Developers can use the IPluginExecutionContext service object to obtain contextual information from the CRM platform which is passed to the plugin at run-time. It includes details about the user who triggered the plugin event as well as transactional information handled at the platform layer. In thi
Read the full article hereDevelopers can use the IPluginExecutionContext service object to obtain contextual information from the CRM platform which is passed to the plugin at run-time. It includes details about the user who triggered the plugin event as well as transactional information handled at the platform layer. In thi
Read the full article hereIn this blog I will discuss the options provided in the Microsoft Dynamics Connector for Mapping Destination fields. There are five options. The following screenshot shows the three most common options. A fourth option is to not Map selected Destination fields and a fifth option is to Map all
Read the full article hereIn this blog I will describe how to create and run a simple integration between two Microsoft Dynamics CRM organisations for a custom entity called Country. 1. Open the Microsoft Dynamics Connector. 2. Open the Connector for Microsoft Dynamics. The New Integration screen will be dis
Read the full article hereWhen a particular event occurs in Microsoft Dynamics CRM, such as “create of a contact” or “update of an account”, the Execute method is invoked for any plugins registered on the event. This method includes a single serviceProvider parameter which provides useful service info
Read the full article here#9628 - An error occurred while delivering the e-mail message with subject "subject" in mailbox example@email.com for delivery to http://localhost/org. We had an issue with one of our customers using the Email Router with CRM IFD where the router failed to connect to CRM using the localhost address.
Read the full article hereWednesday 20th March 2013 session at Convergence 2013 in New Orleans, Jujhar Singh delivered a session titled CSCRM08 – Microsoft Dynamics CRM: Product Recap & Roadmap Primer. Now this is a session I had been waiting for. It contained the roadmap and look n feel of the next major release o
Read the full article hereOn Tuesday 19th March 2013, we were greeted with the Opening Keynote. This is the must attend session to kick of Convergence 2013. After taking in a good breakfast at the hotel we all headed over to get our reserved seats at the Keynote – right up the front! Yep you read it right. 11
Read the full article hereIf you reading on from my last blog post, then the next couple of things to blog about would be the trip to Randy & Andy’s Convergence 2013 party and the Convergence Experience Center. Consider this blog number 2 of the series. I attended the Partner Q&A on Sunday 17th March. Quite a f
Read the full article hereWell this blog will start a series of hopefully a few blog posts during my time here in New Orleans. The journey to the USA started from the Auckland International Airport. Boy did it start! What I mean by this is that the automatic link from NZ to USA for check-in failed and AirNZ had about 150
Read the full article hereIn this blog I will describe how to configure the Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 Instance Adapter for integrating two Microsoft Dynamics CRM organisations. Part 1 – Configure Microsoft Dynamics CRM User Accounts Ensure that you have the following user account in each of the Microsoft Dynami
Read the full article hereThere is the old adage “no one cares what or how much you know, until they know how much you care”, it seems like a fluffy statement but it is pertinent to all human engagement - in my experience, it underpins any successful partnership! I am not talking about us being recognised as thei
Read the full article hereIn my previous blog I provided instructions for downloading the components required to install the Connector for Microsoft Dynamics and the Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 Instance Adapter. In this blog I will provide abbreviated/ annotated instructions, from the Connector for Microsoft Dyna
Read the full article hereSpotted a blog post mention on Twitter today, which I thought I would re-post to my blog for future reference as it had some good info on Unit Testing well worth giving a plug for. Since I am a BIG fan of Test Driven Development (even with Microsoft Dynamics CRM – don’t let anyone t
Read the full article hereMicrosoft Dynamics CRM 2011 Polaris release has brought so many useful features to the users of Dynamics CRM. In this blog post I will give you an overview of the new features. Multiple browser support Polaris update has provided us the functionality of multiple browser support. Now yo
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