Friday, June 15, 2007

Integrate SharePoint 2007 and CRM 3.0 (SQL 2005)

The CRM List Web Part can be downloaded from the below link.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=BC9B3526-DECF-4057-A530-91840C0D5401&displaylang=en

Though this webpart was developed for the earlier version of SharePoint, it can be used in MOSS 2007 with the workaround specified in the following link,

http://blogs.msdn.com/mscrmfreak/archive/2007/01/16/microsoft-crm-and-moss-2007-workaround.aspx

To start using the web part follow the following steps after the workaround process,
  • Goto Command Prompt and navigate to the path where the Stsadm.exe is present ( c:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extension\12\Bin )
  • Type -> stsadm.exe -o deletewppack -name MicrosoftCRMListWebPart.cab
  • This will unistall the currently installed web part cab package.
  • To install it in the GAC Type the following command;stsadm.exe -o addwppack -globalinstall -force -filename "MicrosoftCRMListWebPart.cab"

The web Part should be installed in the GAC, Now try to put the web part in the page there wont be any issues.

Friday, June 15, 2007

Integrate SharePoint 2007 and CRM 3.0 (SQL 2005)

The CRM List Web Part can be downloaded from the below link.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=BC9B3526-DECF-4057-A530-91840C0D5401&displaylang=en

Though this webpart was developed for the earlier version of SharePoint, it can be used in MOSS 2007 with the workaround specified in the following link,

http://blogs.msdn.com/mscrmfreak/archive/2007/01/16/microsoft-crm-and-moss-2007-workaround.aspx

To start using the web part follow the following steps after the workaround process,
  • Goto Command Prompt and navigate to the path where the Stsadm.exe is present ( c:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extension\12\Bin )
  • Type -> stsadm.exe -o deletewppack -name MicrosoftCRMListWebPart.cab
  • This will unistall the currently installed web part cab package.
  • To install it in the GAC Type the following command;stsadm.exe -o addwppack -globalinstall -force -filename "MicrosoftCRMListWebPart.cab"

The web Part should be installed in the GAC, Now try to put the web part in the page there wont be any issues.