Warum Microsoft Dynamics Hosted CRM 2011 (IFD /Claims based Authentification)

Warum Microsoft Dynamics Hosted CRM 2011 (IFD /Claims based Authentification) vom Experten hosten lassen? Die Vorteile von Microsoft Dynamics Hosted CRM 2011 Hoster bieten Ihnen Microsoft Dynamics Hosted CRM 2011 ohne die sonst notwendigen Investitionen. Entgegen einer normalen Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 Installation sind Sie  mit Microsoft Dynamics Hosted CRM 2011 in der Lage Ihre Dynamics CRM 2011 Lösung innerhalb von wenigen Stunden zu erhalten. Bei Microsoft Dynamics Hosted CRM 2011 Variante bezahlen Sie nur das, was Sie auch benötigen und haben keinerlei Aufwand in Hardware und Installation. Microsoft Dynamics Hosted CRM 2011 (Dynamics CRM 2011 aus der Cloud)  keine...

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Posted in: CRM 2011 und IFD - ADFS 2.0

Configuring Hosted/IFD with Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 (Hosted Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011)

Configuring Hosted/IFD (Internet Facing Deployment)with Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 (Hosted Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 As many of our early adopters have learned by now, configuring an Internet-facing deployment (IFD) has changed pretty drastically from Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 to Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011. ((Internet Facing Deployment)with Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011) So what changed? First, our dependencies changed. In Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0, we used forms-based authentication for IFD and in Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 we instead take a dependency on claims-based authentication for IFD. Therefore, now it is necessary to install and configure a security token service (such as Active Directory Federation Services 2.0) and also to do more certificate management. Second,...

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Posted in: CRM 2011 und IFD - ADFS 2.0

Home Project Description CRM 4 to CRM 2011 Javascript Converter helps convert scripts to the latest CRM 2011 Form scripting model. The converter uses an xml file that contains CRM4 and CRM5 nodes which allow the converter to find/replace specific instances of text. For further details please see the documentation area. UsageSimply paste your CRM 4 script into the left hand text area and click Convert. http://crm2011scriptconvert.codeplex.c...

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Posted in: CRM 2011 Tools,JavaScript und CRM 2011

CRM 2011 – JScript IntelliSense for Form Script Libraries in version 5.0.3

CRM 2011 – JScript IntelliSense for Form Script Libraries in version 5.0.3 A fantastic blog entry from the Microsoft Dynamics CRM blog today about Jscript Intellisense for Form Script Libraries, click here to read it. Sometimes I wonder why you need to keep updating your version of CRM 2011 but then when I read the goodies they have added into the latest version, I then want to upgrade. The blog post also led me to a page I hadn’t seen JScript Intellisense Overview and it also has an interesting page Walkthrough:Jscript Intellisense it is a really in depth blog entry about how they added in JScript Intellisense with the new release of SDK 5.03, here is a brief quote from the blog post In the latest release of the Microsoft Dynamics SDK (Version...

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Posted in: JavaScript und CRM 2011

Useful Form Scripts #5: Role-Tailored Forms

Useful Form Scripts #5: Role-Tailored FormsThe Problem: (Only) One Form per Entity There are lots of ways you can customize Dynamics CRM 4.0. For example, you can add custom attributes to system entities, you can add custom entities, you can customize relationships between entities, you can customize forms and views, and you can add custom views.Topics like the one in this article — plus ASP.NET development, Plug-Ins and more — are covered in my one-day live online training class, Extending Dynamics CRM But you cannot add custom forms: every customizable entity in Dynamics CRM has one form which you can customize, but you can’t add a new form. This one-form-per-entity rule seems restrictive, especially if you’re new to CRM and moving over...

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Posted in: JavaScript und CRM 4.0

Re-usable JScript Libraries in Dynamics CRM 2011

Re-usable JScript Libraries in Dynamics CRM 2011Introduction: Web Resources and JScript LibrariesOne of the most remarkable improvements in Dynamics CRM 2011 is the broadened scope for “declarative customizations” – i.e., those not requiring code. If you’re just starting out with the new version and have some customization experience with CRM 4.0, a good place to see this is in working with lookups. Nearly every day I discover a useful application that required code in CRM 4.0 but can be done in CRM 2011 entirely by customizing properties of the new and improved lookup field. Topics like the one I present here are covered in my subscription series of 4-hour training sessions, Dynamics CRM 2011 Essentials. Find out more and register here… For...

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Posted in: JavaScript und CRM 2011

Useful Form Scripts, CRM 2011 Style

Useful Form Scripts, CRM 2011 StyleThe style of JScript we need to write for Dynamics CRM 2011 has changed significantly in the upgrade from CRM 4.0. If you learn best from examples, here are a few you may find helpful. If you’re just starting out and need to figure out some of the basic stuff like how you add functions to function libraries, and how you add a function library to form properties, here’s an intro article I wrote on the topic. This article is in more of a summary style — let me know what you think of the format. Function ShowAccountTabs() Illustrates hiding and showing tabs , based on selected value of option set - Contained in function library added to Account form - Requires two custom tabs, named “customer” and “competitor” - Tab labels can be anything you want - function...

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Posted in: JavaScript und CRM 2011

Dynamics CRM 4.0 Internet Facing Deployment Step By Step with FAG

Whiz or novice I’m somewhat in shame to tell you that I was unable to configure MS CRM Internet facing deployment for the last few months since its released. I did everything from CRM Side, configured DNS and other infrastructure components accordingly but where I got stuck was ISA. With only a moderate understanding of ISA 2006 I tried my best to get it published but was not able to complete same. This didn’t mean that i wasn’t able to publish my company’s’ CRM deployment to Internet, but I was not getting the desired outcome, which is this beautiful Screen.I was stuck with the below dialog box which served the purpose but not as “Sexy” as the above sign in screen.The other drawback was that the CRM Outlook client was not able to authenticate...

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Posted in: Dynamics CRM 4.0 IFD und FAG

Understanding IIS & Kerberos Kernel Mode

A new post about kerberos.. indeed some techno stuff nobody seems to understand but is very important for security. A new feature in Windows 2008 IIS7 is the kernel mode support, what does it do, and more important how can it help you? Kerberos works with Service Principal Names (SPN’s). Each service you want to contact with kerberos authentication requires an SPN registered in Active Directory. Now why and how kerberos works is not in this post, but lets focus on this new feature in IIS7. Prior to IIS7 when we wanted to use Kerberos for a website that was not reached through the servername URL (http://%3cservername/> we needed an SPN registered on the server host (setspn –A HTTP/<URL>   <Servername>  ). When...

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Posted in: IIS 7 und CRM 2011

Microsoft CRM 2011 Update Rollup 2 Released - Update Rollup 2

Right on schedule, Microsoft just released Update Rollup 2 for Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011. The first update rollup was released on April 4th so it’s great to see consistent software updates from Microsoft. All of the update rollups are cumulative so each rollup contains ALL of the updates from the prior rollups as well. Here’s a list of the new fixes included in Update Rollup 2 for Dynamics CRM 2011(also outlined in the KB article): Assume that you perform a POC migration on a Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 organization. A multiple auditing error occurs when one of the following scenarios is true:   You create a new record for an entity when the auditing setting is enabled. You change an existing record for an entity when the auditing setting is enabled. You disable the auditing setting. Assume...

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Posted in: Update Rollups

Issue: When running the Claims Authentication Wizard in the Dynamics CRM Deployment Manager to configuring Claims Based Authentication and you select a certificate that has a name longer than 128 characters Deployment Manager crashes. The error in the Platform trace is: Crm Exception: Message: Exceeded column length: Column Name, ErrorCode: -2147220970 [2010-11-04 20:17:36.256] Process: mmc |Organization:00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000 |Thread: 3(SnapIn/Main-thread.) |Category: Platform.Sql |User: 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000 |Level: Error | CrmCertificateService.Create Exception creating Certificate, Name=(CN long_certificate_name :Exceeded column length: Column Name) Cause: There is a limit of 128 characters that a certificate name can have if it is the certificate...

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IFD/Claims CRM2011 - Configuration: Not able to pull federationmetadata.xml - 404 error

During configuration of Claims based configuration in CRM2011 the federationmetadata.xml is not accessible. Testing the connection, it gives the following error: "HTTP Error 404.0 - Not Found The resource you are looking for has been removed, had its name changed, or is temporarily unavailable." the file (and folder) are not created/available in: "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Dynamics CRM\CRMWeb\FederationMetadata\2007-06\FederationMetadata.xml" This is because the IIS extension “URL REWRITE” is missing. You could prevent this, by: Going to http://www.iis.net/download/URLRewrite Download the URL REWRITE Extension and install it Do an IISRESET and reopen the IIS Manger Try try to pull /FederationMetadata/2007-06/FederationMetadata.xml">/FederationMetadata/2007-06/FederationMetadata.xml">http://crmserver:<crmport>/FederationMetadata/2007-06/FederationMetadata.xml...

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