Dynamics CRM and the Internet of Things - part 2

This is the second post in a five-part series on how I integrated a Raspberry Pi with Microsoft Dynamics CRM to recognize contacts using automobile license plates. As I mentioned in the first post of the series, the solution architecture I used is applicable to any Dynamics CRM + Internet of »

Dynamics CRM and the Internet of Things - part 1

Today's post is the first in a five-part series on how I integrated a Raspberry Pi with Microsoft Dynamics CRM to recognize contacts using automobile license plates. Although my solution is focused on the use of license plate numbers captured by a webcam, the solution architecture is applicable to any »

Predictions in Dynamics CRM with custom Azure Machine Learning integrations

Earlier this year I wrote a post that showed how to perform sentiment analysis in Dynamics CRM using Microsoft Azure Text Analytics. Azure Text Analytics makes it incredibly easy to use sentiment analysis (with English text only), but the full Azure Machine Learning offering is much more powerful. In today's »

Introducing the Alexander Development Dynamics CRM Configuration Data Mover

A frequent challenge when working with Dynamics CRM is making sure that configuration data like teams and queues have the same record GUIDs in all of a project's different environments for development, testing and production. Without identical GUIDs, any processes, scripts or other customizations that reference a record's id will »

SSIS package for moving access team templates with KingswaySoft

Last year Ben Hosking said there was no way to move access teams between Dynamics CRM organizations, so I created a tool to do that. Last month Tanguy Touzard said I should turn my console application into an XrmToolBox plugin, so I did. Soon after that Daniel Cai said I »