Kale Davis » CRM http://kaledavis.com This is a blog, it goes bit bit Wed, 21 Jul 2010 10:59:41 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Microsoft previews next version of Dynamics CRM http://kaledavis.com/2007/01/18/microsoft-previews-next-version-of-dynamics-crm/ http://kaledavis.com/2007/01/18/microsoft-previews-next-version-of-dynamics-crm/#comments Fri, 19 Jan 2007 02:11:10 +0000 Kale http://kaledavis.com/2007/01/18/microsoft-previews-next-version-of-dynamics-crm/ From:  Microsoft previews next version of Dynamics CRM – Yahoo! News

I am looking forward to the next version of CRM due out this summer.  We have used it for two small internal projects.  One quirk about the current 3.0 version is having to install each CRM instance on it’s own server.  I have heard that this won’t be the case with 4.0 which should really help the product scale.  Although CRM is typically used in sales/marketing arena, it has been useful in one off solutions here and I think 4.0 will build on that.

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To disable it, you simply open RegEdit on the CRM server, browse to the MSCRM key at HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE -> SOFTWARE -> Microsoft -> MSCRM and add the DWORD “IgnoreChecks” and give a value of 1.

You will have to reinstall CRM on the box and reconfigure what SQL server/instance you want to use there.  You will get to the screen that has the warnings/errors, and the SQL line item will still give you an warning/error, but with the registry edit you can still click the Next button to proceed (without EDW disabled you can’t proceed).  After finishing the install you can delete the registry entry you added.

As a disclaimer: backup everything, don’t do this on your production box, and if you’re unsure about any of this call MS support!

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