We’ve hit the following issue today whilst trying to import a Microsoft CRM 4.0 database on an x64 platform using Rollup 8. The import wizard seems to hang during the Edit User Mappings stage and never recovers. We were able to resolve the issue by removing Rollup 8 and installing Rollup 7.
Check out the following blog post from Marco Amoedo for a list of new CRM 2011 features. http://marcoamoedo.com/blog/summary-of-xrm-and-crm-5-at-pdc09/ Solution Packaging Net 4.0 Support out of the box Flexible Web Services Using System Types Linq for CRM ADO.Net Data Services and .Net RIA services support Code Sandboxing Claims based Authentication and Federation Shared Picklists
Following installation of the Microsoft Office 2010 Beta software I thought I’d try installing the Microsoft CRM 4.0 Outlook Client. Clearly my expectations were low in terms of the CRM Outlook client installing as Microsoft Office 2010 is still in beta release. I was pleasantly surprised to see the installation work as per normal, no errors appeared and I have the standard CRM 4.0 icons available through the Add-Ins menu of the new Outlook 2010 Ribbon. I installed using the CRM Outlook Client get latest updates options, and the recently released Microsoft CRM 4.0 Rollup 8 as part...