CRM 2015 – The benefits of Access Teams

Originally posted on Hosk's Dynamic Blog:
Access teams are an underused feature in Microsoft Dynamics CRM because the benefits of access teams are not clearly understood by many CRM professionals.   When I have asked fellow CRM professionals about Access teams most had only heard of Access team and none had ever used them.…

Hosk’s CRM 2013 Tools List

Source: Hosk’s CRM 2013 Tools List

CRM 2015/2013 – All you need to know about Database Encryption

Originally posted on Hosk's Dynamic Blog:
There are two types of encryption: one that will prevent your sister from reading your diary and one that will prevent your government. Bruce Schneier ? Encryption problems don’t occur because Microsoft Dynamics CRM encrypts password fields. Problem’s occur if you don’t realise CRM 2013/2015 database are encrypted…

What are the limitations of Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online and how do you work with them?

Originally posted on Hosk's Dynamic Blog:
will all CRM instances be online is the future? Why haven’t I worked on more CRM online projects? I was contemplating the questions above reading the white paper about creating solutions for CRM online Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online patterns & principles for solution builders It’s a white paper highlighting…

The pain of setting up CRM Dev environments

Originally posted on Hosk's Dynamic Blog:
“To see what is in front of one’s nose needs a constant struggle.” George Orwell Whilst creating a console app to create email records in CRM I find my CRM dev environment working against me rather than assisting me. Setting up a CRM environment tasks Restore a copy…

CRM 2011 – Javascript to set the current date and time

Originally posted on Hosk's Dynamic Blog:
A quick blog entry and a suprisingly easy and small piece of code In the code below I have function which gets triggered when a user ticks the confirm Closed checkbox it then sets the current date and time. if the user untick the checkbox I wipe the…

What’s new in CRM 2016 and why you should read the preview guide

Originally posted on Hosk's Dynamic Blog:
We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things, because we’re curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths. Walt Disney ? I go on holiday to Butlins for a week and Microsoft release a new version of CRM, well not actually release but an…

How to create realistic Test Data for your CRM Project and why you should

Originally posted on Hosk's Dynamic Blog:
True happiness comes from the joy of deeds well done, the zest of creating things new. Antoine de Saint-Exupery Poor quality and inconsistent data in your CRM database = bugs and odd behaviour out of CRM customizations and CRM demo’s – Hosk Test data which doesn’t replicate live data in…

No plugins have been selected from the list. Please select at least one and try again error while trying to register Custom Workflow Activity in CRM 2013 Online.

Source: No plugins have been selected from the list. Please select at least one and try again error while trying to register Custom Workflow Activity in CRM 2013 Online.

Performing Outer Join in Advanced Find

Originally posted on Dreaming in CRM & Power Platform:
It is currently not possible to perform left outer join using Advanced Find, even though that capability exists in CRM2015. For e.g. if you want to get a list of contacts, that don’t have an invoice, you cannot do it using an ad-hoc Advanced Find. This…