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9x Microsoft Business Solutions 365 MVP, I'm the CTIO for congruentX and a community Technology Evangelist Delivering Edge Experiences Using Microsoft Dynamics 365, Azure & Power Platform (Power BI, PowerApps & Power Automate) & Office 365

CRM 2013 Upgrade Flurry has Started! Upgrade Checklist

Microsoft has begun switching over many of our Microsoft Dynamics CRM customers to CRM 2013. Here’s some things you should know about the overall process: 1. Ensure you have another environment (test/dev) that matches your CRM production setup. This is a best practice by far. Not having a test environment, makes troubleshooting and changes in […]

ADFS 2.1 Mex Endpoint Errors with CRM 2011 & Windows Server 2012. Here’s your fix.

When you install ADFS on a Windows Server 2012, the built-in ADFS role included is ADFS 2.1. When setting up Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 (UR13+ required), you will get an error message that tells you that IFD Authentication fails when trying to access the discovery service by external applications. Apparently the documentation for update UR13 says this has been […]

CRM 2011 Ribbon bar Missing after applying update Rollups? Here’s your fix.

A co-worker of mine was testing a CRM 2011 On Premise implementation where he had recently updated to rollup 12/13. He started to notice that the ribbon bar was completely missing!             My first response was to clean out your cache, and try it from another machine, as well as use the IE Private Browsing […]

Microsoft Convergence 2013: ADFS Presentation

Please find my latest presentation on ADFS from Microsoft Convergence 2013. This presentation includes topics like SSL Certificates, DNS Entries, Firewall, Common Deployments, ADFS Proxy Servers, IFD, ADFS Installation, Tips and Tricks, Troubleshooting and ADFS Errors. Please note the ADFS central link is not yet live on this site. This is the e-book I’m creating […]

CRM 2011: Could not find GUID for server – Update Rollup 11v2 Breaks ADFS

We ran into an authentication issue with Microsoft CRM 2011 using ADFS/IFD running Update Rollup 11v2. After being installed, the external endpoint would no longer display, providing the following error:           The error log from the event viewer showed the following error (Could not find GUID for Server)  immediately before even receiving […]

CRM 2011: Additional ADFS Claims Provider causes HomeRealm URL Error

The home realm URL issue is introduced when we attempt to add another active directory or claims provider for a domain outside our cloud domain to create single sign on. (SSO). Microsoft Internet Explorer has the ability to support this and we have no issues connecting via the browser. However, Microsoft Outlook as well as […]

CRM 2011: 2007 Endpoint 404 error no longer working after Update Rollup 10/11 is applied

Several customers have reported the CRM 4.0 or 2007 endpoint is showing a 404 error is no longer working after applying update Rollup 10/11. A SQL script is required to fix the issue. Please note that since this is a direct-sql update to the MSCRM_CONFIG database, please contact your partner or Microsoft for assistance in updating […]