Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 Server RC

CRM 2011 Server Release Candidate (RC) has been announced. Get it here. http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=c3f82c6f-c123-4e80-b9b2-ee422a16b91d&displaylang=en.

More information about the release, further releases and other download links:
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/crm/archive/2010/12/14/microsoft-dynamics-crm-2011-release-candidate-rc-announcement.aspx

CRM 2011 Build Versions:
http://mscrmnovice.blogspot.com/2010/09/crm-2011-release-versions.html

Microsoft offering $200 Rebate on CRM Online

"Cloud CRM for less" was the offer announced by Michael Park to all customers who make a switch from Salesforce.com and Oracle. Here is the press release and get more information about the offer on this page.

Working with Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011

Technology News: Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 Beta Available

If you are the one keeping up with developments within Microsoft then you know about the new Internet Explorer 9 Beta. I have downloaded and installed it and must say it is a massive improvement over it's previous (IE 7 and 8). It is lite, clean and fast to name a few.

Something disappointing though for the CRM community is as per Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 readme "Internet Explorer 9 Beta is not supported with Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011.

There is a good news though, that you have a workaround you'll find it here Pablo Peralta's Blog which I haven't tried it myself yet. You can if you will.

IE9 would need some work before it's final release which Microsoft continues to do.

CRM 2011 Release Versions

This post will no longer be updated. To view the latest mapping for both CRM 4.0 and CRM 2011, visit here.

However, here I provide the mapping of the build version to future updates on CRM 2011.

• CRM 2011 Beta - Version 05.00.9585.101
• CRM 2011 RC - Version 05.00.9688.34

This post is intend to change from time to time (how often? , depends on future update releases on CRM 2011 by Microsoft).

So, Stick around!

Update Rollup vs. Build Version comparison for Microsoft Dynamics CRM

To determine which update rollup is installed on your server or client, the below table provides a precise mapping between the update rollup version and CRM build version.

(This post is regularly updated to keep current with the latest releases)

The updates documented in this blog for:

• Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0
• Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011
• Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2013
• Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2015
• Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2016

You can use the below command using SQL Server Management Studio on your CRM database to determine the current version of CRM.

select * from BuildVersion



If you're unable to view the above table, click here to see it in a new page.

As mentioned earlier, I'll try to keep this post updated. In case of any delays, thank you for leaving a comment below. This will keep other visitors updated while notifying me too to take an action.