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Update Rollup 1 for Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 is now available. No, it's not a new release - but as with anything Microsoft, the cyber-community is talking about implementation do's and don'ts.

The authors are advising users NOT to import customizations to Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 Server in the following scenarios:

The server from which you are exporting customizations does not have Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 Update Rollup 1 installed. However, the server to which you are importing the customizations has Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 Update Rollup 1 installed.
The server from which you are exporting customizations has Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 Update Rollup 1 installed. However, the server to which you are importing the customizations does not have Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 Update Rollup 1 installed.

"Some of the hotfixes will have to be manually configured or enabled," notes blogger Christian Espinoza at Dynamo With Dynamics CRM.

"A senior consultant in our office installed it on a client's server today, and he says the server install requires a reboot. So make sure that you schedule the installation when the server can be rebooted," states an anonymous poster at the I.B.I.S. CRM Blog.

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