Enable Trace on Dynamcis 365 on premise using PowerShell

Enable trace settings through Windows PowerShell

Note These changes made in Windows PowerShell do not update the Registry. These changes update the DeploymentProperties and ServerSettingsProperties tables in the MSCRM_CONFIG database.

Register the cmdlets

1.     Log in to the administrator account on your Microsoft Dynamics CRM server.

2.     In a Windows PowerShell window, type the following command:

Add-PSSnapin Microsoft.Crm.PowerShell

To obtain a list of the current settings, type the following command:

Get-CrmSetting TraceSettings

Set the trace settings

1.     Type the following command:

$setting = Get-CrmSetting TraceSettings

2.     Type the following command to enable tracing:

$setting.Enabled=$True

3.     Type the following command to set the trace settings:

Set-CrmSetting $setting

4.     Type the following command to get a current list of the trace settings:

Get-CrmSetting TraceSettings

To disable tracing through Windows PowerShell, follow these same steps, except use the following command in step 2:

$setting.Enabled=$False

Note The format of the example commands for each value should be as follows:

$setting.Enabled=$EnabledValue ($True or $False)

$setting.CallStack=$StackValue ($True or $False)

$setting.Categories="*:Verbose"

$setting.Directory="C:\Program Files\Microsoft Dynamics CRM\Trace"

$setting.FileSize=10

Registry entry locations

The Microsoft CRM server tracing registry entries are located in the following registry subkey:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\MSCRM

The Microsoft CRM client for Outlook tracing registry entries are located in the following registry subkey:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\MSCRMClient

The Microsoft Dynamics CRM SSRS Data Connector tracing registry entries are located in the following registry subkey:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\MSCRMBidsExtensions

The Microsoft CRM Data Migration Manager tracing registry entries are located in the following registry subkey:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\DATA MIGRATION WIZARD

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