Category Archives: Dynamics CRM 2016 Update 1

How to Delete Component from Managed Solution in Dynamics CRM 2016?

Introduction How can we remove unwanted component from managed solution, which is installed at client environment? This question can strike you when there is a requirement to delete component, which you think is either no longer usable or should not be part of managed solution. Suppose you provided your managed solution to client and there… Read More »

Set Email Signature using Workflow in Dynamics CRM 2016 Update 1

Introduction: Email signature is an integral part of every email that we exchange. It adds a professional touch to our Emails. Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2016 Update 1 introduced Email Signature as an out of the box entity.  So that user can save time and be consistent in response. Previously, to add signatures in their emails user… Read More »

Insights for Basics of Knowledge Articles in Dynamics CRM 2016

Microsoft has introduced a new knowledge management system for Dynamics CRM Online 2016 Update and Dynamics CRM 2016 On-Premises. This new system enables users to create rich knowledge articles, which also supports embedding external multimedia content like images and videos in the form of links. It also allows translations and versioning for the articles. You… Read More »

Voice of Customer for Dynamics CRM 2016

Voice of the Customer is a new Dynamics CRM 2016 feature that was created to capture feedback regarding your product or service from CRM. With Voice of the Customer, we can easily set up surveys, distribute them to contacts via workflows, and capture responses. This captured data can be utilized for generating reports, and making… Read More »

Set Up ADX Studio Portals for Dynamics CRM

The following instructions will help you to set up Adxstudio Portal websites for your Dynamics CRM. You would require ADX Studio setup before getting started with configuring ADX Portal for your Dynamics CRM. ADX Studio Setup is available for download on below link: https://community.adxstudio.com/products/adxstudio-portals/releases/adxstudio-portals-7/download After downloading and installing ADX Studio setup. Go to the installed… Read More »

Multi-language support for custom solutions in Dynamics CRM

For as long as I remember Microsoft Dynamics CRM has always provided support for multiple languages. This means that labels throughout CRM would appear in the language of your choice. You can have multiple languages installed in CRM apart from the base language. Each user has the choice to choose the language of their choice… Read More »

Enhanced SLA Extended For Other Entities in Dynamics CRM 2016 Update 1

Introduction: In earlier versions of CRM, the SLA feature was only applied to the Case Entity. Now, with Dynamics CRM 2016 Update 1 release, you can enable Enhanced SLA for other entities as well. Below are the entities for which you can enable SLA in CRM: Contact, Account, Lead, Opportunity, Quote, Order, Invoice. Custom Entities… Read More »

Retrieve Updated Dynamics CRM Rollup Attribute Value in Plug-in/Workflow

Introduction: Rollup Feature is one of the interesting feature and we have already discussed about how we can make use of rollup attributes of CRM to ease our calculations in our previous blog. Retrieving rollup attribute values is not same as we do for the other attributes. Rollup attributes are used to minimize our efforts… Read More »

Introduction of Customer type field in Dynamics CRM 2016 Update 1

Introduction: For years we came across various fields similar to lookup fields but with data types such as customer and activity party which did look like lookup fields and also their functionality has been designed on the conceptual architecture of the lookup field. These type of fields were only present out of the box in… Read More »

Insert Signature in Dynamics CRM 2016 Update 1 Email – An OOB Functionality

Introduction Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2016 Update 1 has come up with many new features. Before this 2016 Update 1 came, we needed some customization to add signatures to email. You may refer this blog in order to know how to add signatures to emails in Dynamics CRM. With release of Dynamics CRM 2016 Update 1,… Read More »