UR12 – Upgrading Unsupported Code
When Dynamics CRM 2011 was released, it shipped with a robust JavaScript API. This API is well documented in the SDK and includes methods that cover 90% of what you might need to accomplish when...
View ArticleCRM 2011 SDK 5.0.13 Improvements
CRM 2011 SDK 5.0.13 has been released and with it comes two huge improvements. The first being a brand new ExecuteMultipleRequest. This request gives developers the ability to send multiple requests...
View ArticleUpdated CRM 2011 Metadata Browser Released
This week Jim Daly announced an updated Metadata Browser for CRM 2011 that is included in the latest SDK. I had a chance to play around with it today and it is pretty slick. UI Improvements A handful...
View ArticleMicrosoft Dynamics CRM Polaris and UR12 Update
It’s been awhile since we posted anything about Polaris and UR12 so we wanted to drop a note giving an update as to these releases as well as a product roadmap update from Microsoft. From Microsoft...
View ArticleAdministrating Cross-Browser Support
With the release of the December 2012 Service Update, your CRM organization will support multiple browsers whether you're ready for it or not. This could be problematic for your organization if you...
View ArticleExecuteMultipleRequest Performance
I took to the latest CRM 2011 SDK to see for myself how much the new ExecuteMultipleRequest actually improves performance. It is indeed a huge optimization especially when loading thousands of records...
View ArticleRoom to Read gets a helping hand from the Give Back Guys
Sonoma Partners is a big believer in giving back to the communities we work, live, and play in. It is that belief that created a program we have called the "Give Back Guys," whose sole purpose is to...
View ArticleUR 12 Server Bits Re-Released
Today Microsoft announced that the UR 12 server bits have been re-released. The community has been eagerly awaiting these updated components and this is exciting news with some of the new features and...
View ArticleIntroducing Sonoma Partners Dynamic Forms for MSCRM 2011
Microsoft continues to improve their product and the configurability of it meaning that more and more pieces of the application are surfacing to administrators to be able to configure the application,...
View ArticleCTI is Not Just for the Big Guys Anymore (Part 1 of 3)
Today's guest blogger is Luke Simpson, a Solutions Architect at Sonoma Partners Computer Telephony Integration (CTI) is becoming a much more common set of functionality within the Customer Service...
View ArticleMissing some content in your Windows 8 HTML/JS app?
Today's guest blogger is BJ Dibbern, a Developer at Sonoma Partners. While working on an HTML/JavaScript Windows 8 app recently, we noticed that on some of our pages we could not get certain elements...
View ArticleDo More With Less
Today’s guest blogger is Jacob Cynamon-Murphy, a Sales Engineer at Sonoma Partners. Don't get me wrong… I love getting paid. However, with the economy still lackluster and IT budgets quite tight, CRM...
View ArticleLoading or Manipulating Large Amounts of Data in Salesforce.com? Here's Some...
Today’s guest blogger is Mike Welburn, a Senior Developer at Sonoma Partners. When manipulating or loading large sets of data, there comes a point where manual updates are no longer the best option....
View ArticleOur Story: Synchronizing the Sonoma Salesforce.com and MSCRM Dynamics...
As a partner of both salesforce.com and Microsoft, we have separate sales teams handling each product using their respective CRM tools, salesforce.com and Microsoft Dynamics CRM. Unfortunately, this...
View ArticleCRM Mobility Options Demystified
Today’s guest blogger is Jacob Cynamon-Murphy, a Sales Engineer at Sonoma Partners. I have had the pleasure of delivering a presentation entitled CRM Mobility Options Demystified to several audiences...
View ArticleAnnouncing Sonoma Partners’ CRM 2011 Token Engine Library
Today we are excited to announce the release of Token Engine! Token Engine is a C# library that allows developers to replace tokens in text by using attributes from CRM records or constant data. This...
View ArticleCRM SDK v5.0.14 Has Been Released!
The CRM SDK v5.0.14 was released yesterday and it includes a new utility as well as some insight into the upcoming Yammer integration. Solution Down-level Utility The solution Down-level utility is a...
View ArticleAnnouncing Sonoma Partners Editable Grid for Dynamics CRM 2011
A common request that we hear from our Microsoft Dynamics CRM clients is the ability to quickly edit records directly in the grid, without having to open up each record one at a time to make updates....
View ArticlePreviewing the iPad Sales Experience for Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 Online
Microsoft recently released their iPad Sales Experience for CRM Online. Existing CRM Online orgs should now have the capability to now turn this on by Installing Product Updates. However, new customers...
View ArticleCTI is Not Just for the Big Guys Anymore (Part 2 of 3)
After some great feedback from several individuals regarding my first post in this series, I have decided to tweak the content that I had been planning on discussing this time. Originally, I thought I...
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