John's CRM Blog
CRM 2011 and Silverlight - SDK Samples
Hopefully this post will save you the many hours I spent messing around with the Silverlight SDK...
Date: 12/06/2011
CRM 2011 Custom Form Notification
The notification area on the CRM Form is a nice place to put information, warnings and critical...
Date: 11/02/2011
CRM 2011 Sub Grid Refresh
In CRM 2011 there is the new native feature of being able to place a sub grid in a form. It is very...
Date: 11/02/2011
Silverlight SDK Samples won't open
So you want to check out the SilverLight samples in the CRM 2011 SDK but you get an error when you...
Date: 11/02/2011
Account does not have performance counter permissions - CRM 2011
When installing CRM 2011 if you come across the following error: Then you need to update the domain...
Date: 07/08/2011
How to populate CreatedOn with a date in the past
So you are loading data into Microsoft Dynamics CRM and you want the create on date to reflect the...
Date: 11/03/2010
How to open the fire ports for your SQL Server 2008
Here is a good article and script to setup your SQL server's firewall:...
Date: 08/19/2010
How to enable ping response on Windows Server 2008
By default windows server 2008's firewall blocks ping requests. Here is how you can enabled it: 1)...
Date: 08/19/2010
How to disable the shutdown event tracker in Windows Server 2008
- Open the group policy editor. Start->run->gpedit.msc 2) Navigate to Computer...
Date: 08/18/2010
Find the Entity for a Localized Label
Have you ever exported labels for translation from Microsoft Dynamics CRM and then been left...
Date: 08/06/2010
A Simple Filtered Lookup
From Lookup: var lookupItem = new Array; lookupItem = crmForm.all.new_lookup1.DataValue;...
Date: 05/11/2010
Add the Sample Data Users
Here is a script that adds the sample data users to the AD. Before running you will need to edit...
Date: 03/04/2010
CRM Rollups
The following is a list of CRM rollups and their release info. Version Build Release Date RTM...
Date: 03/04/2010
CRM on 2008 Server and IPV6
When building a Microsoft Dynamics CRM VPC using Windows Server 2008 if you just leave the default...
Date: 03/02/2010
Holy Recover Batman
In the constant battle for space on my computer I deleted a folder that had a parent VHD in it by...
Date: 03/02/2010
The Path is not of a legal form
When building a VPC and installing the Outlook client on Windows Server 2008 I have encountered the...
Date: 02/01/2010
What version is installed again? (Part 2)
In my last post I showed how the Microsoft Dynamics CRM build number can be displayed on the desktop...
Date: 05/19/2009
What version is installed again?
If you are like me you probably have several CRM VPCs that you use with different versions installed...
Date: 05/07/2009
Upload Compressed!
For the longest time I assumed that when uploading CRM customizations it only took a .xml file. It...
Date: 03/19/2009
Getting started with Dynamics CRM - Part 1
So you want to be a Microsoft Dynamics CRM guru, where do you start? In the sandbox of course! This...
Date: 03/18/2009
Getting more detailed Errors in CRM
The good news is the CRM UI only provides user friendly error messages. The bad news is that this...
Date: 03/17/2009
Command Prompt Here!
I find it is often useful when you are setting up your server or development environment to be able...
Date: 03/17/2009