We're delighted to announce that Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 Update Rollup 18 released Thursday June 30th,2011!
Note regarding Podcasts: Going forward, as Update Rollups for Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 and CRM 2011 will be alternately shipping every 4 weeks and focus increases on CRM 2011 servicing, we'll focus on Podcasts for each CRM 2011 Update Rollup release, beginning with a Podcast discussing Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 Update Rollup 2 on June 3rd, 2011. These CRM 2011 Update Rollup Podcasts will also discuss the previously-released Update Rollup for Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0.
Related links you should know about:
- Update Rollup 18 Microsoft Download Center page
- Update Rollup 18 "master" Microsoft Knowledge Base article (KB 2477777)
- This article also contains links to related Microsoft Knowledge Base articles
- CRM SE (Sustained Engineering) Update Rollup 18 blog post
Build number:
04.00.7333.3531
Packages are available for download via the Update Rollup 18 Microsoft Download Center page for these CRM components:
- Microsoft Dynamics CRM Server
- Microsoft Dynamics CRM for Microsoft Office Outlook
- Microsoft Dynamics CRM Email Router
- Microsoft Dynamics CRM Data Migration Manager
- Microsoft Dynamics CRM Connector for Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS)
- Typically included in the Server product (extracted download or DVD) in the srsdataconnector folder
- Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 Language Pack (aka Multilanguage User Interface, MUI)
Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 Update Rollup 18 Prerequisites:
- Update Rollup 7 is a prerequisite for Microsoft Dynamics CRM for Microsoft Office Outlook and Microsoft Dynamics CRM Data Migration Manager
- Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1
Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 Update Rollup 11 (and beyond) Prerequisites:
- Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 Update Rollup 11 added support for SQL Report Viewer 2008 SP1 and this has a prerequisite on .Net Framework 3.5 SP1, so this is also a requirement for installing UR11 and future Update Rollups on your CRM servers, routers, clients, etc.
- Update Rollup 11 also included changes that require Visual C++ 2008 + SP1, so this is also a requirement for installing Update Rollup 11 and future Update Rollups on your Microsoft Dynamics CRM servers, routers, clients, etc.
Issues resolved via Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 Update Rollup 18:
Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 Update Rollup 18 is a cumulative Update Rollup that includes all the fixes for the issues that are documented in the "Master Knowledge Base Articles" for Update Rollups 1 through 17. Hyperlinks to these articles are included in the "Issues that are resolved in Update Rollup 18 for Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0" section of the Update Rollup 18 "master" Microsoft Knowledge Base article.
Hotfixes and updates that were released as individual fixes:
- 2554541 Email messages that are tracked by using the Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 client for Microsoft Office Outlook use GUIDs instead of valid messageids in Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0
Other fixes released via CRM 4.0 Update Rollup 18:
- Assume that you have an organization that contains many thousands of users. When you update the SQL server location for the organization by using the deployment manager, the organization update operation takes a long time. Additionally, the deployment manager becomes unresponsive.
- Assume that you create a new service case. When you select a value by using the lookup function, the value is not displayed.
- Assume that you create a service appointment for a user who has several email addresses. After you delete one of the email addresses, the AddressUsed fields in the service appointment are set to null. Therefore, the email addresses are lost in the service appointment.
- Assume that you run an advanced find query that contains an OR condition. You export the result to an Excel worksheet. In this situation, when you open the Excel worksheet, no data is displayed. Additionally, the Excel worksheet remains empty even though you update the Excel worksheet by clicking Refresh.
- Consider the following scenario:
- You create a custom workflow activity that has a series of classes that use their own descriptions.
- You register the workflow activity.
- You create a new workflow in the Microsoft Dynamics CRM website.
- You click the Add Step menu to select the custom workflow activity.
- In this scenario, not all custom workflow activities are displayed.
- When you copy marketing list members from one marketing list to another marketing list, you experience slow performance.
- Assume that you review a record, and then click Save and New to create another record. In this situation, the ModifiedOn field of the first record is updated with the current date and time even though you do not change the first record.
- Assume that you reply to an email message that is tracked in Microsoft Dynamics CRM. If the Regarding field of the email message is set to a record to which you do not have access, you receive a privileges error message.
- Assume that you resolve a party that is unresolved. In this situation, 100 unresolved parties are updated to a same record. However, email addresses of the unresolved parties are not updated as expected.
- After you export and import from one system to another system, the case sensitivity of attributes are changed unexpectedly.
- Assume that you type a script in the Search for the topics text box in the help contents page in a Microsoft Dynamics CRM browser client. When you run the search, a generic ASP.Net error page instead of a generic Microsoft Dynamics CRM error page is displayed
- Assume that you are accessing Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 via Internet Explorer 9.0. When a Lookup is selected to choose a value from a popup window, the value selected is not written into the form interface automatically. To get the value to display, you must move the focus to another control for the value to be displayed
Hotfixes and updates that you have to enable or configure manually
Update Rollup 18 for Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 contains no updates that you must enable or configure manually.
Special Considerations
- 64-bit versions of Office 2010 will not be supported in Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0
- With Update Rollup 8 installed, Microsoft CRM E-mail Router Service supports Microsoft Exchange Server 2010
- With Update Rollup 12 installed, the Rule Deployment Wizard supports Microsoft Exchange Server 2010
Mismatched Update Rollup versions within a Microsoft Dynamics CRM deployment
In a scenario where you may be running many client workstations with Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 for Microsoft Office Outlook, a common question is whether it is supported to run mismatched versions. For example, where Update Rollup 18 has been installed on the CRM Server but the Outlook clients are still on Update Rollup 15, or where Update Rollup 10 is on the CRM server but due to updates available to the Outlook client you have decided to install Update Rollup 18 on the clients without installing Update Rollup 18 on the server.
The general rule of thumb is to try to keep the versions in sync as much as possible. However, it is permissible (though not recommended as a long-term solution) to run mismatched Update Rollup versions on Outlook client and server, as Microsoft does do some testing of such combinations.
However, regarding the other Update Rollups (for example Rollups for the Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 Email Router or Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 Reporting Extensions), it is not supported nor recommended to run mismatched versions. A best practice is to update these components at the same time you update your CRM Server. Do the best you can to keep these Update Rollup versions in sync.
Internet Explorer 9 Compatibility
The Microsoft Dynamics CRM Sustained Engineering team extensively tested Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 against pre-release versions of Internet Explorer 9 and continue to address compatibility issues, as they're reported, against the released (Released to Web) version of Internet Explorer 9.0. If necessary, we plan to release enhancements via future Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 Update Rollup releases to assure compatibility with Internet Explorer 9.
Greg Nichols
Premier Field Engineering
Microsoft Corporation