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Install and Configure the Data Migration Manager for Hosted Clients on MSCRM

 

Overview

Using the Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 Data Migration Manager, you can convert and upload data from another customer relationship management (CRM) system to Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0. At PowerObjects we have 100′s of clients on Hosted Dynamics CRM and are often helping with the migration of data.The Data Migration Manager includes default data maps [...]

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MS Dynamics CRM installation ASP.NET 2.0 is not installed

We first encountered this error while reinstalling mscrm on a server that had changed by being demoted from a single server domain controller with Microsoft Dynamics CRM, joined to a new domain and had the server name changed.

We first tried reregistering ASP.NET via the command line below with no success in fixing the issue.

C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\aspnet_regiis.exe -i [...]

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Emails Generated by Email Router Marked as spam from Dynamics CRM

Imagine this scenario: After months of careful planning you generate your first email campaign from MSCRM. Many cool dashboards are ready to go to see who is reading which emails and which links are being clicked. Then as you click go, you watch with dismay as many of the emails start [...]

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Event Management Accelerator Event Details Not Updating

Have you recently updated the details of an event you have created using the Microsoft Dynamics CRM Event Management Accelerator? Are you finding that the changes you have made to the event in CRM are not appearing on your event website? If so, you have come to the right place!

At first glance this issue may seem like [...]

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'General Scheduling Engine Failure' When Creating Appointment in CRM

We recently came across an interesting issue in one of our environments.

The client was reporting the following:

-When attempting to create an appointment with the REGARDING set as a contact the user owns, an error message displays stating ‘General Scheduling Engine Failure.’ Enabling DevErrors in the web.config did not produce a more verbose error message.

-When attempting [...]

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Error Installing UR 8 and 9

We have recently run into an interesting bug while trying to install update rollup 8 and 9.

The actual error file in the ur log file was:

“Cannot insert the value NULL into column ‘InvoiceNumber’, table”

And/or

“column does not allow nulls. UPDATE fails.”

In addition Update Rollup 9 seems to be stuck in a loop, generating lines and lines [...]

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CRM 4 Update Rollup 9 has been released

Update rollup 9 has been released.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=5869f2b3-d1a0-4f71-8be3-fde6e8053a2e&displayLang=en

We are currently testing, but so far so good.

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Installing Outlook CRM Client – Mandatory updates for Microsoft Dynamics CRM could not be applied successfully

We recently ran into an interesting issue. During a rollout of the outlook crm client on various workstations running both vista and xp, we had one workstation where we simply could not configure the outlook crm client. The errors were “Mandatory updates for Microsoft Dynamics CRM could not be applied successfully” and in [...]

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Dynamics CRM 4.0 Update Rollup 8 Issue

Greetings CRM’ers

We came across an interesting issue with the client side install of the recently released Update Rollup 8 today.

After starting AutoUpdate from my Outlook Client I saw that I had 1 update available for install: Update Rollup 8. I installed the update and then was prompted by AutoUpdate that I would need to Reboot [...]

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Error Reinstalling CRM 4.0: Action Microsoft.Crm.Setup.Server.ProvisionBusiness Action Failed. Method not found

Error on Reinstall

Due to a license upgrade issue, I recently had to perform an uninstall and reinstall of Dynamics CRM 4.0 server. The uninstall/reinstall process is usually fairly straightforward: backup your current organization_MSCRM database, uninstall CRM via Add/Remove Programs,  restart the box, delete the MSCRM_Config DB and then reinstall CRM. Seems easy enough right? [...]

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