Article ID: 870634
Article Last Modified on 9/7/2006
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Business Solutions CRM Sales for Outlook, when used with:
- Microsoft CRM 1.2
- Microsoft Business Solutions CRM 1.0
- Microsoft Business Solutions CRM 1.0
- Microsoft CRM 1.2
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SYMPTOMS
When you work offline on the Microsoft Business Solutions CRM Sales for Outlook client, CRM contacts and CRM activities are not created in Microsoft Outlook. CRM activities include tasks and appointments. After you take the program offline, contacts are not displayed in the Outlook Contacts folder, and activities are not displayed in the Tasks or Calendar panes.
You may also see the some of the following symptoms in Outlook:
- Contacts or activities are deleted.
- The Do Not Update Outlook check box is cleared in the Offline Configuration dialog box.
- The Contacts, My Tasks, and My Appointments check boxes are selected in the Set Personal Options dialog box.
CAUSE
The CRM contacts or activities were deleted from Outlook. These items are not re-created in subsequent synchronizations between CRM Sales for Outlook and Outlook.
RESOLUTION
To resolve this problem, install the Microsoft CRM 1.2 hotfix that is described in the following Microsoft Knowledge Base article:
873262 Improve synchronization performance when Microsoft Business Solutions CRM Sales for Outlook 1.2 is taken offline
MORE INFORMATION
Steps to reproduce the problem
- Delete the CRM contacts from the CRM Sales for Outlook client by completing the following steps:
- In the navigation pane, expand the Microsoft CRM folder, and then click Contacts.
- Click to select the Select all records on this page check box.
- Click Actions, and then click Delete.
- Delete the CRM activities from the CRM Sales for Outlook client by completing the following steps:
- In the navigation pane, expand the Microsoft CRM folder, and then click the Activities folder.
- Click to select the Select all records on this page check box.
- Click Actions, and then click Delete.
- On the CRM Menu bar of the CRM Sales for Outlook client, click Go Offline.
After the synchronization is completed, the CRM contacts and the CRM activities are not displayed.
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