Import a solution from CRM 2011 to CRM 2015

If you keen on trying CRM 2015 and not willing to choose the upgrade path of CRM 2011-> CRM 2013 -> CRM 2015.... then you are not alone...

When you try to import the solution you will get an error saying the solution cannot be imported from CRM 2011...

Since the solution file is a mere XML, as a developer, I wanted to play around it..

This is what I did. I changes the customization.xml and updated the xml header like below.

<ImportExportXml version="7.0.0000.4013" SolutionPackageVersion="7.0" languagecode="1044" generatedBy="CrmLive" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">'

And the import went fine. Now it's for me to just start modifying the UI and fixing the javascript part :)

Have fun with crm 2015

Refresh old dev with new prod data in crm 2011 - Convert Managed solution to unmanaged

The thought for this post came from my own experience. I have been developing for about a year and we went live and my development does not have sufficient data to test. The data connection tool from MS CRM is not that helpful for me. So I decided to build my own dev from prod

1. Take a backup of the prod database
2. Create a second dev database
3. Restore the prod database into Dev
4. Update the database to remove the publisher readonly flag and solution managed flag.
5. Import unmanaged solution from dev to overwrite the solution in new dev

Restoring prod database into dev

Completed successfully

Change the org id. use the attached sql file.

Use SQL to remove the read only property on publisher of your solution and set is managed to false

Done :)

Happy CRMing