Good, old, and fairly reliable components like email router tend to slip under the monitoring radar. They work for months on end and it comes as a surprise when they stop and, in a lot of cases, we discover the problem only because users start complaining. For quite some time Dynamics CRM 2015 Email Router […]
Tip #698: Tipster guide to Voice of the Customer – Responses and Feedback
Did you know that in Dynamics CRM Voice of the Customer you can collect responses, and then you can collect the feedback? In this video, we walk you through the differences between those. We talk about configuration and customization, as well as when it is recommended to use each one. In addition, we explore response […]
Tip #697: Move to Seattle until August
Damian “Unleashed” Sinay has been putting Project Service Automation in CRM Online through its paces but discovered that when he creates a new project from a template he would get the following error when going to the Work Breakdown Structure: “There was an error copying the project. Please delete this project and try again.” When […]
Tip #695: Full text search and field length
If you are on CRM 2015 Update 0.1 or later, you can enable full text search and make the quick search in CRM perform faster. If you do this, there is one drawback of which you should be aware: you will not be able to modify the field length of any field set to be a […]
Tip #694: Access demo and learning materials when you are not a partner
Tip #689 maybe the quickest way to create CRM Online demo but one of the requirements is that your email must be associated with a Dynamics CRM Partner. But what if you are an independent consultant or just started a company and yet to acquire the coveted status? Peter “I think I’ve got the right […]
Tip #693: Tipster Guide to Dynamics CRM Project Services – Sales Automation
Depending on your role in your organization, Dynamics CRM Project Services Automation can be used in several different ways. One of these ways is to manage you sales process as you quote and sell out your projects. This video shows you how to accomplish this. Give us your feedback, all of it: good, bad, and […]
Tip #692: Extract Word and Excel templates from CRM 2016 like a boss
The creativity of our fellow CRMers does not stop to surprise me. They go to the extraordinary lengths to avoid code because, as the true masters of their craft, they do not parade
Tip #691: Extract an existing Word Template from CRM 2016
In CRM 2016 we have the fantastic Word Templates feature with which users can generate finished documents in just a few clicks. Far easier than the old mail merge options, and no need to have locally installed versions of Word, the Outlook client and so on. But one annoying limitation of the feature for many […]
Tip #690: No field level security for alternate keys
There were many people taking part in this discussion but I’m just going to take all the credit for providing the summary here. Contributors can claim the free drink from me when we meet. If you are planning to use alternate keys to access CRM data, keep in mind that the fields with field […]
Tip #689: The quickest way to create CRM Online demo
Daryl “New MVP on the block” LaBar certainly is pulling his tipping share and is back with another quick tip. If you are part of the Microsoft Partner ecosystem, and are in the need of a well designed demo with the scripted scenarios to walk through, then the quickest way to get there is not […]