Another update for Configuration Data Manager is available: http://www.itaintboring.com/downloads/ConfigurationData_managed.zip Here is what’s included into this update You can use “Configuration Data” button to open the tool: There are two new dataset configuration parameters: When “Create Only” is selected, only new records will be imported to the destination environment. Sometimes, we don’t need to update existing… Read More »
You can test SSIS components in many different ways – you can test performance, usability, user interface, advanced functionality, and so on. Some of those tests will depend on what exactly you are trying to achieve. Before we continue, let me clarify the goal of this particular testing exercise. As you may recall, I mentioned that I used to… Read More »
There are at least a few companies offering Dynamics connectors for SSIS, and it would be a little challenging to compare all of them. Personally, I used KingswaySoft connector on a few Dynamics data migration projects, and it never failed me. However, it is not the only one available, so you may ask why did I choose that… Read More »
There is something about SSIS that may not be quite clear when you first look at it from the Dynamics data migration perspective. You cannot really use out-of-the-box version to create data migration packages which will work with Dynamics. Actually, that might be a bit too much to say, but, if you are not a developer who… Read More »
Dynamics has an absolutely amazing set of SDK libraries which we can use to turn it into pretty much anything. It’s a bit of a curse, actually, since, every now and then, there is a Dynamics CRM project that involves so much development that you can’t help but think “well, would not it be easier… Read More »