Typically, when working with Dynamics 365 for Customer Service entities, you expect a certain type of behaviour. A good example of this in practice is entity record activation and the differences between Active and Inactive record types. In simple terms, you are generally restricted in the actions that can be performed against an Inactive record, most [...]
Slight change of pace with this week's blog post, which will be a fairly condensed and self-indulgent affair - due to personal circumstances, I have been waylaid somewhat when it comes to producing content for the blog and I have also been unable to make any further progress with my new YouTube video series. Hoping [...]
As part of developing Dynamics CRM/Dynamics 365 Customer Engagement (CRM/D365CE) plug-ins day in, day out, you can often forget about the Execution Mode setting. This can be evidenced by the fact that I make no mention of it in my recent tutorial video on plug-in development. In a nutshell, this setting enables you to customise whether [...]
This is an accompanying blog post to my YouTube video Dynamics 365 Customer Engagement Deep Dive: Creating a Basic Plug-in, the second in a series aiming to provide tutorials on how to accomplish developer focused tasks within Dynamics 365 Customer Engagement. You can watch the video in full below: https://youtu.be/y0SgyieGYU8 Below you will find links to [...]
Did you know that you can write Plug-ins for Dynamics 365 Customer Engagement/Dynamics CRM (D365CE/CRM) using Visual Basic .NET (VB.NET)? You wouldn't have thought so after a thorough look through the D365CE/CRM Software Development Kit (SDK). Whilst there is a plethora of code examples available for C# plug-ins, no examples are provided on how to [...]
Working in-depth amidst the Sales entities (e.g. Product, Price List, Quote etc.) within Dynamics CRM/Dynamics 365 Customer Engagement (CRM/D365CE) can produce some unexpected complications. What you may think is simple to achieve on the outset, based on how other entities work within the system, often leads you in a completely different direction. A good rule [...]
When working with applications day in, day out, you sometimes overlook something that is sitting there, staring at you in the face. It may be an important feature or an inconsequential piece of functionality, but you never really take the time to fully understand either way just what it is and whether it can offer [...]
Generally, when you are looking at adopting Dynamics CRM/Dynamics 365 for Enterprise (D365E) within your business, you can be reasonably satisfied that the majority of what is already configured within the system can be very quickly adapted to suit your business needs. Whether it's the Lead to Opportunity sales process or the entire Case management module, the functionality at [...]
For those who are well versed in rolling out solution updates within Dynamics CRM/365 for Enterprise (CRM/D365E), the process will always have a certain familiarity to it, with a few surprises rolled in now and again. Often, the update will proceed as anticipated; sometimes, you may encounter bizarre issues. I can remember a particularly strange incident [...]
Organisations that deploy Dynamics CRM/Dynamics 365 for Enterprise (CRM/D365E) can immediately take advantage of a number of inbuilt functionality, processes and data models that can be re-purposed with minimal effort. Whilst this approach can often lead to more streamlined deployment of your CRM/D365E solution, individuals customising the system should take care not to make the [...]