Word Template feature in Dynamics CRM 2016

The Word Template feature is introduced in the MS Dynamics CRM 2016. It is useful to create templates for enabling you to generate documents in a standardised format. 3 ways in which a word template can be created: 1. Navigate to Settings -> Templates -> Document Templates -> New -> Select Word Template and entity. This… Read More: Word Template feature in Dynamics CRM 2016 »

Interactive Service Hub Dashboards in Dynamics CRM

Interactive service hub dashboards is one of the interesting and useful feature introduced in the Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2016. Interactive service hub is a separate interface in Dynamics CRM 2016. We can use it for online and on premise CRM also. There are two ways to open the interactive service hub. You can either click Experience… Read More: Interactive Service Hub Dashboards in Dynamics CRM »

Instant Trials now available for Bing Maps and Dynamics CRM integration

We are happy to introduce Instant trials for our most popular product Maplytics. A comprehensive maps integration solution for Dynamics CRM supporting both Dynamics CRM on-premises as well as online. Steps to activate the trial: 1. Navigate to Settings -> Customizations -> Solutions -> Select the solution e.g. Maplytics solution. 2. To configure the solution, navigate… Read More: Instant Trials now available for Bing Maps and Dynamics CRM… »

Dynamics CRM 2016 – Developer Friendly Links

The first thing we generally do whenever a new Dynamics CRM version is released, is to check its features, trial and training materials available. Similarly for us a Business Consultant (Developer by heart!) we start with upgrading our Dynamics CRM Solutions but our first focus always remains to get our clients on this new release,… Read More: Dynamics CRM 2016 – Developer Friendly Links »

Solution Patching in Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2016

Introduction In our earlier blog we looked into the enhancements made to the way solutions can be created in Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2016. Now moving forward we will look at a common scenario of sending out Patches for your solution. Often it happens that you may need to update a few components of your managed solution… Read More: Solution Patching in Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2016 »

Solution Management with Dynamics CRM 2016

Introduction The only supported way of transferring customizations from one CRM organization to another has been through Solutions. The concept of Solution when first released in CRM 2011 was a breakthrough considering before then there was no concept of IP protection. With Solution Management came the concept of Managed and Unmanaged Solutions. Managed a way… Read More: Solution Management with Dynamics CRM 2016 »

Web API Actions in Dynamics CRM 2016

Taking forward our series on using WEB API in Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2016, we will now touch upon a feature that was not available in ODATA v2 of the earlier versions. ODATA v2 only provided support for CRUD operations. But Dynamics CRM has some special messages/functions for special operations that are beyond the basic CRUD… Read More: Web API Actions in Dynamics CRM 2016 »

Querying data in Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2016 using Web API

Introduction: With Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2016, Web API that was in Preview for CRM 2015 is now GA. Web API is really OData V4 which is the later version of OData V2 that was implemented in earlier versions of CRM until CRM 2015. With CRM 2016, OData V2 is deprecated, this means that though the… Read More: Querying data in Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2016 using Web API »