Here's a shot of a custom CRM theme that features a new logo, updated navigation bar background and yellow bar shelf shading.Ĭhanging the header colour will impact several areas.įirstly, it appears at the top of the navigation text in the main CRM drop down menus.Ĭhanging the header colour also applies this to CRM form record tabs The shelf that appears under the main CRM control menu can be replaced to a new colour of our choosing. That means text will remain white so although the background default could be replaced with a light colour this won't work well for users as they'd be unable to easily see the menu text. In this release CRM will only let an administrator change the background colour of the nav bar, not the font colour.

The HEX code for the navigation bar background I'm using is #801515 which can be added to the theme record. By using this you can assess new colours for your CRM theme and copy the relevant HEX codes. Theme colours are defined using a hexadecimal code but the current CRM release doesn't include a colour picker so unless you're a coding whizz an external HTML colour selector will be an essential resource. To complete this, upload the relevant image file then save and publish.Ĭhanging the logo doesn't affect the CRM action so clicking this area in the nav bar will continue to return a user to their customised home page.Įnter text in this field to set the alt text for the new logo, this will also appear when the user hovers over it in a web browser.Ĭhanging the navigation bar colour will replace the navy default: The recommended dimensions for uploading a new image logo is 400px width x 50px height. With limited space in the CRM nav bar image size is an important consideration.

png formats to replace the default Microsoft Dynamics logo. The default theme record is set to read only but administrators can create a new theme record to replace it.Īs with any CRM process custom themes should be carefully planned and tested to avoid presenting users with a garish interface.Įach CRM theme consists of 13 components:Ī new image file can be uploaded to CRM in. To access themes browse to CRM Settings -> Customisations -> Themes With Dynamics CRM Online 2015 Update 1 it can!ĬRM theme records are a new solution to personalize the Microsoft Dynamics interface so it feels even more like your business by replacing the Microsoft Dynamics logo with your own image and changing CRM colours to reflect your branding, or familiar colour scheme. There a so many options for customizing Microsoft Dynamics CRM to fit your organisation so why can't it reflect your own colours and branding?

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