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So, Guys, here you can read a simple Instruction to install a complete CRM Environment on one Virtual PC.

1. First of all, Install the base, Windows 2003 Server, Updates, Domaincontroller, Microsoft SQL Server 2005, Microsoft Reporting Services 2005, Microsoft Exchange Server 2003, Office 2003 (does no run with Office 2007), and at the end, Windos Update, and install all Updates.

2. Start Outlook and configure your Exchange Mailbox.

3. Install Microsoft CRM Server 3.0, and change Install Directory to “C:\Prgram Files\Microsoft CRM Server”

4. Close all Programs, and stop all Exchange Services.

5. Locate “Mapi32.dll” in “C:\Windows\system32″\ and rename is to “Mapi32.dll.old”

6. Copy “Mapi32.dll” from “C:\Program Files\Common Files\System\MSMAPI\1033″ to “c:\Windows\system32″

7. Now install CRM Client, if you install the Offline- or OnlineClient, is at your choice.

8. Ignore the warning from the Setup, that you cant install CRM Clint with Exchange Server.

9. No delete “Mapi32.dll” in “C:\Windows\system32″ and rename “Mapi32.dll.ol” to “Mapi32.dll”

10. Make a restart, and than open Outlook the first time.

No here is a nice trick, you can change the Offline or Online client within 2-3 seconds. To change a Offline Client to an Online Client change the following Registry Keys:

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\MSCRMClient]
“LightClient”=dword:00000001
“RCOffline”=dword:00000000

To change back the hole thing, make the following changes:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\MSCRMClient]
“LightClient”=dword:00000000

So this is a easy way to cahnge between this to versions, but the only thing is, you hav to install a Offline Client first, to do this easy change.

So have a nice Day