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CRM 2016 On-Premise, restore (override) the database without import Org

Posted on by Microsoft Employee

Hello,

We are considering best approaches to rollback if in case of any issues during maintenance activity.

We have tired below approach and its working fine in our test environment

Approach:

1. Take database backup of production environment before maintenance

2. Perform maintenance (disable all active users except deployment administrators)

3. If in case of any issues during maintenance,

a. Disable the organization

b. Restore (override) the database with the backup taken just before maintenance

c. Enable the organization

We observed that,

* All the configurations like outlook client, mobile apps are working fine without any issues.

* No token expiry issues observed (IFD)

* All the system events are normal after overriding database as well.

I consider that Import Organization is required to map the users and also best practice to preserve data integrity.

Will the database restore (overriding) without import organization causes any issues? 

Best,

Sai Krishna P

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    RE: CRM 2016 On-Premise, restore (override) the database without import Org

    Hello,

    That should work fine if nothing changed in CRM's environment like server names, AD e.t.c.

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