Getting the Most Out of Your CRM Online Trial – Getting Started
By signing up for a free 30-day trial of Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online , you are taking your first step towards improving your business’ marketing effectiveness, boosting your sales productivity, and...
View ArticleMicrosoft Dynamics CRM 2011 Update Rollup 12
Update Rollup 12 for Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 is now available. It can be downloaded from the Microsoft Download Center as of January 10, 2013 or updated through Microsoft Update as of January 22,...
View ArticleGetting the Most Out of Your CRM Online Trial – Security Roles
In the first entry in this series, “ Getting the Most Out of You CRM Online Trial – Getting Started ,” we took the first step towards maximizing the effectiveness of our CRM Online Trial. Now that we...
View ArticleMicrosoft Dynamics CRM Consulting On a Budget
A lot of small business owners and managers realize that a CRM solution could make their marketing, sales, and service efforts more efficient and make a major impact on their bottom lines. They...
View ArticleLet’s Socialize
Back in November 2011, Activity Feeds became an important addition to Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 and CRM Online via a service update. Modeled after the Facebook wall, Twitter feed, and LinkedIn...
View ArticleQuick tip: Using Excel with Microsoft Dynamics CRM
Have you ever had issues opening exported Microsoft Dynamics CRM data in Microsoft Excel 2010? This can be a frustrating occurrence, but one that may be easily resolved. The issue: opening a Data...
View ArticleGetting the Most Out of Your CRM Online Trial – CRM for Outlook
At this point in our evaluation of our free 30-day trial of Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online , we have conducted most of our analysis from an internet browser. However, we heard that Microsoft CRM will...
View ArticleGetting your sales team interested in CRM Online 2011
At this point in its lifecycle, there’s no doubting that Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 is a powerful and flexible product, or that it’s here to stay. When you combine the feature set of the application...
View ArticleInternet Lead Capture ends today
Microsoft announced a while ago that it planned to discontinue Internet Lead Capture (ILC) Friday, February 15, 2013. That date has arrived. ILC provided a way to collect data submitted by potential...
View ArticleHey Microsoft. Where Is My Toolbox?
The recent Polaris update (Update Rollup 12) made a number of changes to the user interface of Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 and CRM Online . As part of the new Polaris interface, the sitemap and...
View ArticleNew User Interface, Still a Classic
One of the many great things about the Polaris update to CRM Online is the amount of information provided to users in a single window. This allows you to view data in one central location. Of course,...
View ArticleDeveloper Alert: Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 SDK v5.0.13 released
Microsoft has updated the Software Development Kit (SDK) for Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 to version 5.0.13. This update addresses Polaris and UR 12 and is now available for download from MSDN downloads...
View ArticleGetting the Most Out of Your CRM Online Trial – Sample Data as a Training Tool
It’s our third entry in this series and we are well on our way to effectively evaluating our free 30-day trail of Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online. We got started by understanding that CRM Online is a...
View ArticleGetting the Most Out of Your CRM Online Trial – Converting Your Trial Account...
This is the final entry in a series intended to help you effectively evaluate your free 30-day trial of Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online. The four previous entries are CRM Online Getting Started Security...
View ArticleHandy System Settings for a System Administrator
Let’s step into the shoes of our humble system administrator, Butch Burnquist once again. This time he’s making some changes to the System Settings in Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online, including some that...
View ArticleQuick tip: Sub-Grid Formatting
Here’s a quick formatting tip for adding sub-grids to a form. A common obstacle I’ve encountered personally, and others have as well, is an inability to insert multiple, adjacent sub-grids, as seen in...
View ArticleSales, Marketing, Service: What Else Can CRM Online Do?
If you have logged in to your Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online account already, you have likely noticed that it contains modules that correspond to the three main functions of CRM: sales, marketing, and...
View ArticlexRM Teams with Akvelon to Provide Hosted Global Search
xRM has teamed up with Akvelon to provide the company’s Global Search application to Microsoft Dynamics CRM customers that have partner-hosted deployments. Global Search was previously available only...
View ArticleThe Simplicity of Polaris
As a CRM Online customer, or even a person who might be interested in CRM Online, you have to appreciate the current thinking from Microsoft – that their CRM solution is a bit … complex. In fact, it’s...
View ArticleDocuSign and xRM Take the Stage at Convergence 2013
Come for the excitement of Bourbon Street; Stay to hear how DocuSign is making businesses around the world more efficient and how partners like xRM are building innovative solutions using the DocuSign...
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