Ok, we all know by now, with Dynamics 365 CE we have portal capabilities. It’s a configurable portal driven by the config and data in your CRM. But that’s where I’ll stop. The CRM Portal architecture is very much coupled to your CRM, and it doesn’t qualify for our Decoupled Architecture topic. Instead, in this... Continue Reading →
Decoupled Architecture–Integrations
As we’ve seen in the previous article, Decoupled Architecture is a model that allows various layers of a platform to execute independently, but interface together. In this article I want to focus a little deeper, and tackle the Decoupled Architecture model when it comes to integrations. Imagine this typical scenario: You’re implementing a solution in... Continue Reading →
Architecture Pattern–Decoupled Architecture
In this article I want to focus on Decoupled Architecture. This is the start of a small series, in the end driving the idea back to Business Applications, but this first post is going to be quite agnostic. Very often we are faced with a project where, dues to obvious constraints, like time and budget,... Continue Reading →
New SiteMap Area not showing
Had a question today that got me thinking for a moment. Haven’t done any SiteMap tweaking in a long time. Someone added a new Area to their CRM, using the SiteMap Editor in XrmToolBox. Yet, while all looked somewhat ok, the navigation was not reflecting the changes. Yes, the Update SiteMap seemed to work fine,... Continue Reading →
Showing the Business Process Flow Stage in the all records view
One interesting aspect requested recently was the ability for a user to quickly see, when looking at an all record view the stage a record is at in the business process flow. That would make it easier for users to not only see quickly where their records are, but also have the ability to filter... Continue Reading →
