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Here you will find the latest information regarding Microsoft Dynamics CRM and occasionally other Dynamics solutions.

The focus is on general news and tips for the intrepid CRM Administrator, as well as something for even the newest CRM user.

CRM v3 and v4: Peek into your metadata with the CRM Metadata Browser

This ICU MSCRM blog article reminded me of the little known SDK website called the CRM Metadata Browser, where you can access a nicely summarized view of your CRM metadata.

This is perfect for data migration planning, when you’ll need to see the list of attributes (aka fields) per each entity, along with their existing relationships. [...]

June 11th, 2008 | Tags: , , , , | Category: Administrator, CRM 3.0, CRM 4.0, Cool tips, Developer, Links | Leave a comment

CRM 3.0: Update Rollup 3 withdrawn today (UR3, KB 935364)

According to Guyriddle, the latest Update Rollup 3 for CRM 3.0 was withdrawn from its Microsoft Knowledge Base article website (KB #935364) due to “a regression discovered in one of the included fixes”.

Apparently there was a flawed hotfix in the Update Rollup 3 package that may prevent users from accessing Service Activity record information. [...]

April 15th, 2008 | Tags: , | Category: Administrator, Downloads, Support | Leave a comment

CRM 3.0: Update Rollup 3 ready to download (KB 935364)

Thanks to Larry’s Taco Talk, I was informed this morning that the latest Update Rollup for Dynamics CRM 3.0 was released today! Great for those who haven’t taken the plunge yet with CRM 4.0… despite the many reasons one should!

According to the description:

Update Rollup 3 is a tested, cumulative set of updates [...]

March 18th, 2008 | Tags: , , , , | Category: Administrator, CRM 3.0, Downloads, General Users, Links, Support | Leave a comment