I am a firm believer in using a tool to generate documentation; it makes it more accurate and ultimately more useful. With CRM 4.0 we used a tool that parsed the Customizations.xml to produce the documentation. A significant difference between CRM2011 and CRM4.0 is the managed solutions approach to ... [More]
Don't waste time re-publishing JavaScript web resources during development
The new solution framework in Dynamics CRM 2011 is a fantastic addition to the Xrm platform – especially with the new Web Resources functionality. The ability to include JavaScript files rather than including the script in t... [More]
Nulls are handled differently by the SDK Web services:
Using the CRM 4.0 SDK webservice and pipeline context, you could always exclude an attribute from an update by setting it to null. This has now changed:
CRM 4.0:
entity.attributename = null;
CRM 2011:
entity.Remove("attributename");
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The next major milestone in the release schedule for Dynamics CRM 2011 has been reached with the Release Candidate being available for download:
Download Dynamics CRM 2011 Release Candidate
This is said to be the last externally available release before RTM.
It seems that although th... [More]
Microsoft have announced a new promotion called 'Cloud CRM for Less' that targets Oracle and Salesforce.com customers offering USD200 per seat cash back:
http://www.microsoft.com/Presspass/press/2010/dec10/12-06OpenLetterPR.mspx
http://www.cloudCRMforLess.com
It’s been a while since Dynamics CRM 2011 Beta 1 was released (surely we are due Beta 2 soon!) so I thought it was about time I set up a Unit Test framework for PlugIns. I’ve been using Rhino Mocks for a while to great effect, so here we go!
This example aims to unit test the SDK sample... [More]