When I’ve got the tip email from Kevin Ingrey, my first reaction was “Groan… Not the portal cache again!” Didn’t we beat the cache refresh for the portal to a pulp in Tip 740 and Tip 784? Looks like we did but obviously not to death. Latest news in the portal science: append /_service/about to […]
Portal, change notification and reset button walk into a bar… We did discuss portal refresh previously and the topic seems to have been closed. But some users have reported that, despite all of the correct settings, portal cache refresh just was not working as advertised and the only solution to make the changes visible was […]
Not so long ago we tipped about flushing your portal cache. The main advice is still valid: Do not use cache invalidation handle This method no longer works in online portals, and is now obsolete. Turning your portal off and then back on still works but it’s like using a flamethrower to kill a mosquito. […]
If you are still trying to refresh your portal metadata using cache invalidation handle https://nottherealportal.microsoftcrmportals.com/Cache.axd?Message=InvalidateAll, stop it. The caching invalidation mechanism significantly changed and the legacy methods are no longer appropriate or supported. Instead, remember the advice you gave your auntie when her computer was slow? That’s right, turn it off and then back on. […]
“I made an update to a form script in Dynamics CRM, but I don’t think it worked–it still acts the way it used to before I made the change. What’s happening?” What most likely is happening is that your browser is caching the old form script. When you update CRM customization, if you change a […]
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