Combining Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 and Bing Maps can help businesses visualize geographic and location-based information quickly and easily. This article provides examples and source code to help you implement this useful mashup.

Adding a custom event calendar to Dynamics CRM 4.0 can help team members stay in synch on events, milestones, and deadlines and can help provide visibility into major events. Although CRM 4.0 provides a calendar view in the product, a custom calendar is often needed to show events that are not time-based and are not linked to appointments or service activities. This blog post provides examples of how various industries can utilize a custom calendar and provides technical details for how a custom calendar can be implemented.

Microsoft's "PowerShell" is a command-line shell and scripting language designed for system administration and automation. Its potential benefits to developers and administrators of CRM installations are endless. Since PowerShell can utilize .NET assemblies and web services, it can be used with CRM to automate just about any administration tasks or any other type of routine or tedious tasks. This blog post provides one example of how PowerShell can make the lives of Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 administrators easier. The provided script fully automates the process of exporting CRM system customizations to file, which can be scheduled to run at any time interval.