Mike Lammers Site Collection Admin Not Authenticating I was in the process of building out a new SharePoint 2013 environment to host Team Foundation Server 2013 Preview and Project Server 2013. Ran into a situation where my user account, a site collection administrator, could not login to the site when I was logged into the server. Essentially … Read more
Scott was recently asked, “What software would you recommend for mapping/mocking up/wire framing a workflow before you build it?” Here are his recommendations and insights: Although working in Nintex to build a workflow is a completely valid method, as an Enterprise Architect I have found that it can limit your thinking to what the workflow tool can … Read more
It might be hard to believe that with everything Microsoft CRM 2013 gives you, that you’d need CRM 2013 customizations, but if you do, it’s okay. You may have no idea what CRM 2013 customizations are, why you might need them, or how to do them. You may have come across this blog because you’re … Read more
Had a puzzler from one of my favorite clients the other day that I wanted to share. The Situation: Said favorite client called me up and said that when he ran a report (it was a SQL Server Reporting Services report he accessed via the Outlook plugin), he was getting improper results. This particular report … Read more
I recently found myself asking this question loudly to an instance of hosted Microsoft CRM 2013 on which I was working for one of my favorite clients. I could click on “Full Name” on his shiny new Contact Form, but when the popup popped up, there was only First Name and Last Name. This was … Read more
As part of our continuing series on Microsoft CRM 2013, we’re going to dive back into the new features and functions in Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2013 and ask “Is Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2013 ready for fulltime, production use?” Obviously, at Tricension, we ultimately feel the answer to that question is “Yes,” but at the same … Read more
Is Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2013 ready for fulltime, production use? That’s the question we’re going to tackle over a series of three blog posts. At some level, the answer is obviously “Yes” because we are signing up new clients on it every day. With that said, as Microsoft CRM consultants, we run into issues with … Read more
Where does one start when thinking about leveraging technology to improve business process, customer experience, or to gain a competitive advantage? Most business executives tend to start with the tool, the thing they have read and heard about: the CRM system, the ERP system, HRIS system etc. They start with the thing they know least … Read more
Yesterday, I had a client call me. They had changed the password of the SharePoint 2007 service account. As I’m sure you can guess, doing so brought on the dreaded “Service Unavailable” message. Here’s what I did to get them back up and running… Ensure new credentials are changed in IIS and Windows Services The client … Read more
The current buzz around cloud computing reminds me of a time in the late 90’s when I was on the practice green of a local country club and overheard two much older gentlemen talking about how they spent their morning on the “internet”. I thought to myself, “the world is changing permanently”. It feels like … Read more
