Developer Extensions for Microsoft Dynamics CRM

Developer Extensions for Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 is a set of tools included in this SDK that simplifies and accelerates the development of applications that interact with Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 and Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online. It extends the functionality of the core Microsoft Dynamics CRM SDK specifically around the use of the OrganizationServiceContext class. Note that in Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0, this set of features was called Advanced Developer Extensions. Developer Extensions for Microsoft Dynamics CRM provide the following capabilities:

• Simplified connection to Microsoft Dynamics CRM servers provided by the CrmConnection class (Microsoft.Xrm.Client)
  
  
• Code Generation of strong types provided by customizations to the code generation tool (CrmSvcUtil.exe)
  
  
• App.config and Web.config configurability for enabling custom extensions provided by the CrmConfigurationManager class (Microsoft.Xrm.Client)
  
  
• Performance enhancements through caching of service results provided by the CachedOrganizationService class (Microsoft.Xrm.Client)
  
  

The Portal Developer’s Guide enables you to build a Web portal that is tightly integrated with Microsoft Dynamics CRM. For more information, see Portal Developer Guide for Microsoft Dynamics CRM. This guide provides the following capabilities:

• Security Management (Microsoft.Xrm.Portal)
  
  
• Cache Management (Microsoft.Xrm.Portal)
  
  
• Content Management (Microsoft.Xrm.Portal, Microsoft.Xrm.Portal.Files, WebSiteCopy.exe)
  
  

Developer Extensions for Microsoft Dynamics CRM supports deployment for Microsoft Dynamics CRM on-premises and Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online.

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