From the Microsoft Dynamics CRM Blogs: Codeless Universal Search; Outlook Client Tracing 101; Running Dynamics CRM on a Mac; Leverage Excel to Edit Records

Codeless Universal Search for Dynamics CRM:After "helping out" at a Salesforce.com roadshow:

but also taking note of Salesforce's built-in universal search capabilities, Leon Tribe took on the task of creating a codeless configuration for universal search in CRM 2011. 

Tribe provides a detailed look at his approach, concluding that:

"It turns out it is possible and actually reasonably usable. Moreover, while the solution is built on CRM 2011, I can see no reason why you could not build the same thing in CRM 4."  While it may not be the polished solution that Microsoft would release as part of the core product, he concludes that, "[a]s with other codeless solutions, the result is a little clunky but very usable. Probably the biggest downside with this one is the back end maintenance...On the plus side, this works in 2011 (and probably v4), is codeless and can be set up in an hour or two. I guarantee that a coded solution cannot get near that kind of turnaround."

You can hear more from Leon next week during two sessions at Decisions Spring 2011's Dynamics CRM Day on June 17 starting at 8am ET.

CRM 2011 Outlook Client Tracing 101: