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9x Microsoft Business Solutions 365 MVP, I'm the CTIO for congruentX and a community Technology Evangelist Delivering Edge Experiences Using Microsoft Dynamics 365, Azure & Power Platform (Power BI, PowerApps & Power Automate) & Office 365

CRM 2015 has been announced. Fall Release 2014.

Before you say not again!, CRM 2015 has been announced and should be available by years end. From my initial testing, I can tell you we have reached a very stable, almost turning point with our common CRM platform. Now, like the ERP systems, we are going to see functionality enhancements not system re-designs, while […]

CRM 2013 Upgrade Flurry has Started! Upgrade Checklist

Microsoft has begun switching over many of our Microsoft Dynamics CRM customers to CRM 2013. Here’s some things you should know about the overall process: 1. Ensure you have another environment (test/dev) that matches your CRM production setup. This is a best practice by far. Not having a test environment, makes troubleshooting and changes in […]

Using Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 and Internet Explorer 10

Here’s one to make note of. With the introduction of Windows 8, IE 10 is quickly becoming the standard for desktop browsers, with IE 11 right around the corner with Windows 8.1 Release this fall. As of Update Rollup 10, Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 is compatible with Internet Explorer 10 for the desktop in Compatibility […]

CRM 2011 Outlook Client: Disable Mapi Caching not working after UR 14

CRM 2011 Dynamics Customers testing and deploying update Rollup 14, have noticed that performance issues resolved in Outlook Client have returned. The registry key for Disable Mapi Caching appears to be no longer be working (reintroduces poor outlook client performance). Microsoft Support has confirmed that the setting has now been moved to the OrgDbOrgSetting as follows: […]

License and Mobile Changes in store for Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2013

Some more details emerged today about CRM Online License Model and Mobile Options for CRM 2013.. We plan to offer the following competitively priced license options for our next release of Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online: Professional ($65*) For the core CRM users, who need the full capabilities of Microsoft Dynamics CRM including sales force automation […]

CRM 2011 Ribbon bar Missing after applying update Rollups? Here’s your fix.

A co-worker of mine was testing a CRM 2011 On Premise implementation where he had recently updated to rollup 12/13. He started to notice that the ribbon bar was completely missing!             My first response was to clean out your cache, and try it from another machine, as well as use the IE Private Browsing […]

Gearing up for Orion.. Are you ready to take the plunge?

The Microsoft CRM Product Team has been hard at work getting ready to deliver CRM “Orion” to the masses. We have heard we will receive the preview releases to begin testing very soon – (NDA-Safe :). We have also heard that Microsoft support was also training on the Orion Release. From Convergence 2013, there’s a […]

CRM 4 Support: End of the Line! Time to Upgrade Folks! or fall 2 versions behind!

Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 On-Premise Support Lifecycle, will change effective April 9, 2013. So what’s changing? On April 9, 2013, Dynamics CRM 4.0 moves from the mainstream support phase to the extended support phase. What this really means is that customers who are currently running CRM 4.0 On-Premise and would like to continue to do […]