MS CRM 2011 Beta - You have already imported and upgraded this organization and cannot perform this operation again.

This is new in MS CRM 2011.

You will receive the above error in MS CRM 2011 when you try to import an Organization of MS CRM 4.0.

This is because in CRM 2011, you cannot import the same CRM 4 org more than once into a CRM 2011 deployment. The Organization GUID will not change. This is by design.


Hope this helps.

MS CRM 2011 Beta - DeletionStateCode - No longer available.

Finally it's time to say good bye "DeletionStateCode" attribute. The attribute has been removed from all entities.

Now, it is hard delete. If a record is deleted, it would be removed from the entity table.

Happy purging !!!!

MS CRM 2011 Beta - Ribbon Example [Grid / Form / Subgrid] Example.

I've started playing with Ribbons in MS CRM 2011 Beta.

Attached the code which creates below:
1. Custom Tabs
2. Custom Multiple Groups
3. Multiple Buttons in each group.
4. Pass values from Button click to Javascript.

Please download the code from the below link.
http://uploading.com/files/37d8f425/customizations_WorkingCopy_WithGrid_AndForm.zip/

Hope this will help. Please let me know if you help.

MS CRM 2011 Beta - Product Keys

Here are the Product Keys for MS CRM 2011 Beta.

The following product keys are available for this release:
•Microsoft Dynamics CRM Workgroup (5 CAL limit):
  FF2JM-QX9PG-HXT8M-MMHXG-4MF32

•Microsoft Dynamics CRM Server (no CAL limit):
  4FDTK-3HYV2-D9CCJ-4MF9Q-QJ32X


Important
•Although the application may display a 90-day trial period, these trial product keys will expire after 270 days.
•Microsoft Dynamics CRM Professional edition is no longer available with Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011.

MS CRM 2011 Beta - Error adding user on On-Premise

You may get the following error when trying to add a user to an on-premise organisaion in MS CRM 2011 Beta.


Errors:
1. You do not have the necessary permissions to change the domain logon name for this user. The following user was not added: ....
2. An error has occurred


As of now the resolution is an IISRESET on the CRM Server.
1.) Open the CMD window (Run as Administrator) on the CRM Server
2.) type iisreset, then Enter.


Hope this helps.

MS CRM 2011 Beta - Invalid User Authorization

You might see below [Invalid User Authorization] error when trying to access / connect to Online CRM 2011.

The work around is, sign out of the currenyly logged in Windows Live ID from all other browser sessions. Once you signout, try to access your Online CRM, now it will prompt for Sign in details.

As of now Online CRM 2011 can't handle this. Hope this will be resolved in RTM by Microsoft.

Hope this helps.

MS CRM 2011 Beta - The NetworkCredentials provided were unable to create a Kerberos credential.

You might get the below error when trying to create a token for MS CRM 2011 Beta organisaion :

The application terminated with an error.
The token provider cannot get tokens for target 'http://192.168.1.99/XRMServices/2011/Discovery.svc'.

The NetworkCredentials provided were unable to create a Kerberos credential, see inner exception for details.
 
This is quite possible when you CRM is on Domain A, and you are trying to create a token from Domain B.

it's not going to work in beta currently. I believe there is an open bug for this. Hope it will get resolve in RTM.

See more information on the same:
Troubleshooting authentication problems with the Beta releases

Install MS CRM 2011 Beta on Windows 2008 SP2 or Windows 2008 R2?

I think everybody is consfuse when choosing the Operating System. So here are the facts:

1. You can choose either Windows 2008 SP2 or Windows 2008 R2.

2. But When usingWindows 2008 R2 you need to consider especially this one:
    Import organization fails with Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 organization database when running on Windows Server 2008 R2.

To work around this issue, install Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 Server on a computer that is running the original release of Windows Server 2008, and then try the import organization operation again.

Say Hello to the World of Dynamics CRM 2011 Beta version

Today, the Microsoft Dynamics CRM team has reached a key milestone as it releases the beta of Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011, for both cloud-based and on-premises deployments.

Available for download and testing in eight languages (English, French, German, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Spanish and Chinese) and 36 markets, this release marks the first global public beta for Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online.

Additionally, beta for Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 on-premises is available in 40 markets in eight languages.

Please see the below links for:
Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 Beta - On-Premise Download link
Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 Beta - Online and On-Premise Download link

Hope you enjoy the links.