We're proud to announce that Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 Update Rollup 15 released Thursday Jan. 13th, 2011! 

On Jan. 14th 2011 Greg Nichols, from the Microsoft Premier Field Engineering team, provided information and answered questions about the recent release of Update Rollup 15 for Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0:

Update Rollup 15 Podcast

Related links you should know about: 

• Update Rollup 15 Microsoft Download Center page
• Update Rollup 15 "master" Microsoft Knowledge Base article (KB 2449283)
  • This article also contains links to related Microsoft Knowledge Base articles
• Microsoft Dynamics CRM Sustained Engineering Team's Update Rollup 15 blog posting

Build number:
4.0.7333.3231 

Packages are available for download via the Update Rollup 15 Microsoft Download Center page for these CRM components:

• Microsoft Dynamics CRM Server
• Microsoft Dynamics CRM for Microsoft Office Outlook
• Microsoft Dynamics CRM Email Router
• Microsoft Dynamics CRM Data Migration Manager
• Microsoft Dynamics CRM Connector for Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS)
  • Typically included in the Server product in the srsdataconnector folder
• Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 Language Pack (aka Multilanguage User Interface, MUI)

 Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 Update Rollup 15 Prerequisites:

• Update Rollup 7 is a prerequisite for Microsoft Dynamics CRM for Microsoft Office Outlook and Microsoft Dynamics CRM Data Migration Manager
• Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1

Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 Update Rollup 11 (and beyond) Prerequisites:

• Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 Update Rollup 11 added support for SQL Report Viewer 2008 SP1 and this has a prerequisite on .Net Framework 3.5 SP1, so this is also a requirement for installing UR11 and future Update Rollups on your CRM servers, routers, clients, etc.
• Update Rollup 11 also included changes that require Visual C++ 2008 + SP1, so this is also a requirement for installing Update Rollup 11 and future Update Rollups on your Microsoft Dynamics CRM servers, routers, clients, etc.
  • Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1
  • Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable Package (x86)
  • Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 SP1 Redistributable Package (x86)
  • Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable Package (x64)
  • Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 SP1 Redistributable Package (x64)

Issues resolved via Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 Update Rollup 15: 

Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 Update Rollup 15 is a cumulative Update Rollup that includes all the fixes for the issues that are documented in the "Master Knowledge Base Articles" for Update Rollups 1 through 15. Hyperlinks to these articles are included in the "Issues that are resolved in Update Rollup 15 for Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0" section of the Update Rollup 15 "master" Microsoft Knowledge Base article. 

• 2447256  You cannot synchronize appointments with a mobile device after you install Update Rollup 12 or Update Rollup 13 in Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0
• 2451623  The status reason of the workflow remains Waiting when you run a workflow to send an email message from an email template in Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0
• 2468135  Microsoft Outlook becomes unresponsive when you synchronize an email message that contains a large attachment to a Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 server
• 2484633  Hotfix 2484633 is available for the Internet Explorer 9 Beta changes that are not included in Update Rollup 14 for Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0

Other fixes released via CRM 4.0 Update Rollup 15:

• You can redirect to another site through the Uploadfailure.aspx file unexpectedly.
• A Microsoft Dynamics CRM user can run reports by using the Report Manager, even though the user does not have read privileges for the report.
• Assume that you open the report wizard to create a new report. When you move between the wizard pages, you receive a script error message.
• Assume that you type record keywords in the lookup control in Windows Internet Explorer 9 Beta. When you try to save the record, you receive the following error message:
  • The Lookup could not be resolved to a record in the system. You must select the record for the system to use before you can save.
• Assume that you increase the length of text fields to a value that is larger than the default length. When you save data in these fields, you receive a SQL exception error message.
• In the Hungarian version of Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0, you can only use the predefined alphabet bar. However, the predefined alphabet bar can result in lots of matching records. You expect the language bar to be extended.
• The February 2010 cumulative time zone update for Windows is available. Therefore, a Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 update for the cumulative time zone update is required.
  • For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
    979306  February 2010 cumulative time zone update for Windows operating systems
• The Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 client for Outlook only retrieves one email message at a time. In Update Rollup 15, mail will be retrieved in batches.
• Assume that you install Update Rollup 7 or a later version of update rollup for Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0. After you delete a service appointment from the Outlook calendar, the service appointment is still opened in the Microsoft Dynamics CRM server.
• Email messages cannot be promoted into Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0. Additionally, the E-mail Router logs the following error message in the Application log in the Event Viewer:
  • An error occurred while validating the e-mail message with subject Subject in mailbox Mailbox. System.InvalidOperationException: There is an error in XML document (LineNumber, PositionNumber).System.Xml.XmlException: '', hexadecimal value 0x01, is an invalid character. Line LineNumber, position PositionNumber.
• Assume that you install Update Rollup 12 for Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0. When you run the Neglected Accounts report, you experience slow performance.
• The attribute identifier (ID) in the Organization.xml file and attribute ID in the Microsoft SQL script are mismatched.
• The Async service stops unexpectedly.
• When you try to override a marketing list by using the QualifyMemberListRequest message in the Microsoft Dynamics CRM Software Development Kit (SDK), you receive a time-out error message.
• When you click the Test Access button in the E-mail Router Configuration Manager, you receive the following error message:
  • Incoming Status: Failure - User must have a mailbox for name resolution operations.
• The fn_CollectForCascadeAssign function does not scale for a large dataset.
• After you install Update Rollup 11 for Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0, the conversion of leads triggers duplicate detection rules for the target entities. However, you only receive an error message if a duplicate record exists. You expect the Duplicate Detection dialog box to be opened.
• After you set the Month view, the Week view or the Day view Windows Internet Explorer 9 Beta, the user interface (UI) of the Service Calendar page cannot be loaded as expected.

Hotfixes and updates that you have to enable or configure manually

Update Rollup 15 for Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 contains the following hotfixes and updates that you must enable or configure manually. You can enable or configure these hotfixes and updates on the server that is running Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 by following the instructions in the following Microsoft Knowledge Base (KB) articles:

• 2490574  The postal code of a contact appears in an incorrect position after you synchronize contacts from a Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 server to a Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 client for Microsoft Office Outlook.

Internet Explorer 9 Compatibility

• The Microsoft Dynamics CRM Sustained Engineering team has been extensively testing pre-release versions of Internet Explorer 9 and plan to, if necessary, release enhancements via the next several Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 Update Rollup releases to support Internet Explorer 9.