Darren Liu's Dynamics Blog

Trying Something New!

Haven’t blog for a while since I was quite busy with customers as well as the transition to my new...

Author: darrenliu Date: 03/05/2015

CRM Lookup error with Google Chrome 38–Fixed

I haven’t get a chance to blog for a while and I need to pick it backup… Some of you may seen a...

Author: darrenliu Date: 11/04/2014

CRM 2013 Reporting and SQL 2012 AlwaysOn

Just want to resurface a blog by a colleague from UK on CRM Reporting and SQL 2012 AlwaysOn since I...

Author: darrenliu Date: 05/13/2014

CRM 2013 Maintenance Jobs

The Maintenance jobs for CRM 2013 is similar to the CRM 2011 jobs if they are not the same. I had to...

Author: darrenliu Date: 04/02/2014

Dynamics CRM Outlook Client and Office

Customer ask me a question today on the CRM Outlook client.  The question is if my Windows is...

Author: darrenliu Date: 04/02/2014

Learned something new on IIS Compression

Dynamics CRM is a web app, therefore it leverages IIS. Usually IIS compression is enabled by default...

Author: darrenliu Date: 03/25/2014

Manually Apply CRM Update Rollup to Single Tenant

In an enterprise CRM project, you might run into a large number of tenants in an environment since...

Author: darrenliu Date: 03/25/2014

Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2013 Best Practice Analyzer

Microsoft releases Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2013 Best Practices Analyzer today. This is a diagnostic...

Author: darrenliu Date: 11/19/2013

How to change organization URL in CRM 2013 MoCA client?

At this moment, The only way to change the org URL is to uninstall and reinstall the MoCA app. Happy...

Author: darrenliu Date: 10/15/2013

Determine the # of Outlook Client Users

I got another interesting question from my customer today.  How many users configured the CRM...

Author: darrenliu Date: 10/01/2013

Change CRM Organization Display Name

Customer asked me to see if they can change their CRM Organization Display Name. I didn’t pay...

Author: darrenliu Date: 09/21/2013

Is WIF required for CRM 2011?

The customer asked me today if WIF is really required for CRM 2011 On-Premise deployment without...

Author: darrenliu Date: 05/01/2013

Moving Forward

After almost 3 year, I am done with a global CRM implementation for a life science company in...

Author: darrenliu Date: 12/09/2012

CRM 2011 - IE 7,8 9 Hangs

I ran into a problem today that CRM IE7, 8, 9 hangs after 30 minutes because I have many...

Author: darrenliu Date: 08/27/2012

CRM 2011 Performance Tuning Lesson Learned

Oh well, when it comes to tuning the CRM 2011 application, there are many things we can do. ...

Author: darrenliu Date: 06/13/2012

Installing CRM Using SQL Server DNS Alias

In most enterprise Dynamics CRM project, the customer would like to install CRM using the SQL server...

Author: darrenliu Date: 04/09/2012

SQL Server DNS Alias

The customer wants to setup DNS for SQL Server because it’s part of their Disaster Recover (DR)...

Author: darrenliu Date: 04/02/2012

CRM 2011 Import: An existing connection was forcibly closed by the remote host

We ran into an issue when importing a solution to few of our environments.  The import failed...

Author: darrenliu Date: 02/29/2012

Slow Internet Explorer 7 (IE7) Performance

I am working on a global Dynamics CRM 2011 project and we are encountering performance issues on...

Author: darrenliu Date: 02/21/2012

Chance to Get a free e-Copy of our CRM book!

Do you want to read our book for free?  Our publisher is giving away two free e-copies of our...

Author: darrenliu Date: 02/07/2012

SATA to SSD!

I upgraded my laptop’s hard drive from STAT to SSD this past weekend, now I have raised my minimum...

Author: darrenliu Date: 12/22/2011

The CRM Book: Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 New Features

Packt Publishing released the book Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 New Features.  This book covers...

Author: darrenliu Date: 11/07/2011

New CRM SDK and White Paper Released!

The CRM SDK team released version 5.0.7 of the SDK and this version includes a lot of new things...

Author: darrenliu Date: 10/26/2011

CRM 2011 SDK 5.0.6

The product team has updated the CRM 2011 SDK to version 5.0.6.  Based on the release note, the...

Author: darrenliu Date: 08/29/2011

Update Rollup 3 for CRM 2011 is available now!

Rollup #3 has been released and it fixes dozens of bugs in CRM 2011.  You may download UR3 at...

Author: darrenliu Date: 07/28/2011

CRM 2011–Cannot publish customizations after import

Problem: If you ever run into a situation that you imported your solution successfully and not able...

Author: darrenliu Date: 07/08/2011

Microsoft Dynamics Sure Step Methodology

Microsoft Dynamics Sure Step Methodology R2 has been released on April 22, 2011.  Besides all...

Author: darrenliu Date: 05/10/2011

Installing Windows 7 64-Bit on Mac Mini

I am going to blog something not related to Microsoft Dynamics CRM here today.  I spent more...

Author: darrenliu Date: 05/08/2011

Minimum Permissions Required for Dynamics CRM 2011 Setup, Services, and Components

I have been asked to figure out the minimum permissions required to install CRM 2011.  I dig...

Author: darrenliu Date: 04/27/2011

Importing CRM 2011 Plugins – Permission

In CRM 2011, you may include Plugin assemblies and steps in a solution.  Then you can export...

Author: darrenliu Date: 04/25/2011

CRM 2011 SDK Update V5.0.2

The PG announced the availability of the new CRM 2011 SDK today.  It adds couple new features...

Author: darrenliu Date: 03/04/2011

Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 Claims-based Authentication White Paper

The product team released the Claims-based Authentication white paper today.  It’s available to...

Author: darrenliu Date: 02/17/2011

CRM 2011 RTM Released Today!

The CRM Product Team has been working days and nights to get this release out to us.  Many...

Author: darrenliu Date: 02/16/2011

CRM 2011 SDK Update 5.0.1

The SDK team announced the release of the latest CRM 2011 SDK.  I knew that they work really...

Author: darrenliu Date: 02/16/2011

Reference an image in Web Resource from Site Map or Ribbon

CRM 2011 has this excellent solution concept which I like it a lot!  If you can master on how...

Author: darrenliu Date: 02/06/2011

New! CRM 2011 Installation–Specify Service Accounts

CRM 2011 RC now allows us to specify service accounts during the setup process.  You can...

Author: darrenliu Date: 02/02/2011

新年快乐!

我祝大家身体健康,工作顺利, 家庭幸福。

Author: darrenliu Date: 02/02/2011

Display an HTML Web Resource in a Form with No Border

When you add an HTML Web Resource to an entity form a border will be displayed even when you do not...

Author: darrenliu Date: 01/27/2011

Retrieve Records filtering on an Entity Reference field using OData

I ran into a problem today trying to retrieve records filtering on an Entity Reference field using...

Author: darrenliu Date: 01/27/2011

Turn RSS Feed Reading View Off

I am working with CRM using the REST endpoint today and I would like to see the XML returned by the...

Author: darrenliu Date: 01/26/2011

Could not load file or assembly ‘Microsoft.IdentityModel’

I ran into a problem trying to authenticate with CRM 2011 Online, I received the following error...

Author: darrenliu Date: 01/19/2011

CRM 2011 CRM Update Available

The Microsoft Dynamics CRM team released another CRM 2011 update for the RC version on 2/11. ...

Author: darrenliu Date: 01/19/2011

Beta to RC Upgrade Error–Trial Period Expired

I upgraded my VPC from beta to RC today and I received an error telling me that the “trial period...

Author: darrenliu Date: 01/19/2011

CRM 2011 RC Released Today

CRM 2011 just released today and you may download it on the Download Center.   There will...

Author: darrenliu Date: 12/14/2010

CRM 2011 Style Templates

I am currently working on a CRM 2011 project and I need to extend CRM to integrate with other...

Author: darrenliu Date: 12/02/2010

Dynamics CRM 2011 深度开发培训

Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 即将在明年初发布,相关的一系列培训也已经开始提供给广大的合作伙伴。我会回国探亲,将在北京12月13 和 14 日做一个 CRM2011...

Author: darrenliu Date: 11/30/2010

New CRM 2011 Beta SDK Released

Wow! The product group is working hard to get CRM 2011 to market.  Here’s an update to the CRM...

Author: darrenliu Date: 10/01/2010

Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 Beta updates via Windows Update

Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 Beta updates now available through Microsoft Windows Update. Wow! ...

Author: darrenliu Date: 09/30/2010

Dynamics CRM 2011 Beta Released

Today, the Microsoft CRM product team has released Microsoft CRM 2011 Beta.  It’s available for...

Author: darrenliu Date: 09/09/2010

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