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Think Spindles. Not Space!
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over 5 years ago
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Prashanth Kaankadae
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Here is one question my customers ask me every time I do a Dynamics architecture assessment: "How much storage space do I allocate for the database files?" Well my answer - "Think Spindles*. Not Space!" Reason -" PERFORMANCE" A Spindle here...
Back again!
Posted
over 5 years ago
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Prashanth Kaankadae
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It's been almost 2 years since I've blogged on Dynamics CRM. I was with the Presales Technical Support team then - working on Microsoft CRM version 1.2 and 3.0 extensively. As a Consultant now with Microsoft Consulting Services, thought I should get...
Performance tuning Microsoft Dynamics CRM 3.0
Posted
over 7 years ago
by
Prashanth Kaankadae
I was on call with a partner from EMEA today. He was worried about performance issues he is facing with his CRM system. I strongly recommend every CRM implementation to be followed by Performance tuning as documented here: Optimizing the Performance...
Now you can track the actual date of the Email!
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over 7 years ago
by
Prashanth Kaankadae
Thanks to Ben for posting this article. Now you can track the actual date of the email than just the Email promotion date. From Ben's Blog ... If I had a nickel.... Date an email is promoted... Now this is a question that comes up all of...
CRM 3.0 and Exchange 2007 Compatibility
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over 7 years ago
by
Prashanth Kaankadae
Thanks to Dominic for this detailed post on Exchange 2007 Compatibility with CRM 3.0. It has been a definite pain for partners selling Exchange 2007 along with CRM 3.0. But here is the reason why it is tough to make them work together without Exchange...
Sales Best Practices for Microsoft Dynamics CRM - a good one!
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over 7 years ago
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Prashanth Kaankadae
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I came across this msreadiness webinar on Sales Best Practices for CRM and belive me it is a good one! Mark Krinhop outlines the bestpractices providing tips & tricks that help you close a successful CRM sale. Check out: Sales Best Practices for...
CRM 3.0 Effect on Active Directory
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over 7 years ago
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Prashanth Kaankadae
A question coming up time and again. I am not sure if this is already documented somewhere in some form but no harm blogging this information here even if it is already available :-) How does CRM modify the Active Directory? CRM 1.2 use to be very...
Microsoft Dynamics CRM 3.0 integration with MOSS 2007
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over 7 years ago
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Prashanth Kaankadae
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at 9/26/2007 10:00 AM PDT This session provides administrators and IT professionals who are experienced using and supporting a Microsoft Dynamics CRM 3.0 environment a good understanding of how to integrate Microsoft Dynamics CRM 3.0 with Microsoft...
SharePoint BDC Catalog with CRM
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over 7 years ago
by
Prashanth Kaankadae
I was just going through this blog of Rehman Gul. Pretty neat documentation on CRM-SharePoint BDC Integration. http://rehmangul.wordpress.com/2007/05/08/ms-crm-and-sharepoint-2007-integration/ Regards, pk
CRM Exchange Router setup in an already existing Exchange 2007 Environment
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over 7 years ago
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Prashanth Kaankadae
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A very frequent question from partners and customers... CRM 3.0 Exchange Router CANNOT be installed on Exchange 2007. CRM 3.0 Exchange 2007 Router Update CANNOT be installed on an Exchange 2007 Server. It can only deploy Server Side rules...
Using Microsoft Dynamics CRM and the Federated Model for Consolidated Pipeline Forecasting and Reporting
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over 7 years ago
by
Prashanth Kaankadae
Microsoft® invites you to attend a free web seminar on Tuesday, June 19, 2007, 11:00 a.m. – noon Pacific Time, to hear how the company is advancing the state of the art in CRM: Using Microsoft Dynamics CRM and the Federated Model for Consolidated Pipeline...
Getting the most out of Microsoft Dynamics CRM FAX Integration
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over 7 years ago
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Prashanth Kaankadae
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This link explains in detail how you could make use of the Fax Router Integration in CRM 3.0 CRM 3.0 SBE FAX Integration http://www.microsoft.com/dynamics/crm/using/sales/sbefax.mspx#ERE It talks about Routing Faxes, Creating and adding the Cover...
Fiscal Year Settings and Sales Quotas in CRM 3.0
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over 7 years ago
by
Prashanth Kaankadae
I see a few partners asking how to go about setting Fiscal Year settings and a few more wanting to know what impact it has with the application. So I decided to write-up a bit on this topic. Fiscal Year Settings in CRM 3.0 Fiscal Year settings basically...
Real Cool! Visio Shapes for CRM.
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over 7 years ago
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Prashanth Kaankadae
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I came across this cool stuff that helps PMs while working on a CRM Project. Invoke systems has developed a set of Visio Shapes for CRM 3.0 You might want to try it at http://www.invokesystems.com/cs/blogs/mscrm/archive/2006/09/25/80.aspx
CRM Compatibility pack for Exchange Server 2007 - Download released!
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over 7 years ago
by
Prashanth Kaankadae
Microsoft Dynamics CRM 3.0-Exchange E-mail Router Update is available for download at http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=f7656f0f-4195-4a7d-b654-2786787e1422&displaylang=en . Please Note: Regardless of the computer configuration...
Do we need to buy SQL CALs for every CRM user?
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over 7 years ago
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Prashanth Kaankadae
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A question that repeats itself multiple times to the Presales team: "Do I need to buy SQL CALs for every user accessing CRM apart from the CRM CALs that I purchase? Doesn't a CRM CAL include SQL CALs too?" Well the answer is: "You have to buy...
Ports to be opened for configuring CRM Outlook Client over VPN
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over 7 years ago
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Prashanth Kaankadae
We have been receiving multiple questions regarding ports that need to be opened for CRM Outlook client to work over VPN. On collaboration with the Dev and Support teams, we were able to put up a list for this. The following are the ports that are...
CRM 3.0 Solution Accelerator for Siebel Released!
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over 8 years ago
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Prashanth Kaankadae
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I got an email today announcing the release of the CRM Solution Accelerator for Siebel. Targeted towards current customers of Siebel systems, this accelerator is a pre-built integration solution that can be used to synchronize the data between Microsoft...
CRM Mobile Client Released
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over 8 years ago
by
Prashanth Kaankadae
Microsoft Released the Mobile Client last week for CRM 3.0 http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=ea5a3566-7ec8-4afe-bbfa-91e7210c55c4&DisplayLang=en
CRM Elements for Real Estate
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over 8 years ago
by
Prashanth Kaankadae
We saw a few partners asking us about using CRM for a Real Estate Industry. Sonoma has a pretty neat solution. Check http://www.sonomapartners.com/crm-elements-real-estate.aspx
Spell checker for CRM 3.0 - FREE!
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over 8 years ago
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Prashanth Kaankadae
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I was browsing through a few add-ons for CRM and came across this cool spell checker for CRM 3.0. And what makes it really cool is that it is FREE! http://www.cwrmobility.com/Products/MicrosoftCRM30SpellChecker/tabid/71/Default.aspx
Windows Desktop Search Integration with CRM
Posted
over 8 years ago
by
Prashanth Kaankadae
"Is it possible to search CRM records using Desktop search?" - This is a question we had from one of our partners. Thanks to Joris Kalz's really cool utilitiy found at http://blogs.msdn.com/joris_kalz/archive/2006/02/21/Windows_Desktop_Search_for_Microsoft_CRM...
Changing port numbers in CRM
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over 8 years ago
by
Prashanth Kaankadae
Ben has taken time to document the method to change the port number of the CRM website after installation. Thanks to his blog at http://blogs.msdn.com/midatlanticcrm/archive/2006/03/08/Changing_Port_Numbers_in_Microsoft_CRM.aspx
How to Un-associate/Un-track an email activity in CRM 3.0 Outlook client?
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over 8 years ago
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Prashanth Kaankadae
We have had this question a few times from partners and customers now. How do we Un-associate an Email that was tracked in CRM by mistake? When a customer associates an email to an account and then wants to move it to an opportunity or remove the...
Outlook Client vs. the Web browser Interface
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over 8 years ago
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Prashanth Kaankadae
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CRM Clients: Both Outlook and Web Clients are built on .NET technologies and they are accessible in either of two ways: Through a web application that is running in IE Through a CRM client for Outlook The web browser client...