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Finally the low tech "alerts in the code" method was employed in an attempt to figure out where the choke point was.
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I’ve been working with a client recently on a project where we are using a BDC connection. Things have been going fine when we were using the external item picker in an InfoPath form but we ran into a problem. We are using an external column in the same library. Due to issues I will explain, I need to set this external column with PowerShell.
I’ve seen a lot of online folks have trouble with this, so I thought that I would share how to properly set this column with PowerShell as there is a little trick to it.
Whether you have full-time or contractors, it’s important to ensure that developers are properly checking in their code. So how can you get a report of all of the files that are checked out in your solutions?
There are two quick and easy ways to get a report of all the files checked out from your TFS server. Now the title says TFS 2010, but this applies to newer versions as well.
In today's post featuring PowerShell, I'm going to show you how to use a script with a few functions and some handy tricks to quickly reset permissions with multiple libraries, folders and files. This can be very difficult to handle manually, especially when there are many many libraries with many folders and files with broken permissions.
This 3 minute video demo shows how customer care teams can use the power of business intelligence to constantly improve the customer experience. The demo uses Microsoft's solutions for business intelligence (Power BI) and customer relationship management (Dynamics CRM).
You've been there, we all have. At one point or another, we loved InfoPath and were disappointed at the news it would be discontinued. We waited with anticipation to see what was going to replace it. It's been quite the gray unknown for a long time, and in part the Ignite conference this year didn't make any overwhelm anyone with any big announcements in this regard. But that doesn’t mean there wasn't one.
Keep reading to get my thoughts and what was announced and where the planned future of InfoPath is going.
If you have a field service delivery team, Microsoft Dynamics CRM field service management has a lot to offer. This article and one minute video provides a rapid overview.
Thanks for staying with me as I walked you through the basics of workflow in our favorite intranet platform – Microsoft SharePoint (and I’ll see you at the Ignite Conference at the end of the month!).
To wrap up our series, I wanted to talk a little about some best practices with workflow then offer some ways that you can extend your workflows.
What would it look like to watch a sports game with no score? No one would watch! But that's exactly how most businesses are run today. This series of infographics takes a look at how the best organizations share the score with their employees in order to create the best customer experience.
In Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2016 U1, Microsoft has included an optional new area called project service automation (or PSA). This 3 minute video provides a brief high-level overview.
Is all the talk about better customer experiences and employee engagement just hype, or is there an ROI for these investments?
I trust that you’ve been following me in this 101 series on workflow, so welcome to part 3! Today we’re going to focus on getting SharePoint Designer going, reviewing the interface for workflow and creating some workflows. Get ready, this will be a long one! There’s a lot of info to get through, and I give you different steps between 2010 and 2013.
Get 10 practical tips that will help you build a rock-solid intranet. Some of these you may have heard, and some may new ideas, but all are time-tested and have been proven effective.
Welcome to part 2 of our introductory blog series on SharePoint workflows. Now we can venture deeper into the depths of your workflow adventures. We’ll cover how to use the default workflows, more details on workflow structure and we’ll wrap up with working with workflows. In the next post, we’ll crack open Designer to see how we can create some workflow.
Follow these 3 steps to create your first sales process - or to simplify an over-engineered sales process.
I'm always surprised at how few sales teams have adopted a sales process yet; and I'm even more surprised at the number of myths that still exist about sales processes. So, in the interest of helping everyone to take a few steps forward with their sales process, let's dispel a few of the more common myths now.
In this post, which is part of a new Building a Better Intranet series that I’m writing, I want to share 4 strategies with you. Four overarching themes, that you can and should be using, whether you’re designing and building a new intranet, or trying to breathe new life into a struggling one. Don’t worry, I promise to show you what luck has to do with it, so just stay with me.
Many organizations have not yet upgraded to Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2016 U1. Or those who have may not be fully using it. That's too bad, because there are hundreds of new features. This 4 minute video provides an overview.
Data – and the ability to capture it, analyze it, and take action based on it – may be the single biggest differentiator between the highest performing companies and everyone else. In this article we take a look at how the leaders are succeeding at creating action from data.
This video – just over 3 minutes long – provides an overview of the productivity enhancing capabilities now available in Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2016 Online U1.
Do your SharePoint or Dynamics CRM JavaScript functions sometimes throw unexpected errors? This might be due to how a JavaScript function is defined, so in today's blog I'll review the different options and ways you can define JavaScript functions.
Microsoft has been quietly expanding the functionality in the mobile version of Microsoft CRM. Now Microsoft CRM Mobile is truly a cross-platform mobile app that any mobile sales, service or marketing worker will want to use. This article and video provide a brief overview of Microsoft Dynamics CRM's mobile capabilities.
With most clients I’ve worked with over the years, I inevitably get asked the same thing sooner or later – “what’s workflow?" Or it’s “teach me about workflow,” or “how do you customize an default workflow?"
With this blog series I want to try to take explain some core concepts of workflow, then give some direction on creating them, the interface, customizing the default ones, some best practices and some ideas on extending them. Sounds like a lot, and it is! There are 2 and 3-day training courses just on workflow, but my goal is to give you some basics and direction to get you going with your adventure with SharePoint workflows. I won’t go into many step by steps on building a sample workflow, but I want to help you started.
This post will the first of a 4-part series on how you and your organization can begin to build a better intranet. In this first post, we will ask the question of "Why do we need a better intranet?", and give you 4 areas that have changed dramatically, and why acknowledging and addressing them is one of the keys to a successful intranet.
Is your team frustrated with too many meetings, struggling to find the information they need to get their jobs done, and become increasingly disengaged? Then it's time to consider a new (or upgraded) intranet. This article lists the top 6 benefits of a modern intranet.
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Whether you are upgrading to SharePoint Online, 2010, 2013 or the latest 2016, this checklist contains everything you need to know for a successful transition.