Tag Archives: Dynamics CRM

Using GetAttributeValue – same result, different meaning. Depending on the context

  We can use entity[“<attributeName>”], or we can use entity.GetAttributeValue<T>(“<attributeName>”) The second option won’t produce an exception if the attribute is missing – it will return null instead. It will also return null if the value of that attribute is, actually, null. This may look all right, but there is a difference. So when does… Read More »

Disaster Recovery in Dynamics CRM online

Salesforce outage that happened this month has rightfully provoked all sorts of discussions about the dangers of cloud offerings. Most of those discussions are only theoretically interesting, since they are, for the most part, speculations on various aspects of what needs to be done to avoid this kind of situations, what the customers can do,… Read More »

So, why is XRM awesome?

Don’t get me wrong, I’m not going to say that XRM is flawless and/or that it fits anything and anyone. Not at all actually. If you gave me 15 minutes, I could keep complaining about missing XRM features for all that time. However, what I’m going to say is that, with the proper application of… Read More »