Update Rollup 2 is available for Microsoft CRM 1.2

Update Rollup 2 is a tested, cumulative set of updates for Microsoft CRM Server 1.2, Microsoft CRM Sales for Outlook 1.2, and Microsoft CRM-Exchange E-mail Router 1.2, including performance enhancements, that are packaged together for easy deployment.

Find more info here:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=904435

Or download the package here: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=172861AE-D02E-4441-B432-26E88DD0AB14&displaylang=en



Microsoft Announces General Availability of Microsoft Dynamics CRM 3.0

Microsoft has kept their promise and went GA today. The product is offered in a Professional Edition and a Small Business Edition, and is immediately available in English worldwide. Dutch, French, German and Russian versions of Microsoft CRM will be available Jan. 1, 2006, and 17 more language versions will be released in the coming months.

Read the full press release here:
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2005/dec05/12-05CRM30UmbrellaPR.mspx

Other articles released today:
Customers Demonstrate the Power of Microsoft Dynamics CRM 3.0
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2005/dec05/12-05CRM30ShowcasePR.mspx

Worldwide Partners Demonstrate Support of Microsoft Dynamics CRM 3.0
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2005/dec05/12-05CRM30PartnerProgramPR.mspx



CRM v3.0 SDK Update

Hi all!

For the programmers under us, you can now download an updated version of the SDK for CRM 3.0! A lot of bugs which were in the preliminary version are gone and they have extended this SDK with more comments and articles.

Download the SDK here:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=9C178B68-3A06-4898-BC83-BD14B74308C5&displaylang=en

Kind regards!



SRS and MSCRM (1.2) on 1 server

The people who have tried to install both SRS and MSCRM on the same server within the same website in IIS, they must know the message:


Server Error in '/Reports' Application.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------­-----

Configuration Error
Description: An error occurred during the processing of a configuration file
required to service this request. Please review the specific error details
below and modify your configuration file appropriately.

Parser Error Message: Assembly microsoft.crm.platform.types.dll security
permission grant set is incompatible between appdomains.

Source Error:

Line 5: <assemblies>
Line 6: <add assembly="Microsoft.Crm.Platform.ComProxy, Version=1.0.0000.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad34e35">
Line 7: <add assembly="Microsoft.Crm.Platform.Types, Version=1.2.3297.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf385ad364e35">
Line 8: </assemblies>
Line 9: </compilation>


In this case MSCRM is in the root of the website and reporting services in the folder "/Reports".

This can be solved by modifying the web.config of MSCRM. Add this code to the web.config just before the <appsettings>part of the file. Make that you modify the PublicKeyToken and if necessary also the versions!

<!-- Support for SQL Reporting services -->
<location path="Reportssrs">
<system.web>
<compilation debug="true" defaultlanguage="C#">
<assemblies>
<remove assembly="Microsoft.Crm.Platform.ComProxy, Version=1.0.0000.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35">
<remove assembly="Microsoft.Crm.Platform.Types, Version=1.2.3297.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35">
</assemblies>
</compilation>
<pages enablesessionstate="true" validaterequest="false" enableviewstate="true">
</SYSTEM.WEB>
</location>



No fear for bad news anymore!

Do you ever fear telling bad news to your boss or client? Did you break the CRM implementation? You won't make the deadline? Soon you will not know fear anymore! Read this article on the newscientist and understand why :)



Want to be the MBS Chief? Go for it!

Microsoft is shuffeling with the positions on the top of the MBS practise. They are searching now for a new MBS Chief. So if this has been what you're dreaming about the last 5 years, then go and hunt for that position!

Read more about this at microsoft watch



MS Dyn. CRM 3.0 on MSDN

For all of the developers who have access to MSDN subscriber downloads, I do have great news! The RTM version of MS Dynamics CRM 3.0 is ready to download!

On MSDN there are 2 versions available:
- CRM 3.0 Professional Edition
- CRM 3.0 Small Business Edition

The MSDN licence keys are available in the keys section.