So you are using Microsoft Dynamics CRM for Outlook and you want to view CRM and your Outlook email or calendar simultaneously? Easy. From Outlook, right click on one of the folders and select “open in new window.” This will open a second Outlook window. This makes it possible to have Outlook open to mail […]
Tired of selecting the Enable Content every time you open an Excel or Word document you’ve exported from CRM, saved from a mail attachment or downloaded? Good news, it is easy to change your settings. Here are the steps: Using Excel as an example: Select File -> Options Select Trust Center Select the Trust Center […]
There is no out of the box support for multi-select pick lists in Dynamics CRM but since the latest UI improvements in CRM2013 you can use a standard N:N Relationship with form sub-grid to get a most respectable multiple selection form field. For example, if we wanted a ‘Languages Spoken’ pick list on a Contact […]
Happy New Year Ladies and Gentlemen – Gus Gonzalez here driving the CRM Tipping Truck today! One of the biggest additions to Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2013 is Business Process Flow and when you start using Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2013 you will notice that Microsoft has included three new BPF processes for you to understand how […]
When dynamic marketing list is copied to a static one, the new list appears to be disabled and Manage Members button is nowhere to be found. According to our guest tipster Scott Durow, this is because when Dynamic list is copied to a static one, it is marked ‘locked’ by default. If you set Locked […]
One of the most valuable input channels for CRM customizers and developers is direct feedback from the users. The problem is that average user is either too reluctant or too busy to spend time on feedback and that pretty much rules out third-party systems like getsatisfaction, uservoice, etc, however useful and clever they might be. […]
The only way to hide a form in CRM 2011 is to remove all security roles from the form. CRM 2013 adds ability to deactivate the form making it unavailable to all users. As expected, form list command bar now has Activate/Deactivate buttons to toggle the status. The buttons are “dumb”, they recognize neither the […]
In all previous versions of CRM field description served no purpose except reminding customizers what the field is about or serving as part of project documentation. CRM 2013 now displays the field description as a tooltip for the field label making it the first port of call to improve form usability and to provide instant […]
If you are one of the brave individuals who upgraded to Windows 8.1, you may find that Internet Explorer now has a new shiny version number — 11. Or, perhaps, you were game enough to download and install IE 11 for Windows 7. Since CRM 2011 has no clue what IE 11 is, it promptly […]
Sitemap navigation has dramatically changed in CRM 2013 with horizontal layout replacing classical sitemap tree of CRM 2011. If group contains large number of subareas, horizontal scrolling is added. Large and shiny 24″+ monitors with high resolutions just compound the issue if you need to get to the rightmost item in a large group. Mouse […]
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