dears, i know my question is not about programming but i hope that someone would be able to help me , i have office 2013 and when i am invited to to a meeting through outlook the time doesn't sync between the two different time zones .
for example if i am ahead by 2 hrs and i got invited to a meeting outlook doesn't recalculate the time .
is it a windows thing or an outlook option ?i have checked the outlook options ,calendar , time zones it was correct and so was my windows clock.
i am only facing this issue on two laptops in my class the rest is working perfectly , outlook changes the meeting time to adjust with my time zone.
This is indeed not the place to ask this question. Ask google and you'll get things like:
http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/calendar/appointments-and-time-zones/
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/2642044
Make sure you and your counterpart have the time zones set correctly (regional settings). Alternatively, you may try to work with dual timezone.
Try asking in the Microsoft forums, those people are really helpful and the will know these tools.
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I wonder if the community out there can help with this.
We are using Microsoft Dynamics 365 v8.2.2.112, on-premises (not cloud).
The problem is this: millions – yes, literally millions – of Contacts are being created for no apparent reason.
Our users access CRM via an intranet page, but also using the CRM Outlook Plugin.
Since upgrading to v8.2 in January, something in CRM is creating millions of CRM Contacts.
The same Contact is being repeatedly re-created hundreds and thousands of times for the same user. And this happens for multiple Contacts and for multiple users. The end result is that millions of Contacts are being generated. The contact gets created every 5 minutes (approx).
You can easily see the Contacts being created. If you run an “Advanced Search” on Contact order by “created_on” descending order, you can see the same new Contact being generated every five minutes or so, and whose details exactly match the one created 5 minutes ago.
We’ve got about 20 users who seem to be particularly prolific Contact creators. Possibly because of the nature of their role, they add lots (ie dozens) of Contacts to Outlook (but they definitely don’t add hundreds of thousands of the same person!)
I'm absolutely baffled as to why this should happen.
The prevailing view at my company is that CRM Outlook synchronisation is to blame. We use the Outlook plugin widely. We use version 8.2.3.8 of the Outlook CRM plugin. When users sync their Outlook Contacts, maybe it doesn't recognise that the Contact is already in CRM, so regenerates it? We think it's a bug of that nature.
We can’t turn off Outlook synchronisation, because users require it in order to do their jobs. They need to be able to sync Activities, Emails, Contacts and so on.
We've checked all our custom code (C# plugins) to ensure that no Contacts are being create anywhere. We've especially checked the "on create" of Contacts to ensure it’s not creating an additional Contact. No code generates Contacts.
I understand that I am able to turn off users' Outlook Synchronisation filters. But I don’t want to do so as they do need to be able to sync with Outlook. It’s one of the reasons we use Dynamics CRM.
Does anybody know what’s causing this? Has anybody come across this before? What’s the solution to stop this happening? I'm after a root-cause if possible!
Just wanted to keep this post up to date, for the benefit of any other poor souls who encounter this ghastly problem.
We were in touch with Microsoft who have been very helpful (although weren’t able to provide a “silver bullet” solution). The case is ongoing.
The first suggestion was that the problem was down to a customisation, integration or homemade plugin that had got itself into an endless loop, creating CRM Contacts ad infinitum. After searching absolutely every line of code and custom logic, I was able to confirm that the problem is not down to any of our customisations.
What we then did was to examine the Contacts being created on mass. We identified one Contact that was being generated over and over again. We checked its owner, let’s call this owner “John Smith”, and found that John Smith was the one creating this contact over and over. So we checked John Smith’s “Appointments, Contacts, and Tasks” syncing. We did this by “Settings -> Email Configuration -> Mailboxes”, then searched for John Smith’s mailbox. From John Smith’s mailbox, under the “Synchronization Method”, we set “Appointments, Contacts, and Tasks” from “Server-Side Synchronization” to “None”.
After doing this, the mass Contact generation immediately stopped. I’m not suggestion this is the solution to the problem (because we need to use syncing), but I am suggesting that this proves that the problem is down to a CRM bug in synchronisation (and not caused one of our customisations).
So if you’re getting this issue, and you want to rule out your customisations, I would follow these steps (above) to prove that it’s not your code that is responsible. If you turn off syncing for a user, and it stops generating millions of the same contacts owned by that user, I’d say you’ve got the same bug as me.
I think this bug is described in 2 possible places:
“Duplicate contacts are created if the rebuild of ID mapping fails after a test and enable.”: https://support.microsoft.com/en-in/help/4046463/service-update-9-for-microsoft-dynamics-365-8-2-1
OR
“Contact synchronization that uses server-side synchronization causes infinite updates.”: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/3203310/update-0-1-for-microsoft-dynamics-crm-2016-service-pack-1
The suggestion is that we’re getting this problem because we’ve not installed cumulative updates before installing a major version. I can’t agree that we were meant to. We installed the latest version as directed on-line. Obviously we can’t now install the updates which allegedly fix this bug, because we’re on a later version. We went from CRM 8.1.1.1005 to 8.2.2.0112 by skipping 2 cumulative versions (i.e. 8.2.0.0749 and 8.2.1.0176). It is alleged that these skipped versions had a bug fix for this issue in it (see link above), and by not installing them, this issue happened. I can’t really agree that it says anywhere to do this (install cumulative updates before installing a major version). Anyway, that’s the suggested cause of the issue.
Anyway, we’re still busy with the Microsoft guys. I’ll get back to you when there’s a definite course of action we can take. So it’s still work in progress.
We’re planning on deleting the millions of instances of that Contact from the user’s Outlook, then deleting the millions of that Contact from CRM (which has taken a week in a bulk delete), then we’re going to turn on “platform traces” (requiring a registry change), then we’re going to reactivate syncing, and gather the logs, and send them to Microsoft.
I’ll be back when there’s a definite solution.
Updated with a definite solution:
For the sake of completeness and in order to help anybody else who experiences this...
This nightmare was resolved by installing CRM patch v8.2.13.21. [NB We had been on v8.2.2.112] As soon as the patch was installed, the system ceased generated all these Contacts. They stopped being generated to the second!
We're still cleaning up the mess of the unwanted 20 million Contacts which shouldn't be there. But at least the issue is fixed.
I think the lesson is to keep your CRM system up to date in terms of patching!
I faced similar issue in OnLine when we enabled outlook synchronization for Dynamics.
Even we had contacts been created randomly. If you look in advanced find for contacts Created randomly it should be created by System user.
There is user setting in CRM as below and I think in your case Automatically create records in Microsoft Dynamics 365 is set to YES
You will have to change this to No.
For other users you can use XRMToolBox plugin called User Setting Utility and there in you can see every user's personal setting as below
with the same XRM Tool Plugin you can bulk edit user personal setting as well
this question comes out a necessity that belongs to me! I want my profile to changed say everyday at 7:00 PM in the evening to ringing+vibrate from silent.I am not sure if it can be achieved as Microsoft has abstracted some features and prohibited access to them.
I would like to have it as an app,that allows me to set time for a particular period for a profile to stay active.Is it actually possible?Any experts having worked on this platform,please give your valuable suggestions as I am still a newbie in this town of mobile development.
No, the Windows Phone SDK does not allow you to change profiles from your application.
Now, since this is not your first question of this manner, I would highly recommend starting with MSDN documentation for Windows Phone development to see what is supported on the platform.
I recently had my app certified (first time!) but not automatically published. The game is Easter themed and hence I'd like it to appear in the new list over the Easter period. I need to know how best to achieve this.
According to many posts online, the 'new list' isn't sorted in order of release date but instead, in order of certification date, an automated system, the certifiers choice etc.
Thre are some theories here:
http://forums.create.msdn.com/forums/t/85466.aspx
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/6536557/first-time-game-shows-up-way-down-the-list-of-new-free-games-on-wp7-marketplace
Both of these posts are in 2011 and aren't conclusive.
Does anybody know what ACTUALLY happens?
Thank you for any reply.
In my experience, the new apps are changed once per day or in a similar fashion. Again, from experience, you can't do anything to ensure that your application is first. However, I have manually published applications after they have been tested and approved and they were listed in the 'new' category as if they were published that day.
Usually, don't worry because your app will be listed in the first 20 of that 'day' at least once and if you get - or set ;) - some high ratings people will see it.
I found this out the hard way. The plan was to release to a few small markets to get some feedback and then do an update and release to the USA. Well, once the game was released to the USA it was not considered new and did not go into the NEW GAME list. It retained the release date of the initial release to the small markets. And as such, I totally missed out on the new release spike that we all have come to love and enjoy.
Check out Alien Escape
Game Trailer http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWE6Dlk6xpc
I have some apps on marketplace already. I can talk from experience. The release after you have published will depend on countries and will delay without fully control. Also if you don't make any advertisement, it will not work with only "keywords on marketplace". I have solved by using my own Webservice and I flagged the app with "LOCKED" view. On EASTERN you can unlock the app by using your Webservice flag and immediately when the app starts, user can use it UNLOCKED.
No other solution is working in time usable way. But I fully like it to have my own app under full control. Also, I have added an "Code behind" for Testers to let them test the app before EASTERN.
Happy eastern
Just wanted to know if it's possible to change an existing paid app to free app for a limited period in windows phone marketplace.
And then change it back to paid app after one week or so.
I've tried searching before and could only find that it's possible to change free app to paid but not above.
Thanks.
You may make a paid app free, but it will cost you a "token" (you have 100 per year and submitting a free up costs one of them). After that you can switch back again.
Every price change may take a couple of hours until active. Also you cannot time those changes automatically.
Hello I don't understand the ads system of wp 7
Do I need to code something or dropping the component on the botton of my screen is enough
I can't find how much can I get from this... Does the user have to click the add so that I'll get paid.
Thanks
Asaf
With Microsoft ads, through PubCenter, (pubcenter.microsoft.com) your pay is based on impressions, while nearly all others are based on clicks.
To use the PubCenter ads, the ad SDK is part of the Windows Phone tools install. You can find information on using this at advertising.microsoft.com/mobile-apps and at create.msdn.com.
As far as how much you will make, it depends on your app, how popular it is, how well targeted your ads are, and more. eCPM is the rate you're paid, and it is on a bid process, and varies from minute to minute, depending on what ads are available within your targeted categories.
For instance, I have one app that typically makes close to 1000 impressions per day, and brings in about $1.00 to $1.50 per day, depending on impressions and eCPM, of course. I have another app that brings in nearly the same number of impressions, sometimes more, and yet, it only makes me about 20% of the first one. I'm still working on tweaking the ad categories to increase my eCPM so that it will make as much as the first one, but I'm thinking it is part art, and part luck.
Maybe you can find the answer for your questions here: Microsoft Advertising