Upgrading CRM 2011 On-Prem to CRM 2011 Online

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  Hi,

  At present there is no upgrade procedure offered by Microsoft - but Sychronicity Echo does a very good job:

  http://www.synchronicity-systems.co.uk/echo/index

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  Wednesday, April 3, 2013 5:56 PM

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  You have two ways:

  1) Write your own migration code to migrate the data to the online environment
  2) Use an integration software like Scribe to migrate the data
  
  Microsoft currently offers assistance only with the opposite way (from online to onpremis)

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  • Proposed as answer by Guido PreiteMVP Wednesday, April 3, 2013 5:59 PM

  Wednesday, April 3, 2013 5:59 PM
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  Thanks, I found a download called the Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 Instance Adapter where you can move Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 data between on-premises to the cloud.  Is anyone familiar with this tool?  Can it be used to move all stored data from on prem to the cloud and then turned off?

  http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=35385

  Wednesday, April 3, 2013 6:29 PM
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  I've used the Instance Adaptor and whilst it's good for moving simple records like contacts/accounts - it does have limitations if you want to move all your data. It is also quite hard to setup since you need to provide mappings for all your attributes.

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  Wednesday, April 3, 2013 6:34 PM

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  Scott, can you provide insight of the limitations?

  Wednesday, April 3, 2013 6:45 PM
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  Hi,

  I doesn't sync N:N relationships or attachments/notes.

  It's also rather cumbersome to get working for lots of entities - here is a post I did a while back on the subject: 

  http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/crmdeployment/thread/84755872-cda6-4ea4-a362-c3ffdf85e5d6

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  • Marked as answer by Mitchell2012 Wednesday, April 3, 2013 7:13 PM

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