Update Rollup 10 for MS Dynamics CRM 4.0

Update Rollup 10 is now available for Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0. It contains some recent hotfixes. Seems the major change included is for the Outlook client: it moves some of the Outlook client files from the Roaming profile to the Local profile, which should improve logon/load times for users who access CRM through Outlook.

More info and a link to the update rollup are available here.

Update Rollup 8 Released

Microsoft has released Update Rollup 8 for CRM 4.0. Download it here.

Seems to contain mostly fixes for minor issues, but it does add support for Exchange 2010.

Update Rollup 7 - With Major Improvements to Outlook Client

In a rare feat of cross-organizational synergy, Microsoft is releasing Update Rollup 7 for CRM on the same day as Window 7 is officially released!

UR7 contains support for Windows 7 and recent releases on the server side, but the big news is the major improvements for the Outlook client.

More information about this imminent release is at the CRM team blog.

Update Rollup 6 for MS CRM 4.0 Released

Whew! Those guys on the Sustained Engineering team at Microsoft keep cranking them out. Seems like we've just finished deploying UR5 on all our implementations. Now, they've released Update Rollup 6. From the article, it looks to contain just a very small number of fixes. Download it at: https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=79f90982-c039-41c2-af8e-3119ecf27790#filelist

Update Rollup 5 for MS CRM 4.0 Released

Looks like the next rollup update is now available from Microsoft: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=5101d801-976b-4c11-bdfc-000b970ef4a3

New Updates and Rollups

I haven’t had a chance to blog in a couple of weeks, and there have been a number of new releases from the CRM team at Microsoft:

1. Update Rollup 4 has been released.

2. The Implementation Guide has been updated.

3. The SDK has been updated, and

4. The CRM On-Premise Help files have been updated. (Remember to backup your Help files if you’ve customized them!)

Update Rollup 3 for MS CRM 4.0 Released

As promised, Microsoft's Sustained Engineering team has stuck to a more rigorous schedule of releasing update rollups for CRM. Update Rollup 3 has been released. For a comprehensive description of the rollup and related information, read the article on the Microsoft CRM Team Blog.

Update Rollup 2 for MS CRM 4.0 Released

Microsoft has released Update Rollup 2 for Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0. Microsoft's Sustained Engineering team for CRM is planning to release rollups every other month from here on out in order to respond to issues, bugs and improvements more quickly. Update Rollup 2 includes all the previous updates and hotfixes (including UR1). Downloads are available for the CRM server, clients, the email router, SQL reporting services and Data Migration Manager.

It can be downloaded at: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=aa671769-61e9-45c4-919f-c88199aa4241&displaylang=en&tm

Update Rollup 3 Pulled

Thanks to Guy Riddle for the early scoop on this news. (I don't know how he found the time to post such an extensive blog about this - he's at the MVP Summit in Seattle, as I am, and I haven't had nary a free minute!).

Apparently Microsoft has pulled Update Rollup 3 due to a regression in one of the fixes included in the update package. You should not install Update Rollup 3 until Microsoft has re-released it. If you've already installed it, have your partner open a ticket with Microsoft to get their instructions. Microsoft shouldn't charge for the ticket in this case. They are working on a fix for the fix ;-) and it should be available again soon. I'll keep you posted.

Update Rollup 3 Now Available (Microsoft CRM 3.0)

Microsoft has released Update Rollup 3 for Microsoft CRM 3.0. There are server and client install files that include all the hotfixes and updates that have been released for version 3.0 to date. To download it go to: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=d5b1fbbe-dfc2-4a33-b5fd-cae99e8e9dab&DisplayLang=en

Update Rollup 2 for Microsoft Dynamics CRM 3.0 (KB 927751)

Microsoft has released the much anticipated Update Rollup 2 for Microsoft CRM 3.0. This rollup includes all of the previously released updates for both the CRM server and Outlook client. It is available here.

Daylight Savings Time Changes Updates For Microsoft CRM 3.0

The federal government of the United States changed the start and end dates for Daylight Savings Time, effective in 2007. These changes impact every software application that uses the date and time in any way, and that includes not only Microsoft CRM, but the entire technology stack that it sits on (Windows Server, IIS, SQL Server, Exchange Server). Microsoft has released updates for all of these programs to adjust them for the new Daylight Savings Time, which goes into effect on March 11, 2007.

The place to get started is here: Microsoft Dynamics CRM 3.0 Time Zone Data Updates (KB 925874) and Microsoft Dynamics CRM 3.0 Update Time Zones Wizard (KB 932984). On this page you can download a file called CRM_DST_Remediation_details_Rev1.0.exe which is a 28-page (yikes!) Word document that is in a self-extracting file. This Word document details the steps you should follow to update the entire infrastructure and then the steps required to update Microsoft CRM. The juicy part starts on page 9 of the document, with a step-by-step how-to on updating CRM.

New Rollup of SFO hotifxes

Microsoft Business Solutions has released a rollup of all the hotfixes for Microsoft CRM Sales For Outlook.

The rollup includes the enhancements that were released a few months ago as well as a large number of hotfixes. There is a server version and a client version that you will need to install. MBS says you should also have the synchronization performance update installed as well.

You will probably need to do a restart after installing this rollup, so make sure you do it after hours!