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From the Microsoft Dynamics CRM Blogs: New dev tool for Chrome; CRM 2013 Tool Tips, Dialog Lookup Values, and First Impressions

by Linda Rosencrance
Contributing Writer, MSDW

In this look at recent insight from around the Microsoft Dynamics CRM community:

  • Test driving a new CRM dev tool for Chrome;
  • First Impressions of CRM 2013;
  • Tool Tips in CRM 2013;
  • Dialog Lookup Values For Common Entities

Test driving a new Dynamics CRM Dev Tool for Chrome

On his Dynamics CRM blog, Salim Adamon takes a look at the new development tool that the Sonoma Partners team released last week. The tool, a Google Chrome extension, is compatible with CRM 2011 UR11+ and with CRM 2013. Adamon says it's a nice productivity booster for CRM developers.

Here are some of the highlights:

  • View current user information (domain name, user ID)
  • Form information (entity name, ID, type code and some nice features like show the hidden attributes on a form)
  • Execute Fetch XML statement and view the results

Adamon gives you his recommendations on how to use it here.

First Impressions of CRM 2013

Over at Hosk's Dynamics CRM blog, Ben Hosking took his first look at CRM 2013 recently and shares some impressions. He started a trial of CRM 2013 and he really likes the fact that there are no popups, which make things a lot smoother and it's easier to keep track of what you were doing without having to peek at the 10 Internet browsers.

Hosking wants you to know things are different, but he says that's not really a bad thing.

"I automatically opened the ...

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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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