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Beta for MS CRM 2011 launched globally.. For a sneak preview of MS CRM 2011 visit: http://www.screencast.com/users/coloradojules/folders/Default/media/094c821f-c71f-448d-88bf-5b627b586004 Catch the Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 beta or sign up for the Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online beta at www.crm2011beta.com .

GrapeCity Telemarketing Solution has scored 2nd place in XRM Showcase challenge. Over 80 unique XRM Solutions particated in XRM showcase challenge. Around 2570 individuals registered to vote and submit solutions http://blogs.msdn.com/b/crm/archive/2010/07/22/xrm-showcase-challenge-results.aspx Congratulations to GrapeCity CRM team and I wish lot more rewards in future.

As announced at the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference on July 12, 2010, Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 - formerly codenamed "CRM5" - will be publicly available as a beta release in September 2010 for both online and on-premises deployments. Please refer to following URLs for details https://offers.crmchoice.com/betaofferlanding/ http://blogs.msdn.com/b/crm/archive/2010/07/12/introducing-microsoft-dynamics-crm-2011.aspx

The latest cumulative update rollup for Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 has been released on Jun 4th, 2010. Read about RU 11 for MS CRM 4.0 at: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/crm/archive/2010/06/04/update-rollup-11-for-microsoft-dynamics-crm-4-0.aspx http://support.microsoft.com/kb/981328 RU 11 can be downloaded at: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=f84f2bfb-393d-4b90-bf1b-300a82ec6083

While localizing my custom website hosting a Silverlight 3 control, I added multiple resource files (.resx) to my xap and when I hit the page I got this error: System.Windows.Markup.XamlParseException occurred Message="AG_E_PARSER_UNKNOWN_TYPE On hitting this link http://www.telerik.com/community/forums/silverlight/navigation/navigation-samples-failing-with-silverlight-3-because-of-urimapping.aspx I realized the goof up. One of the resx files had the constructor still declared as ‘internal’, and you get this error when the application is getting initialized and trying to access and internal resource. So I made the changes to set it to public, and it worked like a charm!!

CTP3 for MS CRM 5.0 now available!! The main features offered by CRM 5.0 include: 1. Features for end users Enhanced Navigation - A “Fluent UI” like Office 2007 Single Page Forms - Single scrolling page, “quick access” navigation shortcuts and less pop-ups and clicks to complete common task Data Filtering –In-line filtering like Excel, visualization of numeric data using in-line charts and availability of drill through charts WSS integration -Document management, site and document library provisioning and check-in check-out capabilities. Team ownership for entities 2. Features for Administrators and Customizers Filtered Lookups :) Solution Management -A single unit solution (a defined set of entity customizations, workflows, e-mail templates, security roles, plug-ins etc.), version controlled solution and ability to specify selected attributes for exporting “Global Picklists” at solution level that are re-usable across multiple entities. Drag and Drop form editor New server role for...

This is for beginners in MS CRM 4.0 wanting to understand the Security Architecture in MS CRM 4.0. Download the whitepaper from: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=fb4bb16b-586f-4aae-aa4b-790023e95b61 A brief summary for the Role Based Security and the Object based security is explained from the article: To determine the extent to which users have access to the system and the resources it stores, Microsoft Dynamics CRM leverages two complementary security mechanisms: Role-based security in Microsoft Dynamics CRM focuses on grouping a set of privileges together that describe the tasks that are performed for a user in a specific job function. The basic concepts of role-based security include the following: o Users are assigned one or more roles based on their job function or tasks o Roles are associated with permissions (privileges and access levels) for the different business objects (entities) o Users gain access to entities or groups of entitie...