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Error importing solution: Found more than one RibbonDiff entity
Pablo Peralta
Hi, When trying to import (actually update) an unmanaged solution, the import process failed due to an error in the ribbon of an existent entity. Pretty odd I didn’t modify it since last import. I downloaded the log file and found the actual error message which was: Error Found more than one RibbonDiff...
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23 Jan 2013
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There is a problem communicating with the Microsoft Dynamics CRM Server– Outlook 2010 through VPN –System.ServiceModel.FaultException: The request for security token could not be satisfied because authentication failed.
Pablo Peralta
Hi, Today I was trying to connect CRM Outlook Client with Dynamics CRM 2011 through VPN and got the typical " There is a problem communicating with the Microsoft Dynamics CRM Server...." error. I clicked on the “View log” link at the end of this “friendly message”, and the log pointed me to...
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11 Dec 2012
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Today we are changing the way users will adopt Microsoft Dynamics CRM!
Pablo Peralta
Hi all, I’m really really excited to share this news with you! You have no idea of how long we’ve been waiting for this moment . For the past few months we’ve been very busy working on a new exciting project and now it’s finally time to let the game begin and tell you everything about it! So, here it...
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29 Oct 2012
Blog Post:
My first contribution as co-author..
Pablo Peralta
Hi everyone, I want to share with you a big project that run together several of us, MVPs: The CRM Field Guide . This is a very complete book , covering from the basis to the most complex techniques and customizations, including several best practices from real life, real experience . Personally, I feel...
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4 Oct 2012
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A glimpse of the integrated experience of Dynamics CRM Online and office 365 in the same Microsoft Online Portal…
Pablo Peralta
Hi, Recently, I have been creating new trials of CRM Online and Office 365. Actually, for integrating SharePoint Online with CRM Online for some presentations. Maybe you already know it or maybe not, but since last July, 19th, all new Dynamics CRM trials as well as conversions to paid version are provisioned...
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12 Sep 2012
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Cannot connect to Microsoft Dynamics cRM Server because we cannot authenticate your credentials in Office 2013 over windows 8..
Pablo Peralta
Hi, I have installed Windows 8 RTM, then Office 2013 Preview and then, guess what.. Dynamics CRM 2011 Oultlook client . Everything installed successfully but when setting up my on-line organization I faced the following error: [Problem] This is typically related to timezones (actually I have blogged...
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29 Aug 2012
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Can’t see ‘Recalculate’ button in the Goal form…
Pablo Peralta
Hi, It happened to some me that some users missed the ‘Recalculate’ button in the ribbon bar of Goal forms . They didn’t have it and hence, were not able to manually recalculate goal progress. So, I started to identify the cause. It all seemed something related to some privilege missing but couldn’t...
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6 Aug 2012
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Be careful with time zones in CRM–> It could be defaulted to GMT 0, Monrovia, Reykjavik
Pablo Peralta
If you happen to install Dynamics CRM Outlook Client with the RTM bits (Release To Market, not the most recent ones which already have the latest UR merged in), you may experience some odd behavior regarding to times zones. Apparently, due to a bug corrected in UR1, the default time zone is not set for...
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22 Jul 2012
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Windows could not start the Microsoft Dynamics CRM Asynchronous Processing Service service on… failed while monitoring asynchronous operations queue. System.NullReferenceException.
Pablo Peralta
Hi, I have successfully installed Dynamics CRM “R8” beta (Update Rollup 9) but then realized that the Dynamics CRM Asynchronous Processing Service was down . So, I tried to start it up and suddenly, came up with this error: Windows could not start the Microsoft Dynamics CRM Asynchronous Processing Service...
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20 Jun 2012
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Import Organization error: The DELETE statement conflicted with the REFERENCE constraint "FK_BusinessUnitExtensionBase_BusinessUnitBase".
Pablo Peralta
Hi, After making a DB backup of an existent organization, restoring it with a different name and attempting to Import the Organization (a ‘usual task’ in CRM), we came across the following error when import was about to finish: Error The DELETE statement conflicted with the REFERENCE constraint...
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19 Jun 2012
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Windows could not start the Microsoft Dynamics CRM Asynchronous Processing Service service on… (failed while monitoring asynchronous operations queue. Exception: System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object)
Pablo Peralta
Hi, I have successfully installed Dynamics CRM “R8” beta (Update Rollup 9) but then realized that the Dynamics CRM Asynchronous Processing Service was down . So, I tried to start it up and suddenly, came up with this error: Windows could not start the Microsoft Dynamics CRM Asynchronous Processing Service...
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14 Jun 2012
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Action Microsoft.Crm.Setup.Server.AddServerAction failed. Exceeded column length: Column Name
Pablo Peralta
Hi, In my last installation of Dynamics CRM I faced 2 (related) issues: The first one, during validation system checks: “The instance name must be the same as computer name” This issue was due to computer name were different from SQL Server name. The reason: it was a VM, copied from another one...
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10 Jun 2012
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EntityState must be set to null, Created (for Create message) or Changed (for Update message)
Pablo Peralta
Hi, When trying to update an Entity by using LINQ query provider in Dynamics CRM 201 this way: regardingOpportunity.PriceLevelId = new EntityReference(PriceLevel.EntityLogicalName, rateCard.Id); MyXrmServiceContext.Update(regardingOpportunity); .. I came across the following...
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27 May 2012
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TIP: How to easily workaround “The method 'Count' is not supported”
Pablo Peralta
Hi, I came across this problem when running a LINQ query through Dynamics CRM LINQ provider for getting the count of records returned by my query. My query looked like this: var lineItems = from lineItem in MyXrmServiceContext.OpportunityProductSet where lineItem.OpportunityId.Id == opportunityId...
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20 May 2012
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"An error occurred when verifying security for the message." when executing .SaveChanges()
Pablo Peralta
Hi, I have just came across this exception when trying to execute the SaveChanges () method of my ServiceContext object in CRM 2011 (on-premise). Exception: "An unsecured or incorrectly secured fault was received from the other party. See the inner FaultException for the fault code and detail...
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14 May 2012
Blog Post:
A configuration element with the name 'MSCRM' under the 'contexts' collection does not exist.
Pablo Peralta
Hi, I was developing a ConsoleApp to connect to my Dynamics CRM 2011 deployment and when tried to instantiate the ServiceContext of my Xrm model this way: var crm = new MyXrm.MyXrmServiceContext( "MSCRM" ); I got the Exception: A configuration element...
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2 May 2012
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“Cannot connect to Microsoft Dynamics CRM server because we cannot authenticate your credentials” error while setting up outlook client through ifd
Pablo Peralta
Setting up Outlook client to work against a new Dynamics CRM 2011 IFD setup, I came across the following error: Obviously my credentials were right and I had the proper certificates already installed. Everything worked fine through IE. So, I turned on tracing by using the out of the box Diagnostics...
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17 Apr 2012
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NotSupportedException: Invalid 'where' condition. An entity member is invoking an invalid property or method.
Pablo Peralta
Hi, I want to share an odd exception I got today while trying a LINQ query within a Plugin through the LINQ query provider in Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 . When running the following query: public static PriceLevel GetPriceLevel( string priceLevelName, IOrganizationService organizationService...
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4 Apr 2012
Blog Post:
How to Download the attachment of a note within a plugin in dynamics crm?
Pablo Peralta
Hi, My requirement was to register a plugin so that every time a file is attached to some entities, I download the file to a temp folder for performing some processing. Actually, in my case it was processing an Excel file as a more user-friendly data input for line items in opportunities and quotes,...
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27 Mar 2012
Blog Post:
List of Object Types in Dynamics CRM 2011
Pablo Peralta
If you experience any error (i.e. an Access Denied) and have a related Object Type when you take a look at the error, you may wonder which entity corresponds to that Object Type. There is a simple query that you can run on the organization DB to know all object types as well as other useful information...
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25 Feb 2012
Blog Post:
How to get the sql server database of an organization?
Pablo Peralta
I want to share a quick tip that learned today. Within Deployment Manager, when we double click an Organization we have this data available to see (or edit if organization is disabled): What happens if we want to know exactly which SQL Server Database corresponds to each organization ? Normally...
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16 Feb 2012
Blog Post:
Error: error undefined in What’s New (Activity Feeds)
Pablo Peralta
Hi, I came up with this error recently, each time I clicked on ‘'What’s new’ menu option: [Solution] I am describing here what worked for me: First, double check that OData end-point is working properly from Settings->Developer Resources->Organization Data Service. If an XML is returned, then...
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9 Jan 2012
Blog Post:
Dynamics CRM COMException: The server is not operational
Pablo Peralta
Hi, I experienced this error today in a customer. No users could log in to CRM. Everything was working fine until yesterday :( So, it was a bit strange but the error message was not so helpful. Anyway, I found a solution that worked for me and decided to share here: [ERROR] Eventlog : COMException...
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21 Dec 2011
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Error “Unable to obtain DNS hostname of Active Directory domain controller with ntdsa object name..” when opening CRM Deployment Manager
Pablo Peralta
Hi, Just came up with this same error twice so I decided to share what worked for me in both cases. [ERROR] After installing Dynamics CRM, when opening Deployment Manager, the following Exception arises: “ Unable to obtain DNS hostname of Active Directory domain controller with ntdsa object name...
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29 Nov 2011
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Error “The signed-in user does not have the appropriate security permissions to view these records or perform the specific action” while setting up dynamics crm outlook client
Pablo Peralta
Hi, While setting up CRM 2011 Outlook Client I came across the following error: “The signed-in user does not have the appropriate security permissions to view these records or perform the specific action..” As I could fine almost no information about this issue I decided to share here the steps I went...
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1 Nov 2011
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