Knowledgebase

Welcome to my knowledgebase, which started as a place for me to file information that I find (mostly about Microsoft Dynamics 365/CRM) and are likely to forget. Many times I searched for something only to find my own article.

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Dynamics 365 Products
28 Jan 2020

Platform

  • PowerApps
  • Power BI
  • Power Automate (flows)

First Party Apps (available now)

  • Sales (Professional and Enterprise)
  • Service (Professional and Enterprise)
  • Field Service
  • Business Central (Essentials and Premium)
  • Finance and Operations
  • Retail 

Unified Interface
07 Dec 2019

Transition Now to the Unified Interface - don't wait

Why do I have to transition?

In September 2019, Microsoft announced that the web interface (sometime called the "legacy" interface) will be removed on October 1st 2020 and that all Online customers must use the "new" Unified Interface. There will be no exceptions.

Error when clicking to see field properties when editing a form
07 Dec 2019

I had an error a while back when working on customizing a form. I'm documenting the resolution to remind me an in case it helps anyone else.

The scenario is:

  • In a solution or the default solution, navigate to any entity
  • Open any form for the entity
  • In the form, double-click any field to change its properties

The following error appears

Disqualifying leads in bulk
07 Dec 2019

It seems that selecting more than 50 leads and then click Disqualify doesn't work. When I last tried this, I received an error.

Having logged a support call with Microsoft, the response was that is by design.

Microsoft Dynamics 365/CRM Version Numbers and Code Names
22 Nov 2019
Product Name Version Code Name
Fall 2017 ? ?? Calcium
July 2017 ? 9.0 Potassium
365 Dec 2016 8.2 Centaurus
2016 SP1 and Spring 2016 8.1 Naos
2016 8.0 Ara
2015 (Online only) 7.1 Carina
2015 7.0

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