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