Tag: Upgrade

Upgrading from CRM2013 to 2016: Can’t Find Your Navigation Entities?

As well-prepared consultants, we recently performed a test upgrade from CRM 2013 to CRM 2016 to see what conflicts might come up. One of the

June 22, 2017

How To Modify Custom Security Roles After Upgrading to CRM 2016

As a standard practice, whenever I set up a new CRM organization I don’t modify the out-of-box configuration of Security Roles. Instead, I make a

June 21, 2017

7 Reasons You Need a New CRM

Modern CRM solutions are now all the rage and can produce dividends for your company. Whether it be farming your existing customer base and making

March 31, 2017

Upgrade to Dynamics GP2016 and Management Reporter CU15

Last May, Microsoft announced that it will no longer be investing in new features to Management Reporter and that it has partnered with Jet Reports

February 20, 2017

Error Installing CRM 2013 After Test Upgrade to CRM 2016

In keeping with best practices, I always like to test my modifications and upgrades before Go Live. For me, it helps with reviewing the steps

January 20, 2017

Best Practices in Properly Preparing Your Company for an Upgrade

At KTL Solutions we have worked with a lot of upgrade projects involving Microsoft business products, including Dynamics GP, CRM, SharePoint, Exchange, etc. In today’s post we will discuss the preparation you can do as a system administrator to prepare for an upgrade of Dynamics CRM. An upgrade project starts early on when we first investigate/review the existing state of the CRM environment. In most cases, we perform an upgrade by migrating to a new instance of SQL server. In case of multiple version upgrades, we do a migration, and then do an in-place upgrade.

March 24, 2016

The Importance Upgrading

We often say that accounting systems are “sticky”. Once you find one that works for your business you feel locked in because of:

1. The cost.
2. The fact that you need it up and running every single day so that your business can function efficiently.

The problem is that most organizations are constantly evolving and changing and re-evaluating their needs. You may now need functionality that was not initially needed when you implemented the system. How do you rectify this without starting from scratch with a new system? It’s actually quite simple; you upgrade your current system.

February 10, 2015