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Microsoft released a Virtual Machine for CRM 2011 on PartnerSource. The VM includes CRM 2011, SharePoint, Exchange, Outlook client and XRM scenarios such as portals. Please note that the VM must be run on a 64bit server with Hyper-V. You can download it here: https://mbs.microsoft.com/Cms/Templates/document/General.aspx?NRMODE=Published&NRNODEGUID={060C9677-229D-49E1-9F00-95E56D9F1657}&NRORIGINALURL=/partnersource/deployment/methodology/vpc/MSD_CRM2011VirtualMachine&NRCACHEHINT=Guest&wa=wsignin1.0

Installed the CRM 2011 Outlook Client today for a customer who had an on-premise installation of the CRM server. Installation went very smoothly (just click "next" a few times), but configuration was another story. At the configuration step where you need to fill in the CRM URL, you can test the connection and there I received an error saying that the CRM server wasn't accessible. I was sure I filled in the correct URL and that I was configuring with the correct user account as I copy/pasted it in a web browser and there it worked just fine. So I looked up the log file of the configuration (C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Microsoft\MSCRM\Logs\Crm50ClientConfig.txt) and found the following error message in the file: "System.ServiceModel.FaultException: an error occurred when verifying security for the message" After some research I found out this was due to the fact that the CRM server's operating system time wasn't the same as the time settings on th...

So you upgraded your CRM 4.0 to CRM 2011, but still use the CRM 4.0 Adapter in your Scribe integrations (Scribe Adapter for CRM 2011 will be released the end of March 2011). No worries: if you don't use hosted CRM, your integrations will still work. The Scribe Adapter for MSCRM 4.0 works with all CRM 2011 entities that existed in MS CRM 4.0. So as long as you don't use new CRM 2011 functionality (Connections, Sharepoint, Auditing...) in your integrations and it is a CRM 2011 On Premise or a CRM 2011 online version, you can use the MSCRM 4.0 Adapter without any problems. As we all know, the old MSCRM 4.0 endpoint is still accessible in CRM 2011, so the compatibility sounds logical. The reason that you can't use the adapter in a CRM 2011 hosted environment is because of the Claims Based authentication used in this environment. The authenticaton is not supported by the old adapter. This will be no problem with the new CRM 2011 adapter. Please note that you will need a...

Every self respecting MS CRM blogger has posted a list of nice CRM 2011 features on their blog, so I felt obliged to follow the trend. Here is my Top 10 list of nice CRM 2011 features (don't pay too much attention at the order): 1) WCF (.NET 4.0) This is my number 1 favourite. CRM 2011 uses WCF now instead of asmx web services (which will definitely be a good thing for performance). CRM also makes use of .NET 4.0 and the primitive CRM types are now represented as their underlying .NET data types. So no more CrmDateTime, but plain old System.DateTime. 2) Out of the box SharePoint integration. In a couple of minutes you can configure an integration between CRM and SharePoint. Nice! 3) Outlook Client CRM is now inside your Outlook. No more web based integration, but a full Outlook experience. 4) Solutions CRM 2011 allows you to bundle components and treat them as a solution. So you can now create your own customizations in a personal solution and have some sort of versi...