This is GREAT!-Developer Ramp up Kit for Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0

by Bill Owens 17. July 2008 18:19

Microsoft Corporation

July 2008

Applies To

Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0

Summary

This kit is for .NET based developers who want to ramp up and build on top of the Microsoft Dynamics CRM platform. Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 uses familiar components such as Web Service endpoints, Windows Workflow Foundation, SSRS reporting, and more; making it a general purpose platform for any line-of-business applications. Developers can use their existing .NET skills to take advantage of various features of the Microsoft Dynamics CRM platform. This kit drills into the details of such development and explains how developers can connect, extend, and embed with the Microsoft Dynamics CRM platform. It includes presentations, hands-on labs, and a VPC environment for practicing. This content was delivered earlier as part of the Metro Early Adopter initiative and the video recordings of the ramp-up presentations are included as well.

Familiarity with the .NET Framework, Microsoft Visual C#, Jscript, Microsoft SQL Server and general Web development is recommended.

Contents

Presentation Description Video
Module 1: Introduction to Developing With Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 Introduces the concepts for developing with Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0. Module 1 Video
Module 2: Entity Relationships Describes the new relationship types that can be created by using this version. Module 2 Video
Module 3: Accessing the Service using Web Services Covers the Web services, different authentication methods for each kind of installation, multi-tenancy, and Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online. Module 3 Video
Module 4: Web Application and Client Extensibility Explains how to integrate custom pages into the user interface, SiteMap customization, IFRAMEs, and Jscript. Module 4 Video
Module 5: Plug-ins Describes how to extend the product functionality with custom code that is triggered either before or after an event. Module 5 Video
Module 6: Workflow Explains the new workflow features both in the Web application and the extension mechanisms provided in the SDK. Module 6 Video
Module 7: Working Offline Covers aspects of the SDK that can work in a disconnect environment. Module 7 Video
Module 8: Reporting Describes the new reporting features. Module 8 Video
Module 9: Analytics and Business Intelligence Covers filtered views, dashboards, and more. Module 9 Video
Module 10: Metadata Access Explains how to use the new write APIs for making changes to the metadata. Module 10 Video
Module 11: Deployment and System Management Covers e-mail setup and the new deployment features. Module 11Video
Module 12: Extension and Manageability Describes new performance counters, MOM, and ISV certification. Module 12 Video
VPC Image Contains a differencing disk from the public CRM 4.0 VPC that is used for trainees to work on the on-premise hands-on labs. N/A
Labs for On-Premise Contains twelve labs that work with Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0. N/A
Labs for Online Contains nine labs that work with Microsoft Dynamics 4.0 Online. N/A
Labs for Partner Hosted Contains nine labs that work with Microsoft Dynamics 4.0 that is partner-hosted (Internet-facing Deployment). N/A

Additional Information

Download the Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 Software Development Kit (SDK) from the MSDN Developer Center.

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About the author

I work for a consulting firm in Dublin Ohio called Affiliated Resource Group. For the last five years I have been spearheading our Microsoft Dynamics CRM practice. I have a deep appreciation for the Microsoft CRM platform and I am very excited about it. You might even describe me as a Microsoft CRM Advocate. I have many battle scars from my experience with the product and I’m constantly being asked questions about CRM and how-to-do something in it. Hence, this BLOG is to help disseminate that knowledge and information to everyone. As of last year I was posting links to many other blogs to help spread the knowledge, but now with the community.dynamics.com doing that for me, I will be following that practice unless a really juicy article catches my eye. Many people have asked where my post are for the first half of 2010, my company had me posting to another blog and maintain two was near impossible. I am now down to just this blog. So good luck and I hope that this blog may help in some way. If you have suggestions or questions, please email me them.

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