[CRM 2011] Intermittent RetrieveMultiple error: Index was out of range. Must be non-negative and less than the size of the collection

Few weeks ago, I faced an interesting intermittent issue using the CRM Service, specifically with the RetrieveMultiple message. Basically, there was a WCF service wrapping the CRM Service and eventually we were getting the same issue you can find in this MSDN CRM forum post After some deep investigation, it turned up to be a thread safe issue … Continue reading [CRM 2011] Intermittent RetrieveMultiple error: Index was out of range. Must be non-negative and less than the size of the collection →

Microsoft.Crm.Reporting.RdlHelper.dll not found

Updating from Visual Studio an existing SSRS CRM report (e.g. Activities) may require an external reference to the assembly Microsoft.Crm.Reporting.RdlHelper.dll. This assembly contains several helper functions which can be used from your report. This assembly can be found in the SSRS report server, normally in the next folder: C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSRS10.CRMRS\Reporting Services\ReportServer\bin An easy way … Continue reading Microsoft.Crm.Reporting.RdlHelper.dll not found →

[CRM 2011] Change Home Page

Basically we have two options to change our hombe page in CRM 2011: Per User: Using UI, any user can change his/her own home page. See the next post All User: This is not as user friendly because we have to call the webservices (Online or On-Premise) or run a SQL script (On-Premise) Web Services: Execute … Continue reading [CRM 2011] Change Home Page →

MSCRMTracing Event Log error

Getting a MSCRMTracing error in your Event Log? Probably you have read the next entries. Once you understand them, apply the PowerShell script showed below. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/907490 http://social.microsoft.com/Forums/el-GR/crmdeployment/thread/1f8ac761-196c-4814-9d82-d48d297a9648 PowerShell Script: Add-PSSnapin Microsoft.Crm.PowerShell $setting = Get-CrmSetting TraceSettings $setting.Directory = 'Drive:\Program Files\Microsoft Dynamics CRM\Trace' Set-CrmSetting $setting

[CRM 2011] New UR 10 and SDK 5.0.12

Last week we got a couple of new releases for Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011: Update Rollup 10 and SDK 5.0.12 Update Rollup 10: Main features: Windows 8 / Internet Explorer 10 / Office 2013 Preview compatibility Many performance and stability-related fixes, including fixes to the CRM Client for Microsoft Outlook Contains all hotfixes / updates originally … Continue reading [CRM 2011] New UR 10 and SDK 5.0.12 →

Dynamics XRM Tools 1.0 BETA released

Overview Dynamics XRM Tools brings you a quality range of applications that provide a useful set of features to enhance your experience while using and developing against Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011. The toolset consists of a Silverlight application framework that provides a central location for accessing the tools and you simply import the managed solution … Continue reading Dynamics XRM Tools 1.0 BETA released →

[CRM 2011] RetrievePrivilegeForUser failed – no roles are assigned to user. Returned hr = -2147209463

Have you added the system account which is running the CRM App Pool in IIS as a new user to your Dynamics CRM organisation? 😦 The system crashes when you add an account that is running the CRMAppPool as a Microsoft Dynamics CRM user. This is a documented issue and this behavior is by design. … Continue reading [CRM 2011] RetrievePrivilegeForUser failed – no roles are assigned to user. Returned hr = -2147209463 →

[CRM] Unable to obtain DNS hostname of Active Directory domain controller

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 … Continue reading [CRM] Unable to obtain DNS hostname of Active Directory domain controller →

[CRM 2011] Early bound types and plugins

Have you tried to use early bound types in plugins? After run crmsvcutil to generate the early bound types, you probably want to use them in your plugins. If the generated code is in the same assembly that the plugins, you won’t get any problem. However, in a medium-big project, you may want to separate … Continue reading [CRM 2011] Early bound types and plugins →

[CRM 2011] Data, Metadata and Code Generation

Following up my previous webcast about Data, Metadata and Code Generation, which can be watched online in any time, I wanted to share the resources (pptx and source code) that I showed during the event. In addition, I want to take this time to explain few more details. On one side, we were talking about … Continue reading [CRM 2011] Data, Metadata and Code Generation →