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MS CRM E-Mail Router Not Working

sirslur — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 18:09:02 +0000

A couple of weeks ago the E-Mail Router for Microsoft CRM 4 (Rollup 11) stopped working. The error I was getting for the server was that the certificate for the Exchange server was not valid. So I started to dig.

I found out that the certificate for the Exchange server was renewed on the day my . . . → Read More: MS CRM E-Mail Router Not Working

Scribe – MS CRM to Great Plains Crashed

sirslur — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 18:06:48 +0000

I have a setup that integrates Microsoft Great Plains (GP) and Microsoft Dynamics CRM using Scribe. Everything was working great until a couple of weeks ago. I got a notice that all of my integration points had fatal errors with this error code: "Fatal Error Code 307, the Translation Spec specified data objects that were not . . . → Read More: Scribe – MS CRM to Great Plains Crashed

Microsoft Word Document Size

sirslur — Fri, 21 May 2010 17:00:00 +0000

This is an old conversation, but I find that many people still do not know about it.

From Office 97 to 2003 Microsoft used the .doc file extension. These files were binary files. When Office 2007 was introduced, Microsoft change the file extension to .docx. These files are stored in an open XML format. One part of . . . → Read More: Microsoft Word Document Size

Microsoft Project Natal and Future

sirslur — Thu, 20 May 2010 22:36:44 +0000

Tuesday, while listing to Microsoft Technical Evangelist John Westin, I learned that Natal for the Xbox will cost under $100. This is a great price point in my opinion for the experience a person will have.

Microsoft is not just letting the Natal interface stop with the Xbox. They are taking it and and the Windows 7 . . . → Read More: Microsoft Project Natal and Future

Social Connections in Business

sirslur — Thu, 20 May 2010 22:34:14 +0000

How do you manage all of your connections?

I have several different silos that I use. LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, etc all have their own contact list. I do not have a place that consolidates it all, but I want it. I do have some requirements though.

I know that Outlook is incorporating it in 2010 and Mozilla . . . → Read More: Social Connections in Business

Windows Server 2008 – Missing Drive Space

sirslur — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 14:54:18 +0000

The story begins with me needing more drive space on my backup drive. I allocated the extra space from our SAN. Then I went into the server and told it to expand the drive with the extra space.

This is where it gets weird. I could see the new space everywhere except in explore and chkdsk. . . . → Read More: Windows Server 2008 – Missing Drive Space