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Microsoft Dynamics CRM For .Net Developers

Now we introduce dot net developers with Microsoft Dynamics CRM for their .net development. They can use the technology for storing data of application, paralleling it to basic concepts etc.

Author: Dharmesh Talaviya
Date: Jan 4, 2012 - 5:45:27 AM

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.Net developers and application architects will find this article useful considering XRM. Developers are used to designing applications using SQL server and modelling their applications with the use of relational database techniques. Now we introduce dot net developers with Microsoft Dynamics CRM for their .net development. They can use the technology for storing data of application, paralleling it to basic concepts etc.

Introduction to XRM

You may find many definitions for XRM. Let’s see what it stands for, X for extended, R for relationship and M for management thus it means extended relationship management. In the other way it can be defined as X standing for ‘variable’ and rest the same. Variable means for anything. These definitions refer to building of any application on top of Microsoft CRM Solutions or also you can design new apps which are not based on sales, services or marketing capabilities. The common meaning of all this is that you will use CRM development platform for leveraging its capabilities and deliver high business value to your users. As the demand of offshore CRM development is increasing, this article will prove beneficial to .Net developers who want to use CRM development for .Net development.

Why use XRM?

For .net development if you need to develop applications with CRM instead of SQL the most obvious advantage you will get from Microsoft Dynamic CRM is the number of in-the-box entities and applications that are instantly usable. Even if you do not want to use the applications for XRM application design then there are number of other features that Microsoft Dynamics CRM can offer you for custom XRM application.

Please see below features included in Microsoft Dynamics CRM:

• Security: Microsoft Dynamics CRM offers strong security and gives the developers with concept of ownership and sharing of records, roles, business units and permission model. The permission model includes concept of scope.

• Workflow: It has workflow model with end-user interface allowing business users to manage their workflows on any entity. Custom actions, conditions, branching, sending emails or creating additional records is included in this workflow model.Any individual user can implement these workflows while enabling them to automate their personal workflows also. Additionally it also allows them to set it to run across their company and implement particular business logic or behaviour. Developers can extend the workflow engine.

• Reporting: For reporting Microsoft CRM uses Excel and reporting services. A reporting wizard is included which enables creation of useful reports on data stored. These reports are static and have drill down capabilities and can be shared with other also.

• User Interface: While customizing Microsoft Dynamics CRM with your own custom entities the CRM allows you to automatically generate a GUI for your user so that you can interact with the data.

• Office Integration: It has user interface into Microsoft Office Outlook with the help of which users can interact directly within Outlook. Also the offline client can allow users to disconnect and still interact with the data while on the way.

• Data Modelling: It allows creating custom entities with attributes, forms and views, relationships and other entities. Additionally also custom entities can have activities and notes if desired. So users can collaborate with the help of activities.

• Web Services: There are number of web services in Microsoft CRM which can be used to interact with the CRM platform. These services allow open extensibility and can be used across any platform with the use of any language supporting web standards. Also third party tools can be used for implementing modern data services that requires very little coding like ADO.NET and .NET RIA. All this allows Dynamics CRM data to be easily consumable in XRM web applications with the use of AJAX or Silverlight Development.

For More Information:- Microsoft CRM Solutions | .Net Developers

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