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Dynamics Consulting München
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Within support we have seen the following problem several times.
Problem description If a customer on CRM 4.0 is tracking incoming emails from a shared inbox and selects the 'Track in CRM' button the following error can appear:
'Only items in the default Microsoft Outlook store can be promoted by Microsoft Dynamics CRM.'
Potential cause If the email does not exist under the inbox folder then the error you would see is valid and by design. CRM does not allow items to be tracked when they are not in the default locations for the item type:
Email: Inbox Appointments/Meeting Requests: Calendar Tasks: Tasks Contacts: Contacts
Resolution Since the email that the user is tracking is in a shared inbox, then you would need to have Update Rollup 8 installed from the link below: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=C53B2916-6B93-4092-BDD3-A394C96CA000&displaylang=nl&displaylang=en
Further you would need to make sure that you have the registry key DelegateMailboxEnabled (DWORD) set to 1 in the registry. This is done by using regedit. Also the user that is sharing the inbox folder must also have DelegateMailboxEnabled (DWORD) set to 1 and have Update Rollup 8 installed.
Finally, in order to make sure that DelegateMailboxEnabled is correctly enabled you can use the MFCMAPI Exchange free tool to check for the ‘hidden’ messages in the Associated Contents view for the Inbox, Contact, Calendar, and Tasks folders. To access this Associated Contents view from within MFCMAPI you would do the following:
1. Start MFCMAPI 2. Logon to the correct profile 3. Open the default mailstore for the user 4. Right click the Inbox folder and choose the option for the Associated Contents View 5. Repeat step 4 for the other folders (Calendar, Tasks, Contacts)
Related Knowledge Base article Outlook crashes when you enable the "Track in CRM" feature for a delegate contact after you install Update Rollup 4 for Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;971354
A hotfix that enables you to track an appointment in a shared calendar in the Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 client for Outlook is available http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;953812
Additional information regarding MFCMAPI tool
The tool can be downloaded via the following URL http://mfcmapi.codeplex.com/
MFCMAPI uses Microsoft's published APIs to provide access to MAPI stores through a graphical user interface. Its purpose is to facilitate investigation of Exchange and Outlook issues and to provide developers with a canonical sample for MAPI development.
Warning If you use the Mfcmapi.exe utility incorrectly, serious problems may occur that may require that you reinstall Microsoft Exchange Server. Serious problems may also occur that require that you restore Microsoft Exchange Server. Microsoft cannot guarantee that problems that result from using the Mfcmapi.exe utility incorrectly can be resolved. Use the Mfcmapi.exe utility at your own risk.
You install and use the tool on the Exchange server. Steps on this tool and how to use can be seen in the below KB: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/906557
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