Microsoft Dynamics CRM UK Blog

CRM news and views from Simon Hutson

CRM 2011 Certified For Citrix

Let’s Get It Started… I just spotted this on the Citrix web site...

Author: Simon Hutson Date: 05/11/2011

Getting Started With CCA For CRM 2011

Rolling In The Deep… You may have heard that we recently released the latest version of the...

Author: Simon Hutson Date: 05/11/2011

CRM 4.0 Client Upgrade To CRM 2011

Left Outside Alone… Following on from my previous post Outlook 2003 Client Features, I was...

Author: Simon Hutson Date: 04/22/2011

CRM Online Cashback Offer

Two Steps Behind… I’m not sure how I missed this first time around, but we have a...

Author: Simon Hutson Date: 04/21/2011

Outlook 2003 Client Features

Tiger Feet… A couple of weeks ago, one of my CRM 2011 prospects asked for details about which...

Author: Simon Hutson Date: 04/20/2011

Using Plug-Ins To Modify Views

I Wish… I realise it has been a while since I last posted, but I have been mega-busy working...

Author: Simon Hutson Date: 03/10/2011

CRM 2011 Online Is Here

Celebration… The wait is finally over. Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online is available today in 40...

Author: Simon Hutson Date: 01/17/2011

CRM 2011 Release Candidate Available

Walk The Dinosaur… I just spotted that the on-premises RC (Release Candidate) has just been...

Author: Simon Hutson Date: 12/14/2010

UK CRM Blog is 5 Today

I'm Still Standing... I can't believe it, but 5 years after I arrived on the blogsphere with my...

Author: Simon Hutson Date: 12/06/2010

60,000 User, Real World, CRM Deployment

Alien Water Kiss… “United States Air Force European Command (USAFE) uses Task...

Author: Simon Hutson Date: 11/23/2010

Best Buy-Side CRM Award

The Whisper… I just received a press release from Digiterre, one of our UK CRM partners,...

Author: Simon Hutson Date: 11/22/2010

CRM 2011 Technical Training Online

Screaming In Digital… For those of you lucky enough to have access to the Microsoft Partner...

Author: Simon Hutson Date: 11/18/2010

Downloading CRM 2011 Updates

Chemical Youth (We Are Rebellion)… A few weeks ago I mentioned that we were using Windows...

Author: Simon Hutson Date: 11/18/2010

The Future of Silverlight & CRM

Walk In The Shadows… Over the last couple of weeks, many of you have asked about the the...

Author: Simon Hutson Date: 11/18/2010

CRM 2011 Videos On Channel 9 (Part 4)

Your Time Has Come… Here are the next couple of CRM 2011 videos from the product engineering...

Author: Simon Hutson Date: 10/22/2010

We Are (Possibly) Hiring

Like A Stone… I heard a rumour that we may be looking for another CRM pre-sales person...

Author: Simon Hutson Date: 10/20/2010

CRM 2011 Videos On Channel 9 (Part 3)

Sideshow… I can’t believe that CRM 2011 beta was released just one month ago, because...

Author: Simon Hutson Date: 10/09/2010

CRM 2011 Videos On Channel 9 (Part 2)

Pick Up The Bones… Following on from my previous post, we have posted some more short video...

Author: Simon Hutson Date: 10/02/2010

My New Demo Laptop

Some Kind Of Wonderful… I have just taken delivery of a brand new laptop to replace my...

Author: Simon Hutson Date: 10/02/2010

Windows Updates For CRM 2011

Summer & Lightning… It has been a long time coming, but this morning I was pleasantly...

Author: Simon Hutson Date: 09/29/2010

Microsoft Dynamics CRM In Retail Banking

Big Wheels… Sorry for the last minute notice of this session, I’ve been meaning to post...

Author: Simon Hutson Date: 09/28/2010

CRM 2011 Videos On Channel 9

Pessi-Mystic… With the release of a new product beta comes the inevitable clamour for new...

Author: Simon Hutson Date: 09/19/2010

Customer Care Accelerator Demo Tools

Turn To Stone… Before we all get carried away with the nice, new, shiny thing that is...

Author: Simon Hutson Date: 09/18/2010

Beta vs. Beta

From The End Of The World… It has been a busy time here in world of Microsoft Dynamics CRM,...

Author: Simon Hutson Date: 09/18/2010

Latest “CRM At A Glance” Numbers

Move On Up… As announced by Stephen Elop during the opening keynote at the Microsoft...

Author: Simon Hutson Date: 07/13/2010

Unscripted Humour Outbreak In WPC Keynote Shock..!!

Mambo No. 5… I was watching a recording of yesterday’s opening keynote from the...

Author: Simon Hutson Date: 07/13/2010

CRM “5” Becomes CRM 2011

The Crunch... Today, at the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference 2010, we made a number of CRM...

Author: Simon Hutson Date: 07/12/2010

Forrester 2010 Reports For CRM Now Available

Bulls on Parade… I just spotted Chris’s post detailing the latest analyst reports from...

Author: Simon Hutson Date: 06/18/2010

UK CRM User Group Meeting – 29th June 2010

Who Will Stop The Rain… Firstly, may I apologise to Nicky Gordon who asked me to advertise...

Author: Simon Hutson Date: 06/15/2010

Introduction To The Customer Care Accelerator (CCA)

Carwash… A couple of months ago, we released a new add-on for CRM 4.0 called the Customer...

Author: Simon Hutson Date: 06/14/2010

Video: Dashboards Made Easy With Reporting Services

Your Love Is Like A See-Saw… Last month I posted an article showing how to create dashboards using...

Author: Simon Hutson Date: 04/30/2010

CRM “5” CTP3 Released Today

Get The Funk Out… I just spotted this press release posted today on the Microsoft news centre -...

Author: Simon Hutson Date: 03/25/2010

Are You Satisfied With CRM?

I Can’t Get No Satisfaction… In early 2009, Crimson Consulting undertook survey of users of...

Author: Simon Hutson Date: 03/24/2010

CRM “5” Workflow On Channel 9

Right By Your Side… For those of you who like nothing more than diving into Visual Studio and...

Author: Simon Hutson Date: 03/22/2010

Positioning xRM And SharePoint

Something About You… For many years, there has been some confusion around where Microsoft...

Author: Simon Hutson Date: 03/17/2010

CRM As A Solution Development Framework Whitepaper

Running In The Family… There are several good whitepapers available focusing on Microsoft...

Author: Simon Hutson Date: 03/17/2010

Dashboards Made Easy With Reporting Services

All Over The World… I don’t know about you, but I have always struggled with our...

Author: Simon Hutson Date: 03/09/2010

Making The Move to 64-bit Demos

Do Ya… This week Alexander “Monty” Montgomery (not the famous Jazz pianist Monty...

Author: Simon Hutson Date: 03/03/2010

Industry Demos For CRM 4.0

Red Barchetta… I thought you might be interested to know that we have just released new...

Author: Simon Hutson Date: 02/10/2010

Windows Azure Platform and Microsoft Dynamics CRM

Armageddon It… This week saw Microsoft start charging customers to use Windows Azure Platform, our...

Author: Simon Hutson Date: 02/03/2010

Recommendations For Deploying CRM 4.0

Texarkana… Prompted by an email from a CRM customer here in the UK (thanks Mike), I thought I would...

Author: Simon Hutson Date: 02/02/2010

What's New In CRM "5" (Slight Return)

Naomi's Solar Pumpkin… It has been a full year since we got our first glimpse of CRM "5" (the catchy...

Author: Simon Hutson Date: 11/24/2009

Why ISVs Should Build On Microsoft Dynamics

High Landrons… Having just posted details about the Microsoft BizSpark programme for start-up ISVs,...

Author: Simon Hutson Date: 11/10/2009

Have You Heard Of BizSpark?

All England’s Eyes… …No? Me neither until this week. “BizSpark provides fast and easy access to...

Author: Simon Hutson Date: 11/10/2009

SharePoint 2010 Training Available

Don’t Wake The Lion… As a follow-up to my previous post regarding SharePoint 2010, I just saw that...

Author: Simon Hutson Date: 11/10/2009

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