Saturday, February 22, 2014

eXtremecrm!!!!

Some of my favorite ISV's from extremecrm Barchelona:

Project Management ++
http://www.assistancesoftware.com/
Assistance PSA for Microsoft Dynamics CRM™ was developed for the new generation of information workers, who are always online and work wherever and whenever they wish. Can your organization facilitate that? Are you ready for the new generation of information workers? Assistance PSA is a completely integrated solution for contemporary information workers. Developed for the latest technology, the Microsoft Dynamics CRM platform.
Marketing:
http://www.clickdimensions.com/
(I also took a certification in this ISV addon!)
ClickDimensions is the top-rated, Microsoft-certified marketing automation solution for Microsoft Dynamics CRM. ClickDimensions is the easiest way to:
·         Empower your marketers to generate and qualify high-quality leads
·         Provide your sales team the ability to prioritize the best leads and opportunities
·         Allow your management team to measure everything
Providing email marketing, web tracking, lead scoring, campaign tracking, social discovery, form capture and more, ClickDimensions tracks your prospects from click to close. ClickDimensions helps you learn more about your prospects by showing you what interests them on your site and makes it easy to capture information about them through web forms once they are ready to share. We like to say that we add new dimensions of data to your Microsoft CRM.

External web interface to MS CRM (and soon SharePoint parts !? :P)
http://www.adxstudio.com/
Adxstudio Inc. is a leading provider of web portal and application life-cycle management solutions built for Microsoft Dynamics® CRM, SharePoint and .NET. We’re a Microsoft Gold Application Development and Gold Customer Relationship Management competency partner with over 50 solution and services professionals across Canada and the USA. Key products include Adxstudio Portals and the Adxstudio ALM Toolkit.

Professional services "verticals"
http://www.fieldone.com/ (Cload based)
Fieldone - State-of-the-art software - based on Dynamics CRM - addressing the complex challenges customers face in managing enterprise field service organizations.  Sky - the agile platform for intelligent enterprise field service management - provides the most comprehensive feature set, simplified integration, flexible deployment, and on-demand configuration driving rapid implementation and fast ROI.

http://www.wennsoft.com/ (On-prem only)
Connections across the organizations are key for those who want to better manage installation, maintenance and repair processes.  WennSoft delivers innovative field service solutions that streamline operations from sales to the field to accounting, arming customers with the insight they need to do their work more proactively, productively and profitably. www.wennsoft.com

Integration:
http://www.scribesoft.com/
Scribe is a global provider of solutions that easily bring customer data to anywhere it’s needed, whether your systems are cloud-based, on-premise, or a hybrid. Scribe’s products help our 13,000 customers and partners use their customer data to increase revenue, provide superior service, and create business value faster.

Mobile
http://www.resco.net/MobileCRM/
Resco is the creator of the market favorite Mobile CRM for Dynamics CRM. The app  – which gives users around-the-clock access to their data from anywhere – comes with a full offline mode, interactive maps, support of custom entities & many more benefits that make it the product people love to use.

ISV - web-store
http://www.crm-appstore.com/main
The CRM App Store is an online application store for Microsoft Dynamics CRM and contains complete vertical solutions, add-ons and accelerators/template solutions.
 The CRM App Store offers full “Click, Try, Buy” experience. Customers and prospects get an instant access to apps for a 30 day free trial so they can evaluate before they buy directly in the store.The CRM App Store is powered by Prodware with more than 30 ISV’s and 50 solutions.

Easier development/konfiguration
http://www.north52.com/
North52 provides the most comprehensive business process management software available for Microsoft Dynamics CRM. North52’s business rule (formulas) and scheduler engines are flexible enough to meet the most demanding business requirements. Formulas and schedules can be configured and deployed in minutes via customizations not coding saving you time and money.

http://www.wavextend.com/en
Intelligent and flexible customizability is the most important quality for business applications. WaveXtend extends the customization options of Microsoft Dynamics CRM.

WaveXtend supports Dynamics 4.0, 2011, 2013 and Online and offers database marketing and business rule configuration software for Dynamics CRM Partners and ISV’s.
Document creation / storage
http://www.xperido.com/
XperiDo is a server-side document creation solution for Microsoft Dynamics CRM. It lets you create documents in two clicks or through workflows, save as any format, store in SharePoint, create activities, attach and e-mail, print to network printers. Include fields of related entities without limitations and map them in your templates. Add conditions for insertion and formatting, loop and group, render to images, barcodes, QRcodes and much, much more. XperiDo can be installed on premises or used as a cloud service.

Sunday, February 2, 2014

SSIS + Microsoft CRM?

Hi and welcome back?

Do like the POWER of SSIS?

Do you like to migrate/create integrations in hours without writing a single line of .NET an still be able to use the Microsoft CRM API?

Then you will like the following SSIS components:

1. Kingswaysoft
This is my favorite for small/mid-size projects! Extremely easy to install, "no-brainer" components to use if you know SSIS. CHEAP and very nice option to use in POC's!
Gives you the basic components to create a good SSIS integration to MS CRM from any type of database and/or system!

Kingswaysoft have SSIS components to
- AX 2009/2012+
- MS CRM 4.0/2011/2013
- Salesforce

2. PragmaticWork: Task-factory
A SUPER tool if you need components for more then just Microsoft CRM! Gives you an option to choose between a few packages of components. Gives you advanced components to create a good SSIS integration to MS CRM from any type of database and/or system! Mid-size and Large SSIS solutions!

Kingswaysoft have SSIS components to
- MS CRM 2011/2013
- Salesforce
- SharePoint

I always miss the following components when using one of the other SSIS components on this site: 
 - Upsert Destination,
- Advanced Derived Column
- Terminator Destination

- Dimension Merge SCD Transform (formally Kimball SCD)

3. CrazyRocks!
Only used when testing Microsoft CRM SSIS components on the market. So I realy don't know too much about this component. Please update me :)

Hope you liked this post.. I'll soon make a few HOW TO with SSIS!

Best Regards

Inge-Andre Fredrikstad

Thursday, January 30, 2014

Managed VS Unmanaged Solutions!!!

Hi!

Are you also a little confused about the managed/unmaged solutions in Microsoft Dynamics CRM? Here's my little conclusions after a discussion on Microsoft CRM group @ Facebook:
 
My Conclusion/Guideline based on answers above: (MS CRM 2011/2013)


Managed:

If your are a ISV’s or making 3.partys components to multiple customers or are a implementation partner in a customer project with several (3+) involved partners – Managed is recommended.

Main reason why:
Easily and controlled update/deletion/install of solution with possibility to lock down parts of customization.

Main Concerns:
You will have to move the whole solution between environments, meaning ALL customizations HAVE to be ready for deployments at the same time. (No half completed customizations OR controlled half customizations not showed to customer)

Unmanaged:
If you are an implementation partner and doing customizations for single customers with max a few (2-3) other implementation partners and the solution should not be updated and distributed between several customers – Unmanaged in recommended.
Main reason why:
You have the flexibility to refresh development environment and move parts of customizations between environments.
Main Concern:
Require good practice when moving customizations between environments.