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Intermittent Outlook 2016 Email Tracking Error - An unknown error occurred while synchronizing data to outlook.Item Name ... Trace Log shows Linked attribute 'activityid' not found on linked entity type 'email' in a view for 'activitypo

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Has anyone resolved this type of issue?

Issue:

User is able to track emails however in some instances the user receives the following

Error message:

An unknown error occurred while synchronizing data to outlook.Item Name = ….

 

System Configuration:

User OS: Windows 10

User Email Client: Outlook 2016

Email Server: Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 V14.2.247.5

CRM: Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2016 on-premise (CRMVersion: 8.0.0000.1088)

Outlook Add-In: Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Outlook (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=620443&clcid=0x409)

Trace Log Details:

The trace files found in c:\users\....\AppData\Local\Microsoft\MSCRM\Traces show as the last entry prior to the display of the error message.

>Linked attribute 'activityid' not found on linked entity type 'email' in a view for 'activitypointer' [2017-09-12 12:30:52.776] Process:OUTLOOK |Organization:c4b12e8f-fa7f-454f-8ffd-5cebabe0c5d8 |Thread: 26 |Category: Application.Outlook |User: 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000 |Level: Error |ReqId: 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000 | ProgressDialogForOutlook.Microsoft.Crm.Application.SMWrappers.IProgressDialogForOutlook.SetDetailedErrorMessage ilOffset = 0x0 at ProgressDialogForOutlook.Microsoft.Crm.Application.SMWrappers.IProgressDialogForOutlook.SetDetailedErrorMessage(String entityType, String entityName, Boolean warning, String errorMessage, String entryId, String storeId, String crmId, Int32 entityObjectTypeCode, Boolean showDialog) ilOffset = 0x0 at ThreadsSupport.ExecuteThreadProc(ThreadProc threadProc, IntPtr parameter) ilOffset = 0x0 >crm id :'', Error:An unknown error occurred while synchronizing data to Outlook.

Steps taken to resolve:

1) Repair of installed Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Outlook - Did not work

2) Uninstall, Reboot and reinstall - Did not work.

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    RE: Intermittent Outlook 2016 Email Tracking Error - An unknown error occurred while synchronizing data to outlook.Item Name ... Trace Log shows Linked attribute 'activityid' not found on linked entity type 'email' in a view for 'activi

    Always check the CRM version and the Microsoft Dynamics CRM for Outlook add-in version to ensure they match.

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    RE: Intermittent Outlook 2016 Email Tracking Error - An unknown error occurred while synchronizing data to outlook.Item Name ... Trace Log shows Linked attribute 'activityid' not found on linked entity type 'email' in a view for 'activi

    CLOSED RESOLVED - Updates were made in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Update 2.1 (download from www.microsoft.com/.../details.aspx)

    - install the 64 bit or 32 bit version of the following files for Version: 8.2.1

    File Name:

    CRM2016-Client-KB4013759-ENU-Amd64.exe

    CRM2016-Client-KB4013759-ENU-I386.exe

    CRM2016-Mui-KB4013759-ENU-Amd64.exe

    CRM2016-Mui-KB4013759-ENU-I386.exe

    Date Published:

    4/27/2017

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