Create an Azure App User allowing the AutoMerge service to connect to your CRM. Microsoft no longer allows services such as AutoMerge to connect to Dynamics CRM using named users.  Services don’t and cannot do any multi-factor-authentication and using named users require that extra security layer. Here is Microsoft’s announcement to that effect: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-platform/important-changes-coming#deprecation-of-office365-authentication-type-and-organizationserviceproxy-class-for-connecting-to-dataverse   This article will show you how to set up an Azure App and then configure AutoMerge to use it.  High-Level Steps A – Azure Portal Active Directory – App Registration: Create Azure App Registration Add specific permissions to the App Create a Secret within the

The usefulness of Dynamics CRM’s modifiedon field is limited. We can do better. The out-of-box modifiedon field tells you when the last time any change was made to a record. The CRM platform creates and manages the modifiedon field for all built-in and custom entities.   See below the modifiedon field shows 3/31/2021 @ 4:05pm: The problem with modifiedon is that any update to the record causes this date to be updated.  The platform tracks all fields’ changes whether they’re updated by an end-user, some plugin, workflow or integration processes etc…. Even if you update a field to a value that is

Deep Dive: Configuring Match Rules in the AutoMerge Management App The match rules within your Matching/Ranking Configuration record reference a particular entity (Lead/Account/Contact) and determine how the analysis engine finds duplicates in your CRM.  The default set of Match Rules created under each of your Matching/Ranking Configurations are suitable for typical CRM systems where the usual built-in fields from the Lead/Account/Contact entities are used. Fields containing data that uniquely identifies a person or a business such as firstname, lastname, company name, telephone, email, street address, etc… are key to setting up proper rules for your dataset. Let’s go over how

AutoMerge is available for a “Test Drive” on AppSource We have converted our AutoMerge listing to TEST DRIVE so anyone can try it out.  AppSource is Microsoft’s marketplace to help businesses find tailored solutions (apps) for their industry. AutoMerge – Microsoft Dynamics 365 CRM Duplicate Detector and Merger – App Login What is the AutoMerge “Test Drive?” AutoMerge “Test Drive” is a Dynamics 365 CE (CRM) environment. This environment contains sample Leads, Accounts, and Contacts that have been pre-analyzed for duplicates.   How can AutoMerge help me? Any CRM user who’s frustrated with multiple copies of the same customer record can benefit