CRM 2011 – Update Rollup 5 Released

The Microsoft Dynamics CRM Sustained Engineering (SE) team released Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 Update Rollup 5 on Tuesday, October 25, 2011.

The links below point to important information about Update Rollup 5:

Microsoft Download Center: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=b9dd0bd7-8b1f-45af-a5ae-ee73a07ec90c

Microsoft Knowledge Base Article: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2567454
Microsoft Update: http://catalog.update.microsoft.com/v7/site/Search.aspx?q=2567454

This release also has some significant enhancements which has the CRM Q4 service update features

Dynamics CRM Q4 Service Update

Update Rollup 5 also contains the Dynamics CRM Q4 Service Update features. For more information about the Dynamics CRM Q4 Service Update features, visit the following Microsoft website:

Microsoft Dynamics CRM: the road ahead

Improvements to Dialogs (i.e. Lookup and Date fields included)
User Access Auditing

Release Channel Schedule

The resources available at these links will be active according to the following Release Channel Schedule:

CRM Online Datacenter: October 18 to October 25, 2011
Microsoft Download Center: October 25, 2011
Microsoft Update: November 8, 2011

General Details about Update Rollup 5

Update Rollup 5 cannot be uninstalled.
Client packages installed manually by downloading the packages and running install will require administrative privileges. If the client packages are installed via the Windows Update (Microsoft Update) system, they will not require administrative privileges.
For help with installation, please see the Installation Information section in KB2567454.