Tip #1167: Impersonation does not grant extra powers

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I did write before about impersonating users. It’s a very straightforward “manoeuvre” and is commonly used when there is a service account (could be either non-interactive user or, better, application user) that needs to act as a specific user. There is even a built-in role Delegate which contains an absolute minimum set of privileges required […]

Tip #652: Promote to admin explained

Promote to admin privilege

I’ve already seen some articles about “Promote To Admin” button, new in Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2016 Update 1, explaining in details how this button makes admin life easier by allowing quickly grant a user System Administrator role. All of the articles miss one important function that this button allows you to do. The functionality we’ve […]