Author: Chris Dobkins

Setting up an Android Phone with Microsoft Office 365

To setup your Android Phone with your existing Office 365 email account using Exchange ActiveSync, follow these steps: From the Applications menu, select Email. This application may be named Mail on some versions of Android. Type your full e-mail address, for example tony@contoso.com, and your password, and then select Next.  Select Exchange account. This option

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Setting up an Apple iPhone with Microsoft Office 365

To setup your iPhone with your existing Office 365 email account using Exchange ActiveSync, follow these steps: If this is the first e-mail account on this iPhone, iPad, or iTouch, tap Mail. Otherwise, tap Settings > Mail, Contacts, Calendars > Add Account.  Tap Microsoft Exchange.  Tap in the E-mail box and enter your full e-mail

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Turning the tables on your Life Insurance Sales "Friends"

So, it occurs to me that I am often accosted at social gatherings by “friends” of mine that sell life insurance (but if you happen to be a FaceBook friend of mine who sells insurance…I am certainly NOT talking about you! I just LOVE talking to you about this incredibly interesting topic!). It is usually

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Industry Solution Templates for Dynamics CRM

The Microsoft Dynamics CRM Q2 2012 Service Update is going to include 4 new industry templates for Dynamics CRM. These templates can be downloaded from the Dynamics CRM Marketplace from Dynamics Labs. Microsoft says that the goal of these is to ‘illustrate Microsoft Dynamics CRM’s suitability for specific industries’ and that they will not support these

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Microsoft Dynamics CRM goes Social

In the upcoming Q2 2012 service update to Microsoft Dynamics CRM, Microsoft is enhancing the micro-blogging features they introduced in the November service update (called Activity Feeds). The new release will provide a Facebook like ability to ‘like’ and ‘unlike’ activity feed posts. It also includes a timeline view of all posts that mention the

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Microsoft Dynamics CRM is now Browser Independent!

Yesterday, Microsoft announced the Dynamics CRM Q2 2012 update. One of the long awaited features to be included in this release of Dynamics CRM is cross browser support. What this means for our customers is that you will no longer be tethered to Internet Explorer! YAY!!! According to Microsoft, Dynamics CRM will now run Yesterday,

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How to Get the Microsoft CRM “Closed Activities” Nav Bar Link Back (If You Delete It)

I just found this great blog article on how to get your Closed Activities Nav Bar item back. Check it out: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/4808.aspx In the article, the entity that they are working with is the Case Entity. In my situation, I needed to get the Closed Activities item back on my Account Entity. Here is how

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Microsoft Dynamics GP 2010 R2 New Feature List

Microsoft just recently released Dynamics GP 2010 R2, and this release has some fantastic new features like better Word Templates and email integration, Over 50 new SQL Reporting Services Charts and KPI’s, and the new Business Analyzer for contextual business intelligence. If you would like to see the full list of new features, click the

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Error upgrading CRM 4.0 Online Email Router to CRM 2011 Router

When attempting to upgrade the CRM 4.0 Online Email Router to CRM 2011 Email Router, you may recieve the following error during the installation process: Action Microsoft.Crm.Setup.Common.Analyzer+ CollectAction failed.The following registry key cannot be opened: SOFTWAREMicrosoftMSCRM Email. Microsoft Support suggests that you uninstall the CRM 4.0 Email Router and install the CRM 2011 Email Router

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Njevity Announces their Nomination for the 2011 Technology APEX Awards

2011 APEX Award Nominee Logo Njevity, Inc., Announces Their Nomination for the 2011 Technology Apex Awards Njevity’s outstanding work and dedication as a Cloud Services Provider of ERP and CRM Solutions leads to recognition in the 11th annual CSIA Apex Awards.    Denver, CO – June 10, 2011 – Njevity, Inc., announced today it has

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