KB Article 946594 describes where the various version information is stored for CRM Dynamics related components, how and when the values are updated and what they mean. This is a great article for finding and understanding the version information used in Dynamics deployments.
I found this information useful when working through some issues associated with setting up a test server environment. I received the error message, "The organization database selected for import is a different version than the organization database that is currently deployed." I was able to identify the difference between the Production and Test environment using this information.
Below is the table for quick reference. Please see the Post for additional details.
| Component | Name of the file or of the registry subkey | Type | Location |
| Microsoft Dynamics CRM database | Database Version | Registry key | HKLMSoftwareMicrosoftMSCRM |
| MSCRM_Config database | BuildVersion | Microsoft SQL Server database column | MSCRM_Config database, ConfigurationMetadata table |
| Organization_Name_MSCRM database | BuildVersion | SQL Server database column | Organization_Name_MSCRM database, BuildVersion table |
| Server | Version | SQL Server database column | MSCRM_Config database, Server table |
| Server | CRM_Server_Version | Registry key | HKLMSoftwareMicrosoftMSCRM |
| Server file | CrmVerServer.dll | File | C:Program FilesMicrosoft Dynamics CRMServerBin |
| Client | CRM_Client_Version | Registry key | HKLMSoftwareMicrosoftMSCRMClient |
| Client file | CrmVerClient.dll | File | C:Program FilesMicrosoft Dynamics CRM offlineClientBin |
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