Matthew Wittemann

Update Rollup 6 for MS CRM 4.0 Released

2009-08-27T19:31:00Z

Whew! Those guys on the Sustained Engineering team at Microsoft keep cranking them out. Seems like we've just finished deploying UR5 on all our implementations. Now, they've released Update Rollup 6. From the article, it looks to contain just Read More......(read more)

Update Rollup 5 for MS CRM 4.0 Released

2009-07-02T16:28:00Z

Looks like the next rollup update is now available from Microsoft: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=5101d801-976b-4c11-bdfc-000b970ef4a3 Read More......(read more)

Including External JavaScript Files

2009-06-04T13:59:00Z

There are a number of blogs out there with good information on how to include external javascript files in your CRM OnLoad events. I’m only adding this post to the mix to bring together some of the different information out there for easy reference. CRM Read More......(read more)

The CRM Address Entity: There’s more to it than you think!

2009-05-18T16:51:00Z

I’ve been working with Microsoft CRM in production environments since 1.2 was released, but apart from some minor tweaks to the form I haven’t had to work with the Address entity in too much depth. Until now. I was surprised to find that there are a lot Read More......(read more)

New Updates and Rollups

2009-05-18T16:06:00Z

I haven’t had a chance to blog in a couple of weeks, and there have been a number of new releases from the CRM team at Microsoft: 1. Update Rollup 4 has been released. 2. The Implementation Guide has been updated. 3. The SDK has been updated, and 4. The Read More......(read more)

New Article on the Microsoft CRM Team Blog

2009-05-04T21:02:00Z

I have a new article on the Microsoft CRM Team Blog today with some tips on building a virtual development server for CRM using Windows Server 2008 and SQL 2008. Check it out! Read More......(read more)

US States Picklists Values

2009-04-30T15:20:00Z

How many times have you had to make a picklist for the US states on a CRM 4.0 form? Well, rather than having to manually add each of the 50 states (52 if you count DC and Puerto Rico), I've got an XML file pre-made with the values of the US States Read More......(read more)

New Demonstration VPC for CRM 4.0

2009-04-19T22:59:00Z

Microsoft has released a new demonstration VPC image for Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0. The image is built using SQL Server 2008 and Visual Studio 2008, and is available on PartnerSource . It is set to expire in August 2010. Happy demo'ing! Read More......(read more)

Agent Communications Panel for CRM - Call Center Functionality Using OCS

2009-04-17T16:44:00Z

Microsoft recently released the "Agent Communications Panel for Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0" which provides an out-of-the-box integration with Office Communications Server for call center functionality within CRM. " The Agent Communications Read More......(read more)

Error Importing Customizations

2009-04-03T14:35:00Z

On a development environment where I had imported a new organization, the developer was getting an error when trying to import customizations from another system (both on Update Rollup 3), and was unable to publish any customizations either. On importing Read More......(read more)

Re-Awarded MVP for CRM

2009-04-01T14:24:00Z

Got the email today notifying me that I was re-awarded MVP status for CRM! This makes it 4 years running. I'm extremely grateful to Microsoft and the CRM community - it's been an incredible experience working with CRM and getting to know a lot Read More......(read more)

Role-Tailored Dashboard Links

2009-03-30T22:19:00Z

Most organizations with CRM will eventually want to have some kind of dashboards to help their employees focus on the KPIs and CRM lists that are important to them. Creating the dashboards themselves is outside the scope of this article, but there are Read More......(read more)

IE8 Released - and CRM 4.0 is officially supported on it

2009-03-19T20:18:00Z

Microsoft this afternoon released Internet Explorer 8, and word from the CRM team is that CRM 4.0 is officially supported on this new browser. The CRM team worked closely with the IE team to test the browser against CRM, and, except for one minor outstanding Read More......(read more)

Tag: You're It!

2009-03-17T19:22:00Z

At Convergence, one of the keynote speakers demoed a new beta technology called " Tag ." Similar to a barcode, tags are colorful little unique labels that, when photographed with a properly-equipped mobile device, can act as hyperlinks from Read More......(read more)

Update Rollup 3 for MS CRM 4.0 Released

2009-03-16T12:42:00Z

As promised, Microsoft's Sustained Engineering team has stuck to a more rigorous schedule of releasing update rollups for CRM. Update Rollup 3 has been released. For a comprehensive description of the rollup and related information, read the article Read More......(read more)

What If

2009-02-25T02:20:00Z

The following may be off-topic, but there's no more relevant topic that any of us must be concerned with right now than the rapid evaporation of liberty amidst the doublespeak coming from our "leaders." What if we wake up one day and realize Read More......(read more)

Expand A Virtual Hard Disk

2009-02-24T23:06:00Z

I recently created a new virtual server for development purposes, and made the newbie mistake of leaving the maximum hard drive size set to 16GB. Even though I set it up to be a dynamically expanding hard disk, it was only after I installed Windows Server Read More......(read more)

CRM Mobile Express Preview Now Available

2009-02-18T20:56:00Z

Microsoft has finally released a "preview" of Mobile Express for CRM, a free mobile app for Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0. Read more about it here . Download it here (registration required) . Read More......(read more)

How To Uninstall SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services

2009-02-01T15:45:00Z

Update Rollup 2 for MS CRM 4.0 Released

2009-01-15T21:58:00Z