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

  1. 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

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