Dynamics 365 Update Policies

Applies to all Dynamics 365 online applications, version 09/18/2018 Microsoft will deliver two major updates per year, in April and October, offering new capabilities and functionality. These updates will be backward compatible, so your apps and customizations will continue to work post-update…. read more Please review the updated support policies for Dynamics 365 Customer Engagement applications (Sales, […]

Internet accessible URLs required for connectivity to Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online (09/26/2018)

You cannot access Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online, or specific URLs fail to load when you use Microsoft Dynamics CRM. When you try to configure Microsoft Dynamics CRM for Outlook, you receive the following error message: “The server address (URL) is not valid”.
Additionally, a network error message is displayed if you monitor network traffic or web requests. The error is logged as an HTTP 502 error.

Cause
A proxy or firewall may be configured to prevent Microsoft Dynamics CRM URLs from accessing server resources.

Resolution
Add the following URLs to the white list to allow traffic to proceed to these URLs.

Dynamics 365 on-premises update 9.x coming in October 2018

Is it coming or not? The new version for version 9.x will coming in October for on-premises customers. At time time, the version number will be 9.0.2. Microsoft says: The new update—Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Customer Engagement apps, Version 9.0.2, On-premises update—will release in October 2018. Customers currently in “December 2016 Update for Dynamics 365” (Microsoft […]

Dynamics 365 (online) – version 9.0.x becomes 9.1.x with October service update

Applies to Dynamics 365 (online) version 9.0.x Microsoft is modernizing version numbering to better reflect which changes are delivered. This should contribute to the transparency of product updates. With the October update to Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Customer Engagement, one of the changes made is to increment the version number to 9.1 for our online […]

Azure pricing calculator – preview of costs

Do you know Azure pricing calculator? A helpful tool to get an overview about your Azure services and its costs. https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/calculator/ Usage – short form: Open Azure pricing calculator and add your services to the view, one after the other Configure you services, one after the other Go to “Estimates” and have an overview about […]

Dynamics CRM on-premises – How authentication works

Applies to: Dynamics CRM 2011, 2013, 2015, 2016 and Dynamics 365 on-premises

In a Dynamics CRM on-premises deployment, you have to decide, which authentication type you choose: Windows authentication or claims-based authentication.
To illustrate how it works, there are old blog articles from Dynamics CRM 2011, there are very helpful for current on-premises deployments…

Azure locations & data centers

Microsoft Azure is a cloud computing service created by Microsoft for building, testing, deploying, and managing applications and services through a global network of Microsoft-managed data centers. You can choose your Azure location and find an overview for available Azure locations: Europe North Europe (Ireland) West Europe (Netherlands) France Central (Paris) France South (Marseille) UK […]