Don't let the title confuse you, it's only my last post here at MSDN! As most of you know, I've been blogging on MSDN since 19 December 2005! It is time to move on... I made the decision to move my blogging addiction to my very own domain. On the new location you can continue reading about freaky...

I got a couple of people leaving comments regarding an error they where encountering while applying a language pack on a supported environment. They were able to install a MUI (language pack) but were not able to enable it, if any entity has had its form settings edited. When activating the language...

Now that you have downloaded the BITS of v4.0 you are wondering how to install it right? To help you with that challenge the product team has written a great document called the "Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 Implementation Guide". The IG has all the questions you might have, if not send us feedback...

We all are blogging about Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 as you can read on Simon's blog , who has two nice summary's of almost all published blogs around v4.0 A question that people often ask me is; when will Microsoft stop supporting Microsoft Dynamics CRM 3.0. Rather then to keep giving this answer...

Beginning in 2007, daylight saving time (DST) got extended in the United States. DST started on March 11, 2007, which was three weeks earlier than usual, and it will end on November 4, 2007 (This Sunday!) , which is one week later than usual. If you still haven't updated Microsoft Dynamics CRM I highly...

Since my solution and fix for the August 2007 VPC out of my blog comments works I wanted to share it with a bigger audience. I also have to make this post since there are a few solutions out there that are incorrect. There are two possible solutions to fix the VPC. The first solution is to remove...

I have made several postings in the past linking to scalability documents but the feedback was that these are always focused on small to medium sized companies. So today I can proudly say that Microsoft Dynamics CRM is designed to meet the needs of global enterprises. In order to support the growing...

As you might know, we at first did not support Microsoft SQL Server named instances out of the box when installing v3. At the time I discovered a workaround which got tested and approved by the support team, resulting in a " official " way to install Microsoft Dynamics CRM 3.0 on a computer running a...

Microsoft Corp. is making Microsoft® Services Premier Support with Microsoft Dynamics™ Services available for enterprise customers worldwide with one contract. The offering, which combines the best of Premier and support services for Microsoft Dynamics, simplifies processes and decreases complexity,...

I have heard many of you ask the question when or if we would publish an optimization white paper for the Service Scheduling module. Well...... today is the day that the CRM E2 team has done exactly that, they released a white paper describing optimizations and considerations for configuring the Service...

Ever wondered why you don't see certain fields in Advanced Find? I didn't realize this was happening until I got a question about it via a Partner. To test this I started my brand new image, opened Advanced Find and tried to search on Business Type . As you can see in the screen shot below, it is not...

Copy and Pasta from my inbox. The Microsoft Dynamics CRM Sustained Engineering team has released Update Rollup 1 for Microsoft Dynamics CRM 3.0 Service Provider Edition via the Microsoft Download Center. Download Center page: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=31F0D5AC-D2A2-42E4...

I have seen some weird error codes when installing or configuring Microsoft Dynamics CRM 3.0, but there is always room for a new one. Krzysiek recently left a comment on http://blogs.msdn.com/mscrmfreak/archive/2006/04/07/570638.aspx and said he is encountering an error when he creates his reports in...

Since I speak more than one language, I always try to publish new items regarding other languages than English. I made an attempt to write the headline in either Chinese or Japanese but didn't succeed. Drop me a comment how to announce it in either Chinese or Japanese! Microsoft has released Update...

Guys, just a quick post regarding the availability of the Microsoft Dynamics CRM May VPC . We ran into some issues with the rar files when we extended the May VPC. Please don't panic, the "old" VPC is still valid untill September 2007. You can easily check this your self by clicking START | RUN and type...

I know some of you are anxiously waiting for rollup 2 to be released. Well today I got a scoop from Greg that this is going to be soon! How soon you might think? Well if everything is going according to plan....the Microsoft CRM Sustained Engineering team plans to release the Microsoft Dynamics CRM 3...

In March I blogged about the CRM MP for MOM beta being available at http://blogs.msdn.com/mscrmfreak/archive/2007/03/07/beta-management-pack-for-system-center-operations-manager-2007-or-mom-2005.aspx and as of today I can say we released the Microsoft Dynamics CRM 3.0 Server Management Pack (MP) for...

Yesterday I realized that I am not a full time consultant anymore. I have lost the touch with "real" day-to-day installations of Microsoft Dynamics CRM, in other words if I would be still in the field I would have known that there is a hot fix to solve this. I want to blog about my experience anyway...

With every product there are n00bs, users and then we have Experts. Wouldn't it be great to get that expert knowledge or just do something quicker within Microsoft Dynamics CRM? I hear you thinking already.... We just launched CRM Tips, a new Community effort where customers can share their best practices...

Now that a lot of people are upgrading Microsoft CRM to the latest version V3C I get the following question a lot: How can I determine what Microsoft CRM version I am using on my client or server. So to help you guys with this issue... In Windows XP and Windows 2003 this can be easily checked by doing...

Ever wondered why the error "Login failed for user 'NT AUTHORITY\NETWORK SERVICE'. [CLIENT: xxx.xxx.x.x]" shows up in the eventviewer on the current CRM VPC when booting? Microsoft CRM Deletion and Microsoft CRM Workflow Service services attempt to access the underlying databases before the SQL Server...

With the release of our Chinese and Japanese packages, all in-band languages of the Time Zone Data Updates and Update Time Zones Wizard for Microsoft CRM 3.0 have been released to the Microsoft Download Center. They are available via http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?amp;displaylang...

Greg keeps me busy with this whole Daylight Saving Time stuff. One more post to help you guys deal with DST in the field. They posted a new version (Rev. 1.1) of the Microsoft Dynamics CRM 3.0 Remediation Instructions for 2007 Daylight Saving Time Changes to the Microsoft Download Center. THIS IS A DOCUMENTATION...

All non-English versions of the CRM 3.0 Time Zone Data Updates and Update Time Zones Wizard for Microsoft CRM 3.0 Service Provider Edition, also known as SPE or SPLA have been released to the Microsoft Download Center. The English version for SPLA was released on 3/2. The newly-released languages are...

The Microsoft Dynamics CRM 3.0 Time Zone Data Updates (KB 925874) and Microsoft Dynamics CRM 3.0 Update Time Zones Wizard (KB 932984) have been released to the Microsoft Download Center. The associated Microsoft Knowledge Base articles have also been published. Microsoft Download Center: http://www...