KB975995 Update Rollup 8 for Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 was released on December 18th and is available for download at http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=c53b2916-6b93-4092-bdd3-a394c96ca000

Update Rollup 8 contains a cumulative set of updates and hotfixes. For more information see Article ID 975995 at http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=975995

Before you do anything else I’d suggest reviewing the above article in-depth.

One key thing to note is that Update Rollup 7 is now a prerequisite for deploying Update Rollup 8. Update Rollup 7 made some pretty significant modifications to CRM and especially the CRM for Outlook Client.

As always, I’d suggest doing a full backup of MSCRM. Update Rollup 8 can be uninstalled but it’s better to be safe in case the uninstall tanks. Also, I’d suggest installing this in your test environment and then testing both for server and user issues.

Update Rollup 6 for Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 (KB 970148) is now available for download at
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=79f90982-c039-41c2-af8e-3119ecf27790

Full detail can be found in Article ID 970148 at
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=970148

This Update Rollup is a cumulative set of updates and hotfixes intended to resolve problems and enhance performance.  While this Update Rollup can be uninstalled it’s recommended that you evaluate its impact on your test environment and do a full backup before installing it in your production environment.

I’m back and am getting caught up a bit.

Update Rollup 5 for Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 (KB 970141) was released today July 2nd, 2009 and is available for download at
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=5101d801-976b-4c11-bdfc-000b970ef4a3

Update Rollup 5 contains a cumulative set of updates and hotfixes. For more information see Article ID 970141 at
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=970141

While this update can be uninstalled, it is recommended that you do a full backup of CRM and assess it in your test environment before deploying it to your production system.

Microsoft has released Update Rollup 4 for Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 (KB 968176).

This is a cumulative set of updates and hotfixes to enhance technical and functional performance.

More detail is at the Microsoft Knowledge Base page for KB 968176 and it’s available for download.

Although this Rollup can be uninstalled, I’d recommend thoroughly reading the Knowledge Base article, deploying this to your test environment first, and fully backing up your CRM production system before implementing it.

Microsoft just released updated versions of the E-mail Router and CRM for Outlook software.

These are for the Online version of Dynamics CRM only. Not On-Premise.

Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online Email Router

Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online for Outlook

I’ve been falling a bit behind on keeping this place up to date.

Microsoft recently released Update Rollup 3 for Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 (KB 961768). The update rollup contains a cumulative collection of updates and hotfixes.

Additional detail is at http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=961768

The download is at http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=05453fa4-9551-4a88-9852-634a9ad0e140

Microsoft recently changed the frequency of update rollup releases. They used to release them a couple times a year. Now they’re planning to release them in eight week cycles so we should see another one sometime in May.

I would strongly suggest applying this Update Rollup in your test environment first to see if it causes any issues. The last one, Update Rollup 2 (and the slightly revised one they released I call Update Rollup 2-1/2), caused a few different issues. Some companies ran into quirkiness with stuff like navigation and workflow after applying UR2.

And make sure to do a full backup before applying it. But you do that regularly anyway, right?

Wow, Update Rollup 2 for CRM 4.0 is out already. Seems like I just did the post for Update Rollup 1 a few weeks ago.

So, here’s the download link on Microsoft’s website for Update Rollup 2 (KB 959419):
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=aa671769-61e9-45c4-919f-c88199aa4241&displaylang=en&tm

And here’s more detail on what it is and does:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=959419

Update Rollup 1 for Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 is now available for download on Microsoft’s website at:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=57C6267B-3B13-49DD-BFED-3CC83633AEA7&displaylang=en

It’s a software update that contains a quite a few individual updates and hotfixes that resolve issues with Microsoft Dynamics CRM. Here’s more detail on what Update Rollup 1 includes:

http://support.microsoft.com/Kb/952858

This update can be uninstalled but it’s a good idea that you first do a full backup and also consider deploying it to your test environment before installing it in your production environment.