Wednesday, April 27, 2011

New tool: CrmDiagTool 2011

Two months ago, Philippe Brissaud from Microsoft Canada asked me to help him migrate the well known CrmDiagTool 4 to Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011. I guess you know what I answered him: of course I help!
Today, Philippe and I are proud to release this new version of CrmDiagTool.
We focused on Server diagnostics and removed features related to reporting services and email router.
The features are the following:
  • Enable/Disable tracing
  • Zip content of Trace directory
  • Open Trace directory
  • Generate diagnostic file in text or html format with components selection
  • Enable/Disable DevErrors
Some screenshots:

Two months ago, Philippe Brissaud from Microsoft Canada asked me to help him migrate the well known CrmDiagTool 4 to Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011. I guess you know what I answered him: of course I help!
Today, Philippe and I are proud to release this new version of CrmDiagTool.
We focused on Server diagnostics and removed features related to reporting services and email router.
The features are the following:
  • Enable/Disable tracing
  • Zip content of Trace directory
  • Open Trace directory
  • Generate diagnostic file in text or html format with components selection
  • Enable/Disable DevErrors
Some screenshots:

Regarding source code: As the previous version had not its source code released, this version does not too.

Download link:
http://cid-57142f3d072ab525.office.live.com/self.aspx/CRM%202011%20Tools/CrmDiagTool2011.zip

Source: http://mscrmtools.blogspot.com/2011/04/new-tool-crmdiagtool-2011.html

Tuesday, April 26, 2011

Change SQL Server 2008 Collation after installation

MS CRM – Skype Connector

Skype Addon for Microsoft Dynamics CRM allows to dial CRM Contacts, Lead and so on via Skype. It’s developed in ASP.NET and C#.

http://mscrmskypeaddon.codeplex.com/

Rollup Update 16 for CRM 4.0

Hello Guys,

Microsoft released rollup update 16 for CRM 4.0 after CRM 2011 Launch :), it fixes alot of issues we used to face 

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=2477743 


http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=5ad652f9-d81d-4f12-b9ca-883816806634

Thanks,

What features do I absolutely need in SharePoint Scanning?

I keep getting this question emailed over and over, and thought I would throw a post up about what I see as absolutely necessary for a SharePoint Scanning and Capture application:
  1. The solution needs to be hardware agnostic.   There are quite a few applications out there that are tied to a single hardware platform.  Kodak is one that comes to mind.  Your capture application needs to support TWAIN, ISIS and VRS drivers for all different manufacturers.  Out of the box, it also needs to support image file import for PDF, TIFF, JPG, etc.  You want to be able to choose your own scanning hardware.
  2. Franken-capture is a bad thing.  Find one capture application that provides all the necessary pieces for your organization.   Don’t pile together 5 different apps to support all your needs, your support nightmare will become a reality.
  3. Advanced Data Extraction (ADE) is absolutely necessary.  ADE is the ability to automatically extract information from a document, regardless of where it lies on the page.  This is key to automation and efficiency.  Many manufacturers in the SharePoint space partner with others to make this happen…go with someone who has it built in to the product.
  4. Require support for multiple back-end repositories.  Don’t go with a pure SharePoint solution.  90% of the organizations I deal with need to send documents and metadata to something other than SharePoint.  Make sure this is out of the box functionality, and don’t settle for “we can build that”.
  5. Routing sheets are the hot new thing.   Make sure that the solution supports 2D barcodes and Optical Mark Recognition (OMR).  These technologies are highly used in distributed capture for SharePoint and are absolutely necessary for any implementation.
  6. Document Harvesting will save you time and effort.  Find a solution that can ingest folder directories and use folder names/file names as metadata.
  7. Dynamic Library, folder names and file naming in SharePoint is required.  Many solutions will create random naming schemes for folders and file names.  People still love their folders, and standardized naming is absolutely required.
Just a short list of features I find customers require in their organizations.

http://scanningwithsharepoint.wordpress.com/2010/11/22/what-features-do-i-absolutely-need-in-sharepoint-scanning/