, so the element I’m looking for is named ‘tab1Tab’. Now that we’ve identified the tab element, let’s attach the load function: document.getElementById('tab1Tab').onclick = LoadFrame; Note: Place this code in the form’s OnLoad event, but make sure it comes AFTER the load function we defined above. That’s all there is to it. Cheers!     Technorati Tags: CRM,Javascript,CRM IFRAME,CRM Customizations,CRM Scripting

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Take a look and Get Ready

Update Rollup 9 for Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 will be available February 11th

A list of current Update Rollups for Microsoft Dynamics CRM 

Take a look and Get Ready Update Rollup 9 for Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 will be available February 11th A list of current Update Rollups for Microsoft Dynamics CRM 

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Apple's new iPad isn't just a new product for consumers; the company is targeting the new device at business users with features designed to make it attractive to the enterprise market, AppleInsider has learned. (author unknown)06652484427369833597139182506870540649261585395571516174802418194768591367388934043646375749069335451451504327608859745902938686095179502833032681043385603746470961489526210561851718421084218891150828006778470756292680200762161531067667580800203077831143447644

Apple's new iPad isn't just a new product for consumers; the company is targeting the new device at business users with features designed to make it attractive to the enterprise market, AppleInsider has learned.

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