Larry's Taco Talk

This blog discusses topics in Small Business Server, CRM, and user groups, as well as items of interest that might occur along the road. Larry Lentz is a 25+ year computer industry veteran with 18 years as an independent consultant and owner of Lentz Computer Services, http://www.LentzComputer.net. Larry holds numerous Microsoft certifications and leads the Alamo PC Organization's MCSE Advanced Special Interest Group and the SBS SIG (http://www.LentzComputer.net/SBS). Larry is located in San Antonio, Texas. Lentz Computer Services was the first Microsoft Small Business Specialist in South Texas and is now a Microsoft Certified Partner. Larry was awarded the Microsoft MVP in CRM for 2006, 2007, and 2008..

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CWR on SBS 08
For some time I have really loved CWR Mobility’s CWR Mobile CRM client for the Windows Mobile Smartphone. It worked great for me, until I upgraded my network to Small Business Server 2008 (SBS 08). From then (back in April) to today, I have longed to...

Posted Sunday, January 31, 2010 7:48 PM by LarryLentz | with no comments

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CRM on SBS 08
This weekend I set up a new Small Business Server 2008 for a client and included CRM 4.0 Workgroup Edition. I was able to access CRM fine using the web client from the server but when I attempted to access it from the client workstations, it wouldn’t...

Posted Monday, January 18, 2010 11:41 PM by LarryLentz | 2 comment(s)

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Migrating CRM to SBS 2008
For the last several weeks I’ve been pretty much heads down migrating my Small Business Server 2003 to SBS 2008. One of the last tasks was to move my MS CRM 4.0 over. The plan was to install SQL 2008 on the new SBS 2008 server, install a TEMP CRM organization...

Posted Thursday, April 30, 2009 9:29 PM by LarryLentz | 2,625 comment(s)

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Win 7
Microsoft has recently released for beta testing their new desktop (OK, and laptop) operating system, Windows 7. I’ve been running it for a bit over a week on my laptop and really like it. I have had very little problem with it though here are a few issues...

Posted Wednesday, February 04, 2009 12:22 AM by LarryLentz | 396 comment(s)

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VS on SBS
Recently I've been learning more about programming CRM. I've had no problems in the virtual environments of the training courseware. But I was trying to implement a simple sample program on my on CRM system using Visual Studio 2008 and it would...

Posted Friday, December 19, 2008 9:28 PM by LarryLentz | 155 comment(s)

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Getting Ready to Upgrade SBE
Well, with the holidays upon us and therefore I have absolutely nothing else to do (right!), I've decided, well at least I'm inclined toward, upgrading my CRM 3.0 SBE (Small Business Edition) to the new CRM 4.0. As I see it there will be several...

Posted Sunday, December 23, 2007 3:40 PM by LarryLentz | 81 comment(s)

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Running CRM in an IE 7 Tab
One of the nice things about Internet Explorer 7 is Tabs. Tabs let you have several web sites open at once and makes it easy to switch between them. A resultant benefit is that you can also configure multiple home pages to open when you first start up...

Posted Friday, May 18, 2007 11:07 PM by LarryLentz | 96 comment(s)

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Daylight Savings - This Is Gonna Be Fun (NOT!)
As you should know by now, Congress (US), in its infinite wisdom(?), decided to change when Daylight Savings Time starts and ends. The change goes into effect THIS year. Actually NEXT weekend! Normally DST in the US starts the first Sunday in April. This...

Posted Saturday, March 03, 2007 11:53 PM by LarryLentz | 162 comment(s)

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CRM Main Attraction
At the North San Antonio Chamber Expo the other day, I was highlighting both Small Business Server 2003 and CRM. It was interesting to see that CRM was the main attraction and there was little to no interest in SBS. I think the reason is that SBS is the...

Posted Friday, August 25, 2006 10:05 PM by LarryLentz | 123 comment(s)

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SBS R2 and Queues
This weekend I am installing Small Business Server 2003 R2 on a VPC in order to be able to see how well CRM plays with it. Charles Van Heusen was kind enough to send me a link that addresses some of the issues I can expect. SBS R2 of course has been recalled...

Posted Saturday, August 12, 2006 11:10 PM by LarryLentz | 135 comment(s)

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CRM's 90 Day Wonder
Microsoft has recently released (for download) a 90 day evaluation version of CRM 3.0. This is meant for to be installed at a prospective CRM user's site so they can evaluate it for a couple of months. If they like CRM, then the installed code can continue...

Posted Saturday, February 11, 2006 11:02 PM by LarryLentz | 137 comment(s)

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