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Sentri
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Sentri is an award winning System Integrator on the East Coast providing professional & managed services across the Microsoft technology stack (SharePoint, CRM, System Center, Office, Exchange, Lync, Windows, SQL, Office 365, Intune, Azure and more). Visit www.sentri.com for additional information.
Interests: Microsoft's Technology Stack: SharePoint, CRM, System Center, Exchange, Lync, Windows, SQL, Office 365, Intune, Azure and more.
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Polycom announces intent to acquire Sentri!
Sentri announces a definitive agreement to be acquired by Polycom (NASDAQ: PLCM), the global leader in open standards-based unified communications and collaboration (UC&C). Sentri is excited about this news, and we believe it will be good for our customers and partners. We expect the acquisition to close in about a... Continue reading
Posted Jan 30, 2013 at The Sentri Blog
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CRM Duplicate Field Mapping
I encountered a scenario where whenever a child entity is created from within the context of a parent entity, the mapping automatically creates two references from the parent entity on the child entity. The reason for this is due to the fact that the parent entity is related in a... Continue reading
Posted Jan 15, 2013 at The Sentri Blog
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CRM - Access Main form fields from Nav Area via Jscript
Let's say you need to access form fields via jscript when you have navigated to one of the navigational links on the entity. For example, when the account form is open but you are currently on the "More Addresses" navigation. A typical scenario for such a requirement is if you... Continue reading
Posted Jan 15, 2013 at The Sentri Blog
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How to: Automatically log your PowerShell session every time
Posted Jan 8, 2013 at The Sentri Blog
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How to: Create Active Directory Users using PowerShell
Posted Jan 8, 2013 at The Sentri Blog
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CRM - getClientUrl() to replace getServerUrl()
It appears that the javascript getServerUrl() function will become deprecated with the release of Update Rollup 12 for CRM Dynamics 2011 (imminent). As far as I can tell, from that point forward there will be a new function called getClientUrl() that should be used instead. No doubt the reason for... Continue reading
Posted Dec 26, 2012 at The Sentri Blog
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CRM - Form Query String Parameter Tool
The Dynamics team recently released a new utility called the Form Query String Parameter Tool. Essentially it's a useful little utility that can be used to generate the syntax of a create form URL passing in parameters to default field values when the new form is opened. Having said that,... Continue reading
Posted Dec 26, 2012 at The Sentri Blog
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CRM - Simplifying Navigation: Add to Favorites
This post is another in the series on Simplifying Navigation - it is somewhat of an "oldie" but definitely a "goodie". And I have also verified that the same issue and workaround exists using Outlook 2013. In short, the issue is that the CRM area within the Outlook Client is... Continue reading
Posted Dec 20, 2012 at The Sentri Blog
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CRM Data Import Options
When discussing data imports to CRM there are 2 distinct scenarios: Data Migration Data Migration generally refers to a large scale conversion effort and is typically performed as part of a CRM Go Live effort where data is migrated from the legacy system and is usually quite an involved effort.... Continue reading
Posted Dec 6, 2012 at The Sentri Blog
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How to: Create a OneNote help file out of a PowerShell Module
Posted Nov 21, 2012 at The Sentri Blog
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SQL Server 2012 SP1 is here & it’s huge for SharePoint 2013 BI
SQL Server 2012 SP1 is here & it’s huge for SharePoint 2013 BI Continue reading
Posted Nov 12, 2012 at The Sentri Blog
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Dynamics CRM - object doesn't support property or method '$2b'
Dynamics CRM - object doesn't support property or method '$2b' Continue reading
Posted Nov 6, 2012 at The Sentri Blog
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Dynamics CRM - Cannot add more picklist or bit fields
Dynamics CRM - Cannot add more picklist or bit fields Continue reading
Posted Nov 6, 2012 at The Sentri Blog
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Dynamics CRM - Passing Execution Context to Onchange Events
Dynamics CRM - Passing Execution Context to Onchange Events Continue reading
Posted Nov 2, 2012 at The Sentri Blog
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Dynamics CRM Connectivity and Firewall Requirements
The Dynamics CRM team released a new white paper providing guidance for the connectivity requirements for typical Dynamics CRM on premise installations. It covers both regular on premise and IFD scenarios. I don't think there's any earth shattering revelations made in this white paper and given that it is choc-full... Continue reading
Posted Nov 1, 2012 at The Sentri Blog
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Dynamics CRM - JSON vs. Ajax vs. jQuery - layman's guide
JSON, Ajax, and jQuery are all technologies that are frequently referenced and implemented to provide a great deal of flexibility and data manipulation options when customizing Dynamics CRM - in particular as it relates to Jscript customization. This post is therefore dedicated to providing a very brief layman's guide to... Continue reading
Posted Oct 29, 2012 at The Sentri Blog
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Dynamics CRM 2011 Instance Adapter Released
Yesterday the Dynamics CRM team announced the release of the Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 Instance Adapter. The following is the description that was provided for this tool: This is an additional adapter for use with Connector for Microsoft Dynamics that allows for the synchronization of data between two Microsoft Dynamics... Continue reading
Posted Oct 25, 2012 at The Sentri Blog
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CRM Relationships: Part 2 by Nahi Simon
In my previous post I concluded by saying that, in my experience, Connections tends to cause a degree of consternation in terms of relationship design. This is a fairly difficult topic to approach but in this post we'll review why that is and suggest an approach for determining whether using... Continue reading
Posted Oct 24, 2012 at The Sentri Blog
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CRM Relationships: Part 1 by Nahi Simon
There are many different ways to set up relationships in Dynamics CRM. The good thing about this is that you can accurately and economically model CRM relationships to mirror any real-world counterpart. The challenging thing about this is that inevitably when you have so many choices it can be confusing... Continue reading
Posted Oct 23, 2012 at The Sentri Blog
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CRM: Simplifying Navigation: Nav Link Tweaks by Nahi Simon
This post is a continuation of the Simplifying Navigation theme in Dynamics CRM. The most recent post regarding this topic discussed making Site Map changes to optimize the CRM Areas or "wunderbar" experience. This post is an extension of that topic i.e. making changes to the menu items in each... Continue reading
Posted Oct 16, 2012 at The Sentri Blog
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CRM Ribbon: Get View ID (Context Sensitive) by Nahi Simon
[Practical Dynamics CRM] Ribbon: Get View ID (Context Sensitive) by Nahi Simon Continue reading
Posted Oct 15, 2012 at The Sentri Blog
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Office 2013 has reached RTM… SharePoint, Lync & Exchange as well by Jason Himmelstein
Posted Oct 15, 2012 at The Sentri Blog
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Hooray, it’s a book!: “Developing Business Intelligence Apps for SharePoint” by Jason Himmelstein
Posted Oct 12, 2012 at The Sentri Blog
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CRM: context.getServerUrl() not getting correct context by Nahi Simon
Sentri CRM blog post: context.getServerUrl() not getting correct context by Nahi Simon Continue reading
Posted Oct 12, 2012 at The Sentri Blog
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CRM Phone Number Formatting by Nahi Simon
It is a fairly common and understandable requirement that telephone numbers be formatted when entering via the CRM front end. For example, if a user enters "5551234123" or "555-1234123" or "555-123-4123" or any other variation thereof it should be formatted into the standard format of "(555) 123-4123". The jscript logic... Continue reading
Posted Oct 11, 2012 at The Sentri Blog
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