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Fixed – Could not load file or assembly ‘Microsoft.IdentityModel, Version=3.5.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35’ or one of its dependencies error in Windows 8

Hi,

We were getting the above error while running one of our applications in Windows 8 machine. While trying to install it using the Installer http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=17331 we ran into the following error

“Windows Update Standalone Installer. Installer encountered an error 0x80096002. The certificate for the signer of the message is invalid or not found.”

Finally after some search came to know that WIF comes as a feature in Windows 8 which we can turn on or off.

To turn it on

Go to Search – look for Windows feature in Settings

Check the Windows Identity Foundation 3.5 option.

Restart the machine and we are done.

Bye.

Classic Shell – Get the Start Menu and Start Button back in Windows 8

Hi,

While searching for free Start Button alternative for windows 8 I came across this wonderful tool.

http://classicshell.sourceforge.net/index.html

Using it we can get back our favorite Start menu back in Windows 8. The other feature that I loved about this tool was not only it shows all the programs installed but also shows all the Windows 8 specific apps installed in the system.

Bye.

A managed solution cannot overwrite a Saved Query component on the target system that has unmanaged base instance error while importing a managed solution in CRM 2011

Hi,

While trying to import a managed solution I was getting the below error.

The reason being the SavedQuery component created by the Activity Feeds Solution in source and target environment has the same id. And it is unmanaged component in the target environment and the managed solution that we were trying to import has the same component as managed.

http://social.microsoft.com/Forums/br/crm/thread/83f66edd-0ec3-45f0-bc82-b63122d1ff7f

Commenting out all the savedquery from the customizations.xml and importing the solution back solved the issue

Hope it helps.

Cleared MB5 858 Managing Microsoft Dynamics CRM Implementations Exam

I took and cleared the MB5 858 exam today. It had 70 questions divided into 3 sections with 140 minutes to answer them.

I used following resources for preparation

The questions were more or less intuitive. Someone who implemented Sure Step methodology in the project and have gone through the above resources would be able to answer them easily.

Bye.

NotSupportedException : Security settings for this service require ‘Anonymous’ Authentication but it is not enabled for the IIS application that hosts this service while trying to access OrganizationService.svc in CRM 2011

Hi,

One of my colleagues was facing the above issue while trying to access the OrganizationService.svc in CRM 2011. The issue as indicated by the exception message was because of the Anonymous Authentication being disabled for the Microsoft Dynamics CRM web application. Enabling it resolved the issue.