Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2013: Actions walkthrough for .Net and JavaScript developers

I believe that almost every developer for Dynamics CRM faced with scenario when he/she had to invoke some complex logic on a server side, pass parameters and receive a response back. Before CRM 2013 we used workarounds similar to this one. Once Dynamics CRM 2013 was released we have got solution that would not require ‘magic’.

How to turn on Duplicate Detection for client side in Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2013

Microsoft decided to remove Duplicate Detection feature in 2013 version. Why? Not sure.
Following article describes how to restore this functionality.

Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2013 is now available online

Steps to get:

1. Open following link - http://www.microsoft.com/en-in/dynamics/crm-free-trial-overview.aspx
2. Click Try it free button.
3. Choose India as a country.
4. Process all required steps.
5. At the end you will get instance of CRM 2013 Online.

Prove:

 

Update of Latitude/Longitude fields using BingMaps services through SSIS Integration Toolkit

During current project I have got task to update Latitude/Longitude fields of all account records based on their address. I’ve done similar tasks several times but this time I decided to create SSIS package that could be reused in future projects. So in this article I will share with my results.

Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011: Lookup address by ZIP Code

This time I had task to write code that lookups address details (country, state and city) by entered postal code. I will share with my results in this post.

Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011: Error after applying Update Rollup 12/13

I haven’t updated my VM to latest updates for a long time and I decided to do that today. After Rollup was installed I saw message that Rollup was not applied to one or several organizations. I ignored that message and tried to log in to CRM. I have got following error:

DynamicsWorld 2013 Most Influential Microsoft Dynamics People List – Results

Today I found results of subj voting and it was a good surprise for me that I was listed even with worth position (last year I was 74 comparing 98 this year). Congratulations to all participants of voting who was listed!