Hey! It’s finally here! The long-awaited article companion to my xRMVirtual presentation . If you haven’t seen the video, then I invite you to do so. If you have, then I apologize for...
http://crmentropy.blogspot.com/2015/06/introduction-to-typescript-for-xrm.html
I had a recent adventure with a Kendo UI project that took me into the recesses of a place I have very skillfully avoided for 7 lucky years: debugging JavaScript in the CRM for Outlook client. ...
http://crmentropy.blogspot.com/2015/04/debugging-dynamics-crm-for-outlook.html
I’ve undergone a change of employers, for both personal and professional reasons, but hope that will serve as a catalyst to reconnect with the Dynamics CRM community—with whom I’ve grown to...
http://crmentropy.blogspot.com/2014/08/a-crm-book-and-extremecrm.html
It’s about time that I come to you, the Dynamics CRM Community, you rich and vibrant thing , with an apology and an explanation for my relative absence over these bitter winter months. Rest a...
You might not know it, because I’ve been silent on the matter, but I am a contributing author to The CRM Field Guide . Specifically, I authored Chapter 24: Rapid Development Best Practices. ...
http://crmentropy.blogspot.com/2013/09/the-crm-field-guide-guide.html
The CRM 2011 SDK offers a handful of useful extensions over the previous versions that many Dynamics CRM developers have come to appreciate. One in particular that I’ve only recently come to ...
http://crmentropy.blogspot.com/2013/08/entitygetattributevalue-explained.html
Those who know me closely know that I hold a certain disdain for JavaScript. Not because I’m particularly bad at it (though some of my public and private code might put that to question), but...
http://crmentropy.blogspot.com/2013/05/typescript-crm-2011-and-you.html
I’m going to make an unusual break from my normal kind of post to talk about customizing Dynamics CRM with paid utilities, and specifically about sourcing professional-appearing icons for CRM�...
http://crmentropy.blogspot.com/2013/04/love-your-ui-icons-for-crm.html
Since joining Avtex , I have been able to expand my horizons and gain exposure to customers with unique needs. I try, as hard as possible, to incorporate or build on top of CRM’s out-of-box e...
http://crmentropy.blogspot.com/2013/02/high-availability-workflows.html
I love it when technologies using the same framework marry together like peaches and cream. Today, I want to cover the intersection of CRM 2011’s new ExecuteMultiple capabilities and my love...
http://crmentropy.blogspot.com/2013/02/a-potent-cocktail-executemultiple-and.html
ALTERNATE TITLE: HOW TO HIDE THE “NEW” OR “PROPERTIES” BUTTON FROM THE CRM 2011 LOOKUP DIALOG. Following on the heels of yesterday’s post , I have finally discovered a way to eliminate...
http://crmentropy.blogspot.com/2013/02/add-parameters-to-crm-2011-lookup-dialog.html
Before Update Rollup 12, it was relatively simple to use the original “form alert” hack (seen here , here , here , and here ) to produce custom, inline alerts and notices for the end user....
http://crmentropy.blogspot.com/2013/02/custom-crm-2011-form-notifications-for.html
I discovered, somewhat by accident, that if you specify an Execution Account in the SQL Server Reporting Services Configuration Wizard, the specified account will provide the security context for...
http://crmentropy.blogspot.com/2012/12/ssrs-execution-account-needs.html
I’ve had the fortunate opportunity to be working with Telerik (www.telerik.com ) tools in my Visual Studio development environment for a while now, and I like them. JustTrace , JustCode , and...
http://crmentropy.blogspot.com/2012/10/telerik-wins-cookie.html
Microsoft graciously renewed my MVP status for 2012, as I found out today. I don’t know why it keeps happening, but I love it and hope always to be worthy of it. Having grown much closer to...
http://crmentropy.blogspot.com/2012/07/my-third-mvp-award.html
I’ve mentioned NDepend a scant few times, mostly because I’ve used it in limited fashion. Though CQL was easy enough to learn, I found it difficult to quickly put together complex analyti...
http://crmentropy.blogspot.com/2012/05/ndepend-v4-released.html
I went out on an adventure to find out if I could pass extra data into a web service Message from the client, and discovered that it is possible to set a cookie at the browser (or an ISV page, if...
http://crmentropy.blogspot.com/2012/04/crm-cookies-and-you.html
I’ve successfully returned alive from my attendance of the Microsoft 2012 MVP Summit . This was a minor concern, given that I was stricken with a bout of vertigo that still troubles me to a l...
http://crmentropy.blogspot.com/2012/03/so-this-is-what-i-missed.html
On Jan. 10th, I’ll be making a presentation along such revered Dynamics CRM MVPs as Julie Yack , Scott Sewell , Donna Edwards , Leon Tribe , Shan McArthur , and Mitch Milam . Our topic matter...
http://crmentropy.blogspot.com/2012/01/xrm-virtual-presentation.html
Lately, I’ve been trying to coalesce information streamed around various channels to which I’m attuned into a new Google+ page for Dynamics CRM . Personally, I’ve become a heavier G+ use...
http://crmentropy.blogspot.com/2012/01/google-page-for-dynamics-crm.html
For more complicated and feature-rich Plug-in customizations for CRM, it can be appealing to use highly dynamic configurations. The Plug-in model offers simple string parameters to allow for th...
http://crmentropy.blogspot.com/2011/12/using-xml-based-plug-in-configuration.html
Q: WHO’S AN ITDIOT? A: ME. I’ve been involved in the IT world since my early teen years. It started as the family computer expert, and evolved into advanced circuit configuration for ISP...
http://crmentropy.blogspot.com/2011/10/upgrade-crm-4-to-2011-for-itdiots.html
With Jim’s recent announcement of his retirement from Microsoft , I thought I’d make a little space here to immortalize my thoughts of a man I never got to meet in person, but dearly wished t...
http://crmentropy.blogspot.com/2011/10/farewell-jim-glass.html
When I first started this blog, I really didn’t expect it to take me anywhere. I just wanted a neat little place to post my code, a place that would follow me wherever I went and be a soundin...
Publisher: Wiley Authors: Matt Wittemann , Geoff Ables CRM Entropy Rating (in Baked Goods): 3.1415926535897 Matt, a fellow CRM MVP, sent me a copy of this book a long time ago, and I’ve p...
http://crmentropy.blogspot.com/2011/09/review-crm-2011-administration-bible.html