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Integrate Dynamics 365 with Azure Service Bus - no code!

Integrate Dynamics 365 with Azure Service Bus - no code!

Do you want to get data from Dynamics 365 or the CDS to an Azure Service Bus without writing any code? Read on my friends. First, you'll need the following ingredients: 1. An Azure Subscription 2. A Dynamics 365 instance 3. Dynamics 365 CE Plugin Registration Tool [https://docs.microsoft.

Climate change is not a conspiracy, get out of the way

Climate change is not a conspiracy, get out of the way

Last night in my house I witnessed a prolonged discussion between two people of different generations who had completely opposing views on whether the climate change we’re experiencing was man-made and therefore whether we should do anything about it. No surprises to see the battle lines drawn with the

MB2-877 exam study tips - Dynamics 365 for Field Service

MB2-877 exam study tips - Dynamics 365 for Field Service

Today I passed my MB2-877 Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Field Service exam [https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/learning/exam-mb2-877.aspx]. I thought I'd pass along some study tips and link together a few key resources. Similar to Shawn Tabor's blog post [https://atyourservicepod.com/2017/12/13/microsoft-dynamics-365-for-field-service-exam-mb2-877/] I recommend

Dynamics 365 Field Service Tasks not auto-populating from Incident type

Dynamics 365 Field Service Tasks not auto-populating from Incident type

If you've created a new instance of Field Service in Dynamics 365 v9 you may have a problem where the Products, Services & Service Tasks from the Incident type don't auto-populate to newly created Work Orders. If you have an Incident Type configured with Products, Services and Service Tasks, when you

Solving business problems with Dynamics 365

Solving business problems with Dynamics 365

A colleague who works primarily in custom .NET app development made a comment to me the other day that made me reflect: "Wow, your Dynamics team really get close to the business problem don't you?". I started my career as a software developer over two decades ago now. I've done

Migrating Dynamics CRM Organization - mapping users

If you're migration a Dynamics CRM Organization from one on-premises instance to another via the SQL backup / restore method, as part of that process you're prompted to map users from the original organization into the new one. Sometimes this is an opportunity to clean up old users who don't need

Dynamics CRM Advanced Find Layout Problem Solved

Have you ever had a problem with the Advanced Find page not rendering properly, where it looks like this? How to fix * In your browser, hit F12 * Find the Console tab, and type: * localStorage.clear() * Press enter You will get a response 'undefined', like so: Now go back to the

Canberra Dynamics 365 User Group

Canberra has a Dynamics 365 User Group that meets on the 3rd Tuesday of every month. It's free to all who are interested in learning more about Dynamics and networking with like minded professionals. Hosted at the Microsoft office in Barton, beer and pizza kicks off at 5:30pm, and

Things IT people don't say

A little video some people I know made. Things IT people don't say.

Plug-in assembly does not contain the required types or assembly content cannot be updated

There are a number of reasons why you might receive this error when deploying a CRM Solution to a new environment. One of the more obscure ones is that one of the Plugins contained within the Solution is registered with Isolation = None and the person doing the deployment is not

Event 25089: A certificate registered for use by Microsoft Dynamics CRM has expired

If you're seeing Event 25089, "A certificate registered for use by Microsoft Dynamics CRM has expired" in Windows Application Event log and having problems logging in to your Internet Facing Deployment (IFD) CRM 2015 on-premise instance then it might be that your ADFS certificate has automatically renewed, and you need

CRM Deployment Error - Wizard must remove the current Organization

CRM Deployment Error - Wizard must remove the current Organization

Today I was working on a Dynamics CRM 2016 On-Premise VM (hosted in Azure of course!) that I had configured to test something. I was restoring multiple Organizations to the CRM instance, but I came across an error I'd never seen before. To create a new organization, the wizard must

How to: Windows Identity Foundation 3.5 in Windows 10

If you need to install Windows Identity Foundation (WIF) 3.5 and you're using Windows 10, no need to try and download it. It's now part of Windows 10 but you need to enable it in Programs and Features. Once you click OK, it's installed and voila you're good to

Learn Dynamics CRM development with these great resources

Learn Dynamics CRM development with these great resources

A regular question I get asked is: I'm new to Dynamics CRM development, what training materials you would recommend? Training materials Of course there's no one-size-fits-all answer to this, it all depends on your background in software development. The following resources are a great place to get started: * Pluralsight [https:

Don't forget your Kerberos - Security Support Provider Interface (SSPI) authentication failed

I had a colleague reach out to me today because they were facing an issue calling Dynamics CRM 2015 web services over HTTPS. The calls worked over HTTP, but not HTTPS. He sent me the details of the exception he was getting, as seen below. SOAP security negotiation with https:

SSRS .rdl file will not open in design view in Visual Studio

So you've got a SQL Server Reporting Services .rdl file and you want to open the report in Visual Studio and modify it. But it just keeps showing you the XML of the report. You've installed all the right SQL Server Data Tools / Business Intelligence Studio (BIDS) bits for your

The Interview Master - Cal Fussman

I love the Tim Ferriss Show podcast [http://fourhourworkweek.com/podcast/], there's very rarely an episode that I don't come away with anything new from. Even so, when I saw there was a 3+ hour episode with someone I'd never heard of I didn't rush into it, I listened to

Passed MB2-714 CRM Customer Service exam today

I managed to passed the MB2-714 CRM 2016 Customer Service [https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/learning/exam-mb2-714.aspx] exam today. It was pretty challenging. All I can recommend is pay close attention to what the exam page says will be the topics and study up on those topics. Neil Parkhurst

Android to Windows Phone experience

Android to Windows Phone experience

I have a new job and landed a shiny new Lumia 950 XL [https://www.microsoft.com/en-au/mobile/phone/lumia950-xl/] Windows Phone, so I'm switching from Android for a while to see how I enjoy it. By far the biggest challenge so far is the state of apps, the

Record is Unavailable error opening attachments in Notes - Dynamics CRM

Record is Unavailable error opening attachments in Notes - Dynamics CRM

Today I encountered a problem in a Dynamics CRM 2013 environment, the resolution for which reminded me that sometimes a good old fashioned browser cache empty isn't such a lame idea. (TL;DR Empty your browser cache if you get this error) We have a system where we generate a

Cold Chisel - One Night Stand, 15 Dec 2015

Have you ever had Karaoke to your favourite song with 10,000 strangers? Because that is what going to a Cold Chisel concert is like - joyous, drunken and great fun. To set the context - I am a Cold Chisel fanatic. And yet I almost wasn't going to go

CRM REST JavaScript - Bad Request: Error processing request stream

Sometimes I'm tired and forgetful, and in a rush. Never a good combination. I was writing some form based JavaScript to programmatically create child-records using the REST API in Dynamics CRM 2015 and encountered the following error in a nasty JavaScript alert dialog. Error: 400: Bad Request: Error processing request

Moved blog to Ghost(Pro)

Moved blog to Ghost(Pro)

I've always used WordPress [http://wordpress.org] for this blog, and hosted it in a variety of platforms - starting out with the original free wordpress.com, then moving to a low-cost shared website with a WordPress install, and eventually IaaS in Windows Azure. When I moved to Windows Azure

Compelling reasons to use ADX Studio for your portal solution

Creating an external facing web portal for your external users is a pretty common requirement these days. Whether they be potential customers, recurring customers, partners or other external parties that you want to empower to self-serve and manage information stored in your Dynamics CRM based system you've got a couple

CRM Online Form Editor Drag and Drop Problem IE11 Fixed

If you’re using Dynamics CRM Online with Internet Explorer 11 you might find that the drag and drop of fields doesn’t work in the form editor. A lot of people revert to using Chrome forform editing as a workaround, but if you simply add the CRM site