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My last post!

mennotk — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 10:59:00 GMT

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 CRM stuff, but I'll mix it up with some additional topics that interest me and hopefully you guys as well.

Please update your bookmarks, RSS Readers and OPML files.

Blog: http://www.tekoppele.com/blog

RSS: http://feeds.feedburner.com/crmfreak

It took me a lot of time and effort to design my new blog from the ground up. I want to thank Alex Vermeule, Scott Barnes Jaap Steinvoorte and Jron for their help and advice. Over time, I will slowly migrate all of my posts and comments.

AVAILABLE: Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 RTM VPC

mennotk — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 02:27:00 GMT

We have released Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 back in December 2007 and did not immediately provide you with a new VPC. Why did it takes this long? I don't know, but I can tell you that as of today we have a new VPC with Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 RTM on it. I actually did not built this particular VPC, a partner did. However, I did provide feedback and ideas what needed to be on this new VPC and did intensive BETA testing.

Ok I see you think, now tell me what is on the Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 VPC Menno! It actually has a ton of software on it, which some of you might like, and some of you might not. For the ones that don't want to read further, you can download it here

The RTM VPC Contains the following:

Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 (RTM)
Microsoft Dynamics CRM Desktop Client
Microsoft Dynamics CRM SDK
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise Edition (SP2)
Microsoft SQL Server 2005
Internet Explorer 7
Microsoft Office Professional 2007
Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007
Microsoft Performance Point Server
Microsoft Office Communication Server
Microsoft Visual Studio 2005
POP3 E-Mail Services (No Exchange)
English, French, German, Danish and Dutch Language packs

This partner-ready download includes account and contact trial data and is ready to be populated with locale-specific data via the associated demonstration tool. Once complete, please copy the Demonstration tool to the virtual machine, and follow the instructions to populate activity, opportunity and other entity data and e-mails in Outlook. Refer to the demonstration documentation for detailed information.

For example, you may create seed data in any language to create opportunities, activities, cases, etc. that will be randomly assigned to the existing accounts.
You may also enter seed data for e-mail generation. Random e-mails (using your seed subject and message data) will be created using the contacts found in the existing contacts list.

Thanks for the scoop Michael!

MUI Provisioning failed - Workaround

mennotk — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 01:52:00 GMT

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 pack, a SQL error is returned: “Cannot insert duplicate key row in object 'dbo.LocalizedLabel' with unique index 'ndx_LocalizedLabel_ForSingleSelect'.” The error that was shown in the event viewer.

At the time I did not know of a solution, but today I was looking through some things and noticed a comment with the same solution/workaround as what I found. Note that a proper hotfix is being developed.

Before using this workaround, make sure you have the exact same error and situation. If that's the case, make sure you have a backup of your CRM database before you execute the following T-SQL query:

DELETE FROM MetadataSchema.LocalizedLabel WHERE customizationlevel = 2

Puhutteko te suomea ja CRM:ta?

mennotk — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 11:28:51 GMT

Not sure if the title is correct Finnish, but I did my best to find an online English to Finnish translator, which was hard!

We have released the Finnish language pack Please read this post for details on how to download it.

Currently we have released the following languages:

English
German
Spanish
Dutch
Danish
Finnish
French

Expect more languages in the upcoming weeks!

Webcast: CRM Knows where you are part deux!

mennotk — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 07:04:46 GMT

Remember my post that linked to the article talking about OCS integration a little while ago? Based on my stats you all liked it and are ready for more ....right?

Well, you don't have to wait any longer as our US ISV team have, once again, posted a video / screen cast on Channel 9. This time they are talking about the integration points between Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 and Office Communication Server 2007 (OCS).

Click here to watch it

Taler du Dansk og CRM?

mennotk — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 20:08:51 GMT

Ok, this one took me a little longer as my Danish is not up to sniff! (Thanks Nicolai!) But as of a few days ago you now can download the Danish language pack. For details on how to do this, read this post.

Citrix: Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0

mennotk — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 02:03:12 GMT

I know a lot of you have been waiting for this announcement.

Today is the day and I am happy to tell you that the CRM Product team is announcing that Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 is now compatible with Citrix Presentation Server 4.5 (32-bit and 64-bit).

Microsoft Dynamics Add-ons

mennotk — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 03:30:00 GMT

I just got spammed with an email announcing a new web site with a searchable catalog of Microsoft Dynamics add-ons, complete with ratings and comments.

Each Dynamics product has their own section. It's clearly work in progress, but after only been up a month, the site already has over 200 ISV’s showing their offerings! I hope to see that this site will grow over time with tons of more add-ons for each of our Dynamics products. Visit http://www.microsoftdynamicsaddons.com and let me know what you think of it!

If I was an ISV I want to get my product listed here, so register yourself!

Available: Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 Sample Data

mennotk — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 02:33:42 GMT

As of two days ago, you now can download Sample Data for Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0.

You can use sample data in the Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 Sample Database in marketing and sales presentations or for training people to use Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0.

The sample database includes a set of comma-separated value (CSV) files that contains the sample data and an XML map file that maps the data to Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0. To install the sample data on your on-premise installation or VPC, you must use the Data Migration Manager.

Spreekt U Nederlands en CRM?

mennotk — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 20:28:00 GMT

Today we released the Dutch language for Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0. Please read this post to find the download location(s) and how to select your language.

Available: Dutch Language Pack for Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0

mennotk — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 09:23:00 GMT

All my Dutch readers can be happy today, the Dutch Language Pack for Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 is available and you can download it here.

Vous parlez le français et le CRM?

mennotk — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 21:49:00 GMT

Today we released the French language for Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0. Please read this post to find the download location(s) and how to select your language.

Available: Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 Language Packs

mennotk — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 11:56:55 GMT

As you might have noticed, we have released localized versions of Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 in English, German and Spanish.

When are the language packs available? This was a great question asked in the comments by Jeffrey from CWR Mobility. Well as of today, we are releasing the English, German and Spanish language packs.

By installing a Language Pack on the server that is running Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 and then enabling the language in the Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 Web application, users can view Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 in a language other than the base language of the installation.

Follow these instructions to get the packs:

Access the download page (display languages are available for each 4.0 language version)
Select the ‘Language Pack’ from the “Change Language” dropdown in the Quick Details section on the download landing page.

Usted habla español and CRM?

mennotk — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 21:45:00 GMT

Today we released the Spanish language for Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0. Please read this post to find the download location(s) and how to select your language.

Available: Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 SDK

mennotk — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 23:15:02 GMT

The Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 SDK is now ready for download. The live MSDN version will be posted soon.

The package contains lots of new sample code, walkthroughs and general information about the new features. It will be updated once a month for the next 3-4 months and thereafter on a quarterly basis. Feedback about the SDK is welcome.

Happy Coding!