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Plug-in assembly does not contain the required types or assembly content cannot be updated

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There are a number of reasons why you might receive this error when deploying a CRM Solution to a new environment. One of the more obscure ones is that one of the Plugins contained within the Solution is registered with Isolation = None and the person doing the deployment is not a Deployment Administrator. A CRM Organization System Administrator can deploy solutions that contain plugins only if the plugins have an Isolation Mode of Sandbox. If it is set to None, then this additional security gra…

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Event 25089: A certificate registered for use by Microsoft Dynamics CRM has expired

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If you're seeing Event 25089, "A certificate registered for use by Microsoft Dynamics CRM has expired" in Windows Application Event log and having problems logging in to your Internet Facing Deployment (IFD) CRM 2015 on-premise instance then it might be that your ADFS certificate has automatically renewed, and you need to update CRM. Follow the steps over here to go through the process of updating the configuration in both CRM and ADFS.…

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CRM Deployment Error - Wizard must remove the current Organization

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Today I was working on a Dynamics CRM 2016 On-Premise VM (hosted in Azure of course!) that I had configured to test something. I was restoring multiple Organizations to the CRM instance, but I came across an error I'd never seen before. To create a new organization, the wizard must remove the current organization [OrgName]. After the wizard completes you will no longer have access to this organization? So if I clicked yes, it did indeed import my 2nd organization but the original one disappeared…

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Learn Dynamics CRM development with these great resources

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A regular question I get asked is: I'm new to Dynamics CRM development, what training materials you would recommend? Training materials Of course there's no one-size-fits-all answer to this, it all depends on your background in software development. The following resources are a great place to get started: Pluralsight - Dynamics CRM Developer by David Yack. This multi-part course, while released in 2013 is a great head-start. MSDN - Tutorials and resources for learning about development for Micr…

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Record is Unavailable error opening attachments in Notes - Dynamics CRM

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Today I encountered a problem in a Dynamics CRM 2013 environment, the resolution for which reminded me that sometimes a good old fashioned browser cache empty isn't such a lame idea. (TL;DR Empty your browser cache if you get this error) We have a system where we generate a file, save it as an attachment to a Note against a particular entity. The Note is owned by the user who initiated this action. In our case, every time the user clicked on the file they would see the following error: Record…

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