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From the Microsoft Dynamics CRM blogs: Complex record-sharing; Exam redux; Friendly Naming; JavaScript Dependency

by Linda Rosencrance
Contributing Writer, MSDW

Using Teams to Solve Complex Record-Sharing Scenarios: Over at the Microsoft Dynamics Team Blog, Dynamics CRM MVP Neil Benson says he recently had two enterprise customers with similar security requirements, and both sets of requirements were solved with a similar pattern.

"Imagine your company organizes itself into different groups, and the work of each group needs to remain segregated from the work of the other groups. So you configure your CRM organization with three business units - let's called them Red, Blue and Green - each under the root parent business unit. And you configure the security roles with business unit-level privileges. So far, so good.

"But now there is a requirement that some users in the Red business unit need to be able to work with records in the Green business unit, but not the Blue business unit. And some users in the Blue business unit need to be able to work with records in the Red business unit, but not the Green business unit. But no one is allowed to work with records in all three business units. What now?"

You can find out "what now?" here.

Retook an Exam Today #1: Recently Dynamics CRM MVP Gustaf Westerlund had to retake the CRM 2011 application exam (MB2-868) because of a registration mix-up with the one he took - and passed - last year.

Westerlund said he has some issues with the exam because it's unclear which update rollup the exam is based on.

"It is a very interesting certification. One of the hardest things is to think about which update rollup (...

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About Linda Rosencrance

Linda Rosencrance is a freelance writer/editor in the Boston area. Rosencrance has over 25 years experience as an reporter/investigative reporter, writing for many newspapers in the metropolitan Boston area. Rosencrance has been writing about information technology for the past 16 years.

She has covered a variety of IT subjects, including Microsoft Dynamics, mobile security issues such as data loss prevention, network management, secure mobile app development, privacy, cloud computing, BI, big data, analytics, HR, CRM, ERP, and enterprise IT.

Rosencrance is the author of six true crime books for Kensington Publishing Corp.

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