Before you upgrade: issues and considerations
Applies To: Dynamics CRM 2015
This section describes the changes and limitations when you upgrade Microsoft Dynamics CRM. This section also describes what might affect your instance or deployment after the upgrade is complete.
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Upgrading from Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2013 Service Pack 1 to Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2015
Upgrading from previous versions of Microsoft Dynamics CRM
Upgrading from Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2013 Service Pack 1 to Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2015
What’s changed in supported products and technologies
Base and ExtensionBase table merge cannot be deferred
All upgraded organizations will include the new feature enhancements
Microsoft Dynamics CRM software and components not supported for in-place upgrade
What’s changed in supported products and technologies
Obsolete platform products and technologies won’t be supported in the next major release of Microsoft Dynamics CRM.
For platform technology changes, see these topics.
For more information about changes in Microsoft Dynamics CRM features, see Important information about supported configurations in the next release for CRM.
Base and ExtensionBase table merge cannot be deferred
As part of the Microsoft Dynamics CRM Server upgrade, the entitynameBase and entitynameExtensionBase tables in all organization databases will be merged into a single entitynameBase table. This operation cannot be deferred.
To find out the amount of table data that will be merged during upgrade, see Determine how much ExtensionBase table data will need to merge.
All upgraded organizations will include the new feature enhancements
As part of the upgrade, each upgraded organization will include the feature enhancements that are enabled through the Install Product Updates area, introduced with CRM 2013 SP1. More information: Install Product Updates
Microsoft Dynamics CRM software and components not supported for in-place upgrade
The following products and solutions are not supported by Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2015 and will not be upgraded during Microsoft Dynamics CRM Setup. If you upgrade a Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2013 system that includes the product or solution listed below, or you install these components after you install Microsoft Dynamics CRM, these products or solutions may not function correctly. We recommend that you uninstall or manually remove the component before you upgrade.
Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2013 Reporting Extensions (on-premises only)
Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2013 Email Router
Microsoft Dynamics CRM List Component for SharePoint Server
Connector for Microsoft Dynamics V3 CU 4 compatibility
The Connector for Microsoft Dynamics V3 CU 4 is compatible with Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2015 or Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online when you use one of the following Dynamics ERP systems.
Microsoft Dynamics AX
Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009 SP 1
Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012, Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 R2, Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 R3
Microsoft Dynamics NAV
Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2013, Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2013 R2
Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2015
Microsoft Dynamics GP
Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013, Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013 R2
Microsoft Dynamics GP 2015
Microsoft Dynamics SL
- Microsoft Dynamics SL 2009 SP1
More information:: Blog: Connector for Microsoft Dynamics V3 CU 4 released
Upgrading from previous versions of Microsoft Dynamics CRM
Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 is not supported for upgrade. However, you can migrate from Microsoft Dynamics CRM Server 2011 to Microsoft Dynamics CRM Server 2013 by using a trial product key, and then, either migrate or in-place upgrade to Microsoft Dynamics CRM Server 2015. For instructions about how to migrate from Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 to Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2015, see Upgrade from Microsoft Dynamics CRM Server 2011.
See Also
Video: Upgrading from Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2013 to 2015
Upgrade a Microsoft Dynamics CRM Server
Upgrade the Microsoft Dynamics CRM Deployment
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