Enable Announcements in CRM 2013 / CRM 2015

By default, announcements are not available for the user in versions > 2011.

In Settings –> Announcements, it is still possible to configure them.

To show them in the basic navigation, you have to manipulate the SiteMap. I suggest to use XrmToolbox (SiteMap Editor).

You can also add the XML-Code manually.

1 <Group Id="MyWork" ResourceId="Group_MyWork"...>
2     ...
3     <SubArea Entity="businessunitnewsarticle" 
4         Id="nav_news" Url="/home/homepage/home_news.aspx" 
5         AvailableOffline="false" PassParams="false" />
6 </Group>

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Developing ASP.NET MVC 4 Web Applications (70-486) – Preparation/Training

Today, I passed the test for the exam 70-486 Developing ASP.NET MVC 4 Web Applications. There are tons of guides/links that helps you to prepare for this Exam e.g.:

• blogged by chris
• WTF Next?
• …

In addition I would like to mention the Youtube-Channel of Kudvenkat.

 

I also recommend his ASP.NET Tutorials if you need some background information (e.g. OutputCache).

 

Additional Links:

• ClaimTypes
• ASP.NET Basics (Scott Hanselman)
• MVA (MVC)
• RoleProvider / MembershipProvider
• IRouteHandler
• Windows Azure Worker Roles
• RDP + Azure
• Azure Startup Tasks
• Contracts Library

Hope this helps.

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Sonoma Microsoft CRM Dev Tools

Sonoma offers a new extension for Microsoft Dynamics CRM. It is provided as a Google Chrome-Plugin.

Dynamics CRM DevTools

 

Functionality

• Shows Form information (Id, Name, Type Code, Form Type, Is Dirty)
• Refresh current form
• Enable/Disable attributes
• Show hidden attributes
• Shows User information (Domain Name, User Id, Business Unit Id)
• Open Advanced Find
• Search for Attribute, User Id, Privilege Id (and navigate to the record)
• Set focus to a field
• Update attributes (testing)
• Execute Fetch XML Queries

Lets hope there will be a IE-Solution in the future too.

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