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CRM Build & Release Best Practice

The below best practices should be followed while preparing build and release for Dynamics CRM application.   Please follow the below steps for Build Best Practice: Automatic Build preparation is recommended for CRM. here is a detailed step by step article in this regard. Use Solution Packager tool to Compress and Extract a solution zip file.  Check…
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CRM Deployment Best Practice

While Deploying Dynamics CRM Solutions we should follow the proven best practices and some pre and post deployment check lists to ensure a proper deployment. The deployment best practices depends on the deployments you choose, as there are different considerations for each. As an overview, with Microsoft Dynamics CRM On Premises you would have to install,…
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Exception Best Practice

Handling exceptions is very crucial in our dynamics projects. Handling exceptions is an important part of any development effort. Prevention is better then cure. As a developer I always try to prevent errors or exceptions but sometimes there will be exceptions beyond control so we have to handle this type of exceptions correctly. Handling Exceptions…
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Javascript Best Practices

While Customizing CRM in client side you should follow the below best practices. Do not directly edit scripts in script editor window of CRM. Always use Visual studio to edit so that you can figure out the syntax errors properly. Limit the number of Script libraries your form references. Performance can lag when you view…
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CRM Security Best Practices

Security Matrix in Dynamics CRM is a very crucial area to take special attention. In the machine.config and web.config configuration files you can determine whether debugging is enabled, and also if detailed error messages are sent to the client. You should make sure that debugging is disabled on all production servers, and that a generic…
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Realtime workflow in CRM

Overview Similar to asynchronous workflows, real-time workflows can be used to model and automate real world business processes. They can optionally require user input, can start automatically based on specified event conditions, or can be started manually by a user. Real-time workflows are for business users, for example business analysts, to implement similar functionality to…
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Auditing in Dynamics CRM

Overview Organizations often need to be in compliance with various regulations to ensure availability of customer interaction history, audit logs, access reports, and security incident tracking reports. Organizations may want to track changes in Microsoft Dynamics CRM data for security and analytical purpose. Microsoft Dynamics CRM supports an auditing capability where entity and attribute data…
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CRM Solution Entity Segments

Hello Friend!!! This is a tutorial explains an exciting feature on solution management (Solution Segmentation) in CRM 2016. With solution segmentation we can now export solutions with selected entity assets (fields, forms, views, etc.) rather than entire entities with all the assets. This helps a lot as previously if we were required to deploy a…
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Open Google from CRM

Hello Friends, This tutorial will tell you how to open an external web page from your CRM system. Here We are customizing a CRM entity with some form script to open the page. Here you can learn below points. CRM Custom Solution Form Scripts Entity Customization Event Binding Open External URL from CRM Publishing Customization Check…
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CRM 2016 Screen Walkthrough

Hello Friends, This tutorial is a walk though on the options available in new version of CRM 2016. Here we will discuss the the menu options available and the additional options.   Please check this video tutorial for the walk through. Thanks for watching. Please subscribe the YouTube channel for more tutorials.

SQL Query for System JOB CRM

Hello Friend, this article will explain about the system jobs ( Workflows, Dialogs, Imports etc.) in a details view using SQL query. The asyncoperation table stores details of system jobs (including asyn plugins). The following table details some of the different job types that are stored in the table. The below query can be used…
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Deal with Slow Performed CRM

Hello Friends !!! Welcome to another CRM article which will explain how to deal with slow performance in Dynamics CRM. Check out Microsoft white paper on optimization for Dynamics CRM 2011. For CRM 2015 & 2016 click here to download from Microsoft site. Some important whitepapers you can find here Troubleshoot the slow performed CRM forms using…
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Understanding POA in CRM

PrincipalObjectAccess (POA) table is an important table which holds all grants share on CRM objects. This is just for understanding purpose. SELECT TOP 100 [PrincipalObjectAccessId] ,[PrincipalId] ,[PrincipalTypeCode] ,[ObjectId] ,[ObjectTypeCode] ,[AccessRightsMask] ,[InheritedAccessRightsMask] FROM [PrincipalObjectAccess] WITH (NOLOCK) PrincipalObjectAccessId – The GUID of share record. PrincipalId – The GUID of the User or Team receiving the Share. PrincipalTypeCode…
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Email Validation Javascript

Dynamics CRM has alreaady an inbuilt email address validation mechanism but if you have any custom entity or to do a robust email validation on out-of-the-box fields then you can use the below script. function validateEmail() { //replace the attribute used to suit your field var email = Xrm.Page.getAttribute(“emailaddress1”).getValue(); if(email != “”) {   var…
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Duplicate Detection Rules Trick

Automatic simply means that you can’t repair it yourself. If you have worked on Duplicate Detection Rules then I am pretty much sure that you have faced this scenario. Now let me tell what exactly I want to notice here. Suppose you have an Entity “Customer” and you have configured two published duplicate detection rules…
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Send Email in Dynamics CRM

Change your thoughts and you change your world.– Norman Vincent Peale Sometimes we need to send Emails to the required attendees for an appointment. To achieve this either we can create an Email activity or we can directly configure a step Send Email in workflow. Here we will discuss how to use Send Email step in…
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Retrieve More than 5000 records

Cowards die many times before their deaths; The valiant never taste of death but once. – Shakespeare We write codes to customize Dynamics CRM by fetching required data from CRM organization. But there are some record count limitation and we will discuss here. We can retrieve data using FetchXML, Query Expression, OData and SOAP techniques. But…
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MSD CRM 2013 TOP 15 Helpful Resources

We know what we are, but know not what we may be. – William Shakespeare Welcome again to this blog on CRM 2013 to check all related resources of CRM 2013. Hope you guys also suggest to add any more resource site for better compilation and to help Dynamics CRM Developers and Consultants. Here is a…
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TOP Tools for CRM 2011, CRM 2013, CRM 2015

Top useful tools for Dynamics CRM 2011, 2013 & 2015 Name URL PFE Core Library for 2011 / 2013 / 2015 Download Dynamics CRM Organization Settings Editor Download CRM 2011 / 2013 /2015 Code Generator for VS Download CRM Chart Map for 2011 / 2013 Download CRM 2013 SDK Download CRM 2015 SDK Download XRM…
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Difference between CRM Online & On-Premise

There are some key differences between these two versions. Here we will discuss which concepts are different in both these online & On-Premise versions. Features Dynamics CRM Online (Cloud) Dynamics CRM On-Premise  Direct SQL DD Access  Access to SQL Views  No Direct Access  Data Storage  Available Storage  Limited Storage  Workflows Count  200 Custom Workflows &…
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TOP 10 CRM Articles of the Week

A very very happy Christmas to all out there. Enjoy your life with family and friends. Let have the top 10 articles which are very popular of Maestro. SQL Database facts of Dynamics CRM – In Details What’s New in Dynamics CRM 2013 with 2015 & 2016 for Developers Client Scripts in Dynamics CRM using XRM,…
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SQL Database facts of Dynamics CRM – In Details

SQL Server is the back end database of the Dynamics CRM web application. The complex database architecture ensures all the security features . Follow this link how to extend Dynamics CRM application in a detailed explanation. Here we will discuss how tables and views are organized in SQL level when CRM is installed. Sometimes we directly…
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What’s New in CRM 2013

The countdown has already started for a brand new year 2016 and Microsoft has already released CRM 2016 version. So much fun ahead. Many CRM developers are still working with CRM 2011 and now its time to upgrade the CRM knowledge with brand new features. Sample Code Link Microsoft is always understands customer and users pain areas…
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Form Script Customization

This post defines how to use client scripts like javascript, JQury and XRM in Dynamics CRM Customization

Configuration Best Practice

Dynamics CRM has opened a wide space for configuration and its really fun configuring CRM. But the important thing is to properly configure the system which will look consistent. Dynamics CRM and Microsoft applications are well known for its User Interface and Its best practice to follow the legacy UI rules of Microsoft that’s why…
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CRM 2011 V/S 2013 V/S 2015

Here is a list of differences between 3 mega versions of Dynamics CRM. Features CRM 2011 CRM 2013 CRM 2015 User Interface Contextual Ribbon Bar. CRM Functional groups like Sales, Services, Marketing, Workplace etc. are at bottom left of the home screen. Pop up windows are more. Ribbon Bar is replaced by top Command Bar…
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