Importing Legacy Users to Dynamics 365 Online

Introduction Users need to be created in Office 365 and assigned a Dynamics 365 license to be added to Dynamics 365. Migration projects often require historical users created to properly map ownership of historical data. This post outlines is a simple, faster way to import historical users to Dyn365 Online without adding them to Office365.… Continue reading Importing Legacy Users to Dynamics 365 Online

Restoring Dynamics CRM/365 Database from Enterprise to Standard (Moving to Online – Sidebar)

As I continue to write my blog series of migrating Dynamics 365/CRM on-premise to online, I was working in my lab environment putting together steps for my next post when I came across an issue that might be faced by others when working on their migration/upgrade projects. Many production on-premise Dynamics CRM/365 systems will very… Continue reading Restoring Dynamics CRM/365 Database from Enterprise to Standard (Moving to Online – Sidebar)

Using Azure DevTest Labs for Dynamics 365 Development

When developing plug-ins for Dynamics 365/CRM, working with an on-premise system provides for better tracing and debugging than developing against an online instance.  Also when there is a large team working on common project it makes life much easier when the developers are working on isolated environments. Onpremise to Online Migration (sidebar) When working on… Continue reading Using Azure DevTest Labs for Dynamics 365 Development

Scheduling your Dynamics 365 Update

With the recent announcement that Customer Driven Updates (aka CDU) are now available to upgrade Dynamics 365 to the v9 release (aka July 2017 update, aka October 2017 update, aka February 2018 update) customers might be keen to upgrade their existing Dynamics 365 v8.x instances. This is a little side step from my ongoing “Migration… Continue reading Scheduling your Dynamics 365 Update

Reviewing your existing Dynamics 365 System (Moving to Online Part 3)

This is the third post in a series of posts about migrating from Dynamics 365 on-premise to Dynamics 365 Online.  The content and topics are from my recent sessions at D365UG Summit and Extreme365. In Part 1, I blogged about the various reasons of why to move from an on-premise version of Dynamics 365 to… Continue reading Reviewing your existing Dynamics 365 System (Moving to Online Part 3)

When to Move to Dynamics 365 Online (Part 2)

This is second in a series of posts about migrating from Dynamics 365 on-premise to Dynamics 365 Online.  The content and topics are from my recent sessions at D365UG Summit and Extreme365. In Part 1, I blogged about the various reasons of why to move from an on-premise version of Dynamics 365 to Online.  This… Continue reading When to Move to Dynamics 365 Online (Part 2)

Reasons to move to Dynamics 365 Online from On-Premise (Part 1)

This blog posting is the first in a summary from sessions that I presented at D365UG and Extreme365 on migrating from on-premise to cloud based Dynamics 365 CE (Dynamics CRM). As Microsoft continues to invest in Dynamics in the cloud, it will become more and more compelling for companies using Dynamics 365 on-premise to consider… Continue reading Reasons to move to Dynamics 365 Online from On-Premise (Part 1)