While installing the Dynamics CRM Data Migration Manager on a Dynamics CRM server, you might get this error message:The path is not of a legal formTo solve this error you should go to the registry and change the InstallLocation of the CRM server. The location is different for x86 and x64, but can easily be found by going to:[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\
Showing posts with label migration. Show all posts
Showing posts with label migration. Show all posts
Sunday, 17 October 2010
Tuesday, 20 January 2009
Duplicate process check
Posted on 02:46 by Unknown
If you are creating your own integration module for CRM, then it is very wise to make sure that the process is running only once. For performance reasons you can decide to split the process in multiple threads, but running a single process multiple times can cause quite some unforseen issues.The following code snippet will allow you to check if an application with the same name is running
Sunday, 9 March 2008
Import CSV file to DataTable
Posted on 15:07 by Unknown
I'm preparing a demo right now and for this I'm importing a CSV file to CRM. Especially the piece around the import of data from a CSV file to a DataTable is very generic. I'm sharing it with you guys for if it does make sense for you to use this as well.class CSVReader{ public System.Data.DataTable GetDataTable(string strFileName) { System.Data.OleDb.OleDbConnection conn = new
Wednesday, 23 January 2008
Overriddencreatedon
Posted on 01:11 by Unknown
Everybody who's performing data imports knows the problem. When you create a record in CRM, the created on field always points at the date the record is created. Ofcourse you could go into the database and update the date by using a SQL script. But then again, there is this good white angel hanging above your shoulder whispering "Don't do it, it's not supported". No matter what this angel says,
Thursday, 17 January 2008
Dynamics CRM 4.0 Test Data
Posted on 04:45 by Unknown
The test data to be used in demo's etcetera is available on the Microsoft download site. Here you can find the exe and details: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=D5F77EE7-3D01-4944-B5DC-C8CDC8123DF4&displaylang=en
Tuesday, 27 November 2007
Improve performance of Microsoft Dynamics CRM
Posted on 00:53 by Unknown
The performance of your CRM implementation is one of the key factors for customer acceptance. There are multiple options available for optimizing your system. Here's a list to get started:Microsoft - Optimize Microsoft Dynamics CRM 3.0Microsoft - Optimize Microsoft Dynamics CRM 1.2Aaron Elder - Optimize the CRM Webservice CallsBrein Reid - Reduce the amount of useless calls to IIS 6.0
Thursday, 11 October 2007
Speaker at Dutch Dynamics CRM User Group
Posted on 08:09 by Unknown
Last week at the 4th of October, there was the first session for the Dutch Dynamics CRM User Group. This session was organized by the Dynamics User Group (http://www.dynug.nl) and hosted by Generali. The goal of this User Group is to get customers together and learn from eachother and have a voice within Microsoft.The agenda for this meeting was:- Welcome and Introductions- User Group and
Thursday, 19 April 2007
Tips on using the publishreports executable
Posted on 06:55 by Unknown
Update: see the bottom for a solution to be able to use the filter in the report!Some days ago I posted an article around how to move reports from a server to another server in the development process. Now I've been working with it, I can share some tips.The first tip is on how to publish the reports. How does the publishreports.exe know where to find the publish.config and the reports? This
Thursday, 12 April 2007
Copying CRM Reports
Posted on 02:34 by Unknown
You will need to copy reports from a server to another server when you're working on a CRM project, right? From development to test, from test to staging, from staging to production. Usually I do add the reports to a release package and describe in the deployment manual how to deploy the reports and how to set the filter, categories etc.Until today. Since today I will do this completely different
Tuesday, 15 August 2006
Optimize MS CRM webservice
Posted on 08:45 by Unknown
Currently I'm working on an import program. I have to import thousands and thousands of records. Usually the crm system is quite fast, but with these huge loads, I'm getting quite anoyed by the performance of the MS CRM webservice. It even causes error messages like "The underlying connection was closed: Unable to connect to the remote server.". Now there are some performance tweaks available. I
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