With the release of the Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 Online and the great new features it offers, you might be wondering how you can upgrade if your currently running Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 On-Premise. You may also have heard that Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 requires 64-bit architecture. T
Read the full article hereIn my last few blog posts I have been reviewing and summarising questions posed to Microsoft Dynamic CRM General Manager, Brad Wilson from a recent interview conducted by Software Advice. So far these questions have covered trends in the CRM software market, price strategy, challenges for partners i
Read the full article hereThere are 2 ways to access and manage Cases in Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 these are: from Queues under Workplace and from Cases under Services. Workplace Under the workplace menu Queues offers a view of the cases that have been assigned to you and the cases that have been assigned to the groups you
Read the full article hereWe at Magnetism have already brought you some of the fantastic new customization features available in Dynamics CRM 2011. Today I am going to focus on some of the little things that may go unnoticed when you decide to customize your system. Where is the form assistant? The form assistant was a handy
Read the full article hereIn my last blog post I showed a new feature of Articles in Dynamics CRM 2011, which was showing how to Customize the Article Form. In this blog post I will be showing another feature, emailing an Article directly from within outlook. This is a great feature because it means you don’t need to go into
Read the full article hereIn my last few blog posts I have reviewed questions posed to Microsoft Dynamic CRM General Manager, Brad Wilson from a recent interview conducted by Software Advice. These questions covered trends in the CRM software industry, Microsoft’s competitive pricing strategy for Dynamics CRM 2011 and challe
Read the full article hereIn Dynamics CRM 4.0, there was no way of customizing the Article form. The only customization options you had for Articles was Creating Article Templates, which was limited, as it only affected the actual content of the Article. However in Dynamics CRM 2011 you can now fully customize the Article fo
Read the full article hereAny active case can be cancelled or deleted. You may need to cancel or delete a case where a customer no longer wants to receive help with the issue, or you decide that the case isn’t worth charging the customer for or billing against a contract. There are pros and cons to both cancelling and deleti
Read the full article hereIntegration between Microsoft Dynamics CRM and Microsoft Dynamics NAV has arrived with the release of the Connector for Microsoft Dynamics. If you have a customer relationship solution that is based on Microsoft Dynamics CRM, then you can integrate it with Microsoft Dynamics NAV with the Connector f
Read the full article hereIn my few blog posts I have reviewed questions posed to Microsoft Dynamic CRM General Manager, Brad Wilson from a recent interview conducted by Software Advice. These questions covered trends in the CRM software industry and Microsoft’s competitive pricing strategy for Dynamics CRM. Now I will move
Read the full article hereBusiness Units and Teams are not a new feature in Dynamics CRM 2011. They were available in the 4.0 release, but had some limitations to their usability. Microsoft has introduced some changes to Business Units and Teams in Dynamics CRM 2011, which is the main focus of this blog post. Business Units
Read the full article hereIn my last few blog posts, I’ve been showing various ways of creating and using Articles in Dynamics CRM 2011. In this post, I will be showing how to search for Articles in Dynamics CRM 2011. Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 now uses the built in functionality of the ‘Quick Search’ feature to easily fin
Read the full article hereMaintaining a case can involve adding or editing information to do with the case or it could also include adding service activities you have completed in working on the case. For example, if you were just on the phone to the customer you could record that time spent on the phone to bill the customer
Read the full article herePreviously, my colleague Simon Phillips briefly described some of the benefits and features of Queues in Dynamics CRM 2011 (click here to view his post). Dynamics CRM 2011 offers a whole new experience when working with Queues compared to previous versions. Let’s take a look at some of the new featu
Read the full article hereWhen working with cases you are often using up support time that the customer has purchased for the product. Since with most service contracts you offer time for support you will want to track what time you have spent on the customer for the service. If this isn’t part of a service contract you need
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