In CRM 4 and CRM 2011, are you trying to create an organisation, import an organisation or register some plugins and you are getting the following error:
[…] Unable to obtain DNS hostname of Active Directory domain controller […]
Weird, isn’t it?
In my case I was trying to register some plugins and I got that messages from the CRM traces.
Finally, I found the problem and the solution:
PROBLEM:
Active Directory contains many domain controllers.
You have insufficient permissions to query all domain controllers.
SOLUTION:
Install last rollup (I got 17 and it works fine)
Add the entry PreferredDc in HKLM\Software\Microsoft\MSCRM with the closest domain controller (run this command >echo %logonserver%in your CRM server)
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