Accessing webservices via Javascript (aka AJAX)

Several times I've been asked, or saw the question on the newsgroups, how to create a piece of javascript code which retrieves data from a webservice. This information has been included in the SDK and you'll be able to find it here:http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/CrmSdk3_0/htm/v3d0accessingwebservices.aspHere's the code example of that page:// Declare

Clone your production system: VMware Converter 3.0

Imagine you have a problem on your production server. You try to reproduce the error on your dev, test and acceptance servers and they all work fine... Now what? How do you solve this? I really don't like to debug errors on the production machine..VMware has the solution! They have created a free Physical to Virtual Convertion tool which does not require your server to go offline! They're

BizTalk Adapter available for download!

It's been some time waiting since the announcement at the Convergence in Texas for the BizTalk Adapter to be released, but it has gone public! Here are links to the adapter and a code sample:The adapterCode SampleThis BizTalk connector basically exposes all the CRM API's in BizTalk. For each entity schemas can be generated. The adapter can perform Create, Update, Delete or Execute actions based

Determine which priviledges are required

I do assume that you do not provide the end user administrator rights on the crm installation. You probably have defined your own security role with the least priviledges the user should posess. Well how do you know what priviledges the user should posess?There's an update to the online SDK with this information. You can browse to this url and you'll see a list of messages. Under each message the

FetchXML Builder

Some time ago Microsoft organized the code contest. Users have been asked to share their greatest assets with the community. One of the winners is James Downey. He has created the FetchXML Builder: a free user-friendly tool for building and testing FetchXML statements.Today I have been able to use this tool in my development project. It works very intuitive, at least for people having fetchxml

Convergence EMEA 2006

March this year I didn't make it to the Convergence in Texas. But I'll be attending the Convergence in Munich (6-8 November)! Let me know if I can meet you there. I'll assist the MS teams at the Community Lounge and Microsoft “Ask The Expert” Pavillion.What is Convergence 2006 EMEA?Convergence EMEA is the Microsoft Dynamics premier event, to bring customers, partners, team members and industry

Reporting PreFilter

Right now I'm digging into reports more and more. I have encountered some troubles and here are some hands on experience tips.Getting startedSo... I want a report. What now?First of all go to this url: http://www.microsoft.com/dynamics/crm/using/customizing/reporttutorial.mspxYou'll find a tutorial here named "Create a report in 15 minutes or less". This is the place to start.Then take a look at