I found a handy site today that lists version numbers for Microsoft SQL Server and what is installed to obtain a specific version:
http://www.sqlsecurity.com/FAQs/SQLServerVersionDatabase/tabid/63/Default.aspx

I ran into an interesting issue yesterday at one of my customers.  They have two CRM servers and a forwarding mailbox for each server.  The setup looks like this:
 

 
We had an issue with the second CRM server, which just went into production, where inbound mail wasn't being sent to CRM.  Looking at the forwarding [...]

This week, at Convergence 2008, I attended several sessions on performance and optimization.  I thought it would be a good idea to summarize the performance and optimization tools and documentation released by Microsoft for both 3.0 and 4.0.  If I missed anything, please let me know.

 
CRM 4.0
Optimizing and Maintaining Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0
This white paper [...]

Occasionally, I encounter a customer who has absolutely no need to track Leads. They start the relationship using Accounts and Contacts.  In order to maintain a clean user experience, we usually just remove all rights to the Lead Entity so that it will be removed from the CRM user interface.
In CRM 3.0, this practice works [...]

If so, let's meet up.  Drop me an email.
mitch at crmaccelerators dot net

Here is a list of CRM articles published in January.  You'll need CustomerSource/Partnersource access to connect to the links.
 
Knowledge Base ID Product and Version Module/Topic Date Published Description
January 2008 Hotfix Articles
940761 Dynamics CRM 3.0 Activity [...]

I have an article on the CRM Team Blog describing how to automate the sending of a welcome email to new CRM users using CRM 4.0 workflow.

[via Vollmer]
Michael Lu has a really cool video showing how to configure the CRM 4.0 email router to use a POP3 account.

I was reading my weekly Sales Caffeine e-newsletter today when I saw an image that looked remarkably like that of the CRM logo - mostly because it was.
For you folks in Canada, Super Sales Consultant Jeffrey Gitomer will be the keynote speaker at the CRM 4.0 launch event.  If you're in the Toronto area, I'd [...]

The Filtered Lookup for Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 is the successor of the Custom Lookup Dialog for Microsoft Dynamics CRM 3.0. Initially being a workaround to filter lookup results, it grew to a tool set with a lot more functions than initially thought. As of January 2008, the current version of the Custom Lookup Dialog [...]