When I enter the CRM license code in the Deployment Manager to upgrade to
Enterprise I get a message "The license code entered is not valid for
upgrade. Make sure you have entered the license code correctly, and then try
again". Do I have to reinstall CRM 4 to install Enterprise?

Hi,

what is your current installation? Professional?
Have you entered trial version license keys ?

/Aamir

Current is Professional. I got the key from our MSDN subscription which
didn't indicate a trial license. I was able to install the Enterprise edition
on a test server using the same key with no problem. I know someone will need
to upgrade to Enterprise and not do a new install. I just need to know if
it's possible to upgrade to Enterprise? Thanks.

"Aamir Bashir" wrote:

are you trying to upgrade from msdn professional key CRM 4.0 to msdn
CRM 4.0 enterprise edition ?
if so then enter the following key. if it accepts then cancel it
instead of installing .

Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 Enterprise
Trial key (no CAL limit):
QCKXD-BDH8R-G74H8-RDYHX-R4K4T



PS" read the following documen as the only document which i see is
talking about trial versions ".
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en


available. This page will be updated with new languages as they are
released.

Each trial version can be converted to full use by applying a
commercial license key in the License area of Microsoft Dynamics CRM
Deployment Manager. Reinstallation is not required.

Important:
MICROSOFT DYNAMICS CRM 4.0 TRIAL OR TIME-LIMITED VERSIONS CANNOT BE
UPGRADED OR CONVERTED TO MSDN OR BUSINESS-READY LICENSING (BRL -
DYNAMICS PRICE LIST) LICENSES BY APPLYING A COMMERCIAL LICENSE KEY.
Customers or Partners who begin with the TRIAL version of Microsoft
Dynamics CRM and wish to upgrade the TRIAL to either a MDSN or BRL
license, will need to perform a new install using the MSDN download or
PartnerSource product downloads (respectively), and import their
original Organization; OR, must begin their implementation directly
with either the MSDN or BRL non-time limited/production versions. FOR
BUSINESS-READY LICENSING PARNERS/CUSTOMERS OR DEVELOPERS WHO HAVE
ALREADY BEGUN USING THE MICROSOFT DYNAMICS CRM 4.0 TRIAL, please refer
to this Knowledge Base article for instructions and further
information:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/947272/en-us

Please be aware that you can apply a license key only for a similar or
a more advanced version of Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0. You cannot
downgrade a full or trial version of the product. For example, if you
apply the Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 Professional trial license key,
you can later upgrade to either the full Professional or the full
Enterprise version by applying the appropriate license key. However,
you cannot downgrade the installation by applying a Microsoft Dynamics
CRM 4.0 Workgroup Server license key. Similarly, if you apply the
Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 Enterprise trial license key, you can later
upgrade to only the full Enterprise version.

/Aamir

On Jul 1, 5:25 am, Yeshua <Yes...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
If you're trying to go from the Professional trial key to MSDN
professional then you can't. For some reason this combination just
won't work. However a normal Enterprise key or the trial Enterprise
key should be fine.

Leon Tribe