404 Error for Isolated Users in Dynamics CRM

I had an issue recently where one user was getting a 404 error when trying to log into CRM. While troubleshooting this issues I tried everything I could think of, including disabling Local Security Authority (LSA) credential caching on the ADFS server, recreating the user's Active Directory account, disabled/re-enabled her CRM account, purged her kerberos tickets, deleted her cookies, killed her ADFS sessions, rebooted servers, reset passwords, checked her security roles, etc. After trying every perceivable resolution, this is what I had to do to fix the issue.

Resolution: Errors After Installing Update Rollup for Dynamics CRM 2011

After installing an update rollup for Dynamics CRM 2011 ( I was installing UR12, but others have gotten the same error with outher URs), I started getting this error.


Log Name: Application Source: ASP.NET 4.0.30319.0 Date: 3/28/2013 8:40:04 AM Event ID: 1309 Task Category: Web Event Level: Warning Keywords: Classic User: N/A Computer: crm_server.domain.local Description: Event code: 3005 Event message: An unhandled exception has occurred. Event time: 3/28/2013 8:40:04 AM Event time (UTC): 3/28/2013 1:40:04 PM Event ID: 857c1ec3a88c43799878637451e1b3a7 Event sequence: 36389 Event occurrence: 23 Event detail code: 0 Application information: Application domain: /LM/W3SVC/1/ROOT-1-140088322863478416 Trust level: Full Application Virtual Path: / Application Path: C:\Program Files\Microsoft Dynamics CRM\CRMWeb\ Machine name: CRM_SERVER Process information: Process ID: 3508 Process name: w3wp.exe Account name: DOMAIN\service_account Exception information: Exception type: CrmException Exception message: Attribute objecttypecode on Entity PrincipalObjectAccessReadSnapshot is of type picklist but has Child Attributes Count 0 at

Filter Security Event Logs by User in Windows 2008 & Windows 7

If you are like me, you probably miss being able to easily filter your security event logs by a specific user like we did in previous versions of Microsoft Windows. Well, it is still possible in Windows 2008 and Windows 7. You just need to use the XML filter option. When you are in the security event logs, click on "Filter Current Log..." from the actions pane. Click the XML tab of the window that opens, and check the box next to "Edit query manually".

Dynamics CRM: Authentication is Required - Timing Out and Prompting for Credentials

If you are running Dynamics CRM 4.0 and 2011 with claims based authentication, by default you get a prompt saying "Authentication is Required" after 20 minutes. If you want to extend this timeout, you need to make some changes to the relying party trust in Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS).

List all of the Microsoft Hotfixes Installed on a System

If you need to list all of the Microsoft hotfixes/patches that are installed on a system, you can run the command below from a command prompt. Add/Remove Programs does not list them all.

$10,000 Worth of Microsoft Training Videos For Free

Microsoft puts on a huge training event every once per year, per continent called TechEd. This event is great! It offers hundreds of different focused training sessions every year that you can choose from to further your education. However, the registration fee alone is over $2,000 (standard pricing), then you have travel and hotel expenses on top of that. Because of that, this is not something that everybody can afford to attend.

If you cannot go to Teched, you can still watch the sessions from previous years for free online. These videos won't give you the full conference experience, but they are a great learning resource that's available for free.

Fix Event ID# 7043 Load control template file /_controltemplates/TaxonomyPicker.ascx failed: Could not load type

This is an error that's a little misleading. At first it might seem that the file is missing or that there is a permissions issue, but that's not the case. The problem is that there is a bad charater in the template file.

Log Name:      Application

Source:        Microsoft-SharePoint Products-SharePoint Foundation

Date:          3/6/2013 1:07:44 PM

Event ID:      7043

Task Category: Web Controls

Level:         Error

Keywords:     

User:          DOMAIN\farm-admin

Computer:      sharepoint-server.domain.local

Description:

Load control template file /_controltemplates/TaxonomyPicker.ascx failed: Could not load type 'Microsoft.SharePoint.Portal.WebControls.TaxonomyPicker' from assembly 'Microsoft.SharePoint.Portal, Version=14.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=71e4bce131e9439c'.