Microsoft officially released the long-awaited Update Rollup 12 (UR12), known as “Polaris” on January 9th with 40+ fixes. The most important additions are:
- Extended Browser Support – Microsoft Dynamics CRM will now run in Firefox, Chrome, and Safari!
- Quick Find Search Optimization – UR12 will create a number of new indexes which will make your Quick Finds even quicker. .
- Faster Bulk Data Loading – A new message request (ExecuteMultipleRequest) to improve performance for bulk data loads in Microsoft CRM.
- Retrieving/Changing Metadata – UR12 improves performance and efficiency with respect to metadata.
- Other additions include Skype and Yammer integration, Office 2013 compatibility, and CRM for iPad (for sales functionality).
- The “Flow UI” is included for on-line clients, but will not be available for on-premises environments until the next release (code named “Orion”) which is expected in Q2 2013.*** Bob Stutz at Microsoft reported that there was a potential issue with the UR12 Server bits. If you downloaded this while it was available, then please do not install it. Microsoft will be reposting it this week.
- , CRM Online will have features that will not be available for CRM OnPremise until Q1 or Q2 of 2013 (Orion release) like new process flow forms for Lead, Account, Contact, Opportunity and Case, etc.
- . UR 12 has a few performance enhancements to include new indexes for several entities:
- Cases
- Opportunities
- Competitors
- Contact (the Phone Number fields)
- Business Unit
- Connection
- Connection Role
- KB Article
- Lead
- Product
- Sales Literature
The new process forms load appear to load more quickly and when you open forms in ‘Read Only’ mode those will load faster.
Although Update Rollup 12 does not include new features for CRM OnPremise deployments, there are a number of items fixed in the release socheck out the list to see if it includes a resolution for any issues you are experiencing.
Check out What’s New for Developers for Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 and Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online
As with all updates, Ito fully test UR 12 in a development environment before deploying to production. The good news about UR 12 is that you can uninstall it should you run into unexpected issues but ensure you have a database backup and server snapshot (if running in a virtual environment) before deploying
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