Running Dynamics GP on the Microsoft Cloud

…over time, more and more companies are making the move. I remember when salespeople were worried about putting all their prized contacts online. Companies like Salesforce.com changed their way of…

Silicon Valley Tech Tour

…to channel your inner geek, this is for you. Without needing an intro, Silicon Valley is home to thousands of tech companies. Driving down and around Route 101, you see…

Installing Microsoft SQL Server AdventureWorks Sample Data

Microsoft provides sample SQL Server databases called AdventureWorks. You can download the files from the CodePlex website for your relevant SQL Server version here – http://msftdbprodsamples.codeplex.com/. You can then attach…

Installing Power BI Desktop

…submitted to the Ideas section of the Power BI forums – see here). To install the tool, go to https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/desktop/ and download the latest application. You have 2 options to…

Creating and Debugging a Unified Service Desk Custom Hosted Control

…website here: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=DynamicsCRMPG.MicrosoftDynamicsCRMSDKTemplates Open Visual Studio. Create a new project, and under the CRM SDK Templates, select Unified Service Desk. Select UII WPF Hosted Control: This will create a project…

Publish Web Service to Azure from Visual Studio

…website: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/downloads/archive-net-downloads/ Select the web service. Right click and publish:   Select Microsoft Azure App Service and New: Confirm the details and click Create: Press Publish: A webpage will be…

Connecting Power BI Desktop to Dynamics CRM Online

…click OK. This will be in the format: https://*****.crm.dynamics.com/XRMServices/2011/OrganizationData.svc Select Organization Account and Sign In: Then click Connect from the same screen. This will load the entities from CRM.  …

Dynamics 365 Get Id of Current Record with JavaScript

To get the Id of the current record: var id = Xrm.Page.data.entity.getId(); To get the entity name: var entityName = Xrm.Page.data.entity.getEntityName(); For more information see the Microsoft website: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg334720.aspx  …