Thursday, July 4, 2013

Crm outlook Client Integration for crm online


CRM Outlook Integration


​This document guides you in a step-by-step process of integrating CRM in outlook




Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 for Outlook software requirements​ :
This section lists software requirements for Microsoft Dynamics CRM for Outlook
The operating systems required for installation.
 *Windows 8
 Windows 7 (both 64-bit and 32-bit versions)
 Windows Vista SP2 (both 64-bit and 32-bit versions)
 Windows XP Professional SP3
 Windows XP Tablet SP3
 Windows XP Professional x64 Edition
 Windows Server 2008 or Windows Server 2003 when running with Remote Desktop Services (formerly Terminal Services)
*Requires Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 Update Rollup 10 or later update rollup.
Microsoft Office. One of the following:
 *Microsoft Office 2013
 Microsoft Office 2010
 2007 Microsoft Office system SP2
 Microsoft Office 2003 SP3
*Requires Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 Update Rollup 10 or later update rollup.​

This section applies to Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online 2011. The following table lists the minimum and recommended hardware requirements for Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 for Outlook.
Component
*Minimum
*Recommended
Processor
Intel Core 2 Duo 1.2 Ghz or comparable
Core 2 Duo 1.8Ghz or higher
Running a supported 64-bit operating system.
Memory
2-GB RAM
4-GB RAM or more
Hard disk
1.5 GB of available hard disk space
2 GB of available hard disk space
7200 RPM or more
Display
Super VGA with a resolution of 1024 x 768
Super VGA with a resolution higher than 1024 x 768
* Actual requirements and product functionality may vary based on your system configuration and operating system.
Network requirements :
Microsoft Dynamics CRM is designed to work best over networks that have the following elements:
 Bandwidth greater than 50 kbps
 Latency under 150 ms​


Pre-Requisites:
1. Download and install CRM outlook plugin from CRM to machine
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2. Close your Outlook and follow the below steps
Steps:

1. Click the start button on the task bar
2. Click All Programs
3. Expand the Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011
4. Click Configuration Wizard
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5. In the integration wizard, click Add button
6. Enter the server URL https://aditi.crm.dynamics.com
7. Click Test Connection button
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8. Provide the user name and password which you are using to login Aditi CRM
9. Click Remember my password and connect me automatically check box, so that it won’t prompt you to enter credentials when you open the outlook client
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10. Select the organization Aditi
11. Click OK
12. Organization has been added
13. Click Close
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14. Open the outlook and find Aditi tab
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1. In the Navigation Pane, click Aditi. Then, under Sales, click Any Entity.
2. In the right pane, it displays corresponding entities default view
3. Scrolling through records in grid allows ”inbox style” navigation through CRM data​
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CRM 2011 Email Router Configuration for Outgoing mails to Outllook

In this post I am going to explain how to configure CRM 2011 router for CRM online 2011


Prerequisites:
  1. ​​ Windows Live Id sign in assistant should be installed for this step to work(It will be asked to be installed during the process)
  2. For details and System Requirements , please refer this link(http://www.microsoft.com/en-in/download/details.aspx?id=27818)​

STEPS :
1. Install “CRM 2011-Router_ENU-i386/ CRM 2011-Router_ENU-64” (http://www.microsoft.com/en-in/download/details.aspx?id=27818)
2. Open “Email Router configuration Wizard”
3. Follow the Wizard and complete the process
4.Click New
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5.. Give your desired Profile name, Direction à Outgoing,, email-server type à SMTP, Authentication Type à Anonymous and Email Server à INDBLRDAG00
6. Then Click on Deployment tab and enter the details(Refer the screenshot for details)
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7. Click the Users and Queue tab , click the load data button and follow the screenshot for populating the respective fields
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Issues in configuring CRM 2011 outlook plugin for Windows 8 machine

I have faced issues while installing Microsoft CRM 2011 Outllook  plugin for Windows 8 machines.
I have fixed the issues at last of investigating much.

Following steps may help someone who come into the same issue.

1. First look whether the Windows Identity Foundation is Enabled or not.
    If not Enable it and install the plugin.

2. Now if Step 1 didn't resolve the issue.
   then 

Reason for this failure:

Mismatched versions of SQL SERVER COMPACT EDITION( SQLSERVER CE).

Required version of SQL SERVER COMPACT EDITION( SQLSERVER CE) is 8082.


STEPS :

1. Uninstall Microsoft SQL Server Compact Edition 32 bit (and x64 bit one if it's also installed) from Add/Remove Programs Note: SQL CE is different from SQL server.Please uninstall both 32 bit and 64 bit of SQL Server Compact Edition if exists.

2. After un-installing SQL Server Compact Edition 32 bit and 64 bit( if exists) -- Uninstall CRM client for Outlook from Control Panel( Mandatory)​

3. Install CRM client. This will also install all pre-requisites with correct versions SQL Server Compact Edition 32 bit and 64 bit, including SQL Server Compact Edition.


Following snapshot below shows the right sql server versions in Control Panel after successful installation of the CRM client.

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How to configure after the successful installation ?

Note: Please close the Outlook while configuration happens.

Hope this helps...

Happy Journey towards CRM 2011....................

Thursday, June 27, 2013

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Monday, January 14, 2013

Introduction to WPF

What is WPF?


Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) is next generation presentation system to create applications with a rich UI. WPF application uses hardware acceleration of graphic cards so it will improve your application performance. WPF introduced new markup language called XAML which allows you to keep separate UI and code behind. So designer and developers both can work together. WPF has rich control set and all controls are highly customizable using control templates and different styles. WPF supports Vector based graphic system. So you can easily scale your UI elements. WPF also supports 2D and 3D Graphics, Flow Documents and multimedia. You can create Standalone Application and Browser Hosted Applications (XBAP) using WPF.

Below diagram summaries all the major features of WPF.