Author Archives: rlanzilli

How to setup TFS Check-in alerts for specific folders in Visual Studio 2008 and 2010

By rlanzilli | November 21, 2011

Overview
This walkthrough will explain how to setup email alerts in TFS when there is a check-in. Using this method, you can not only select a TFS Project, but you can also select an individual folder. This is useful if you are not interested in some folders in the project, but want alerts on others.
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CRM 4.0 Customization Synchronization Issue

By rlanzilli | November 15, 2011

Recently, I came across a very odd issue in CRM 4.0. This issue popped up because of an improper deploy/refresh in conjunction with the removal of an entity between test and production servers. It was very out of the ordinary, and I had not seen anything like it before.
The Issue at Hand
This issue was that [...]

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Using System vs. Custom Entities in CRM 2011

By rlanzilli | November 8, 2011

I wanted to write about the topic of whether to repurpose system entities in CRM 2011 or create new custom entities. I know that there have been some blog posts about this before, but I can also reflect on this from personal experience.
There are many different points to consider when repurposing entities:
1. The out [...]

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Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011– Adding and Removing Buttons from the Ribbon

By rlanzilli | June 24, 2011

This tutorial will show you how to add and remove buttons to the ribbon in CRM 2011.
There are three different places you can add buttons to on the CRM Ribbon. They are the entities grid view (HompageGrid), the form (Form), and the in-line grid inside of another form or dashboard (SubGrid).
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Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 Improvements–Solutions

By rlanzilli | March 4, 2011

Microsoft Dynamics CRM (Or just CRM) has recently upgraded from version 4.0 to version 2011. For an overview of Microsoft Dynamics CRM head here: http://crm.dynamics.com. With this new release there have been many improvements to the system. One of the improvements that I think has great potential is the introduction of Solutions.
What is a [...]

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