Custom Connector D365 CE Offer – ISV Connect Program

 Custom Connector D365 CE Offer – ISV Connect Program  

    Business Application ISV Overview 

     Build standalone business applications with the Power Platform to reduce costs and development time 

or Extend the functionality of a Dynamics 365 first-party business application

or Connect   existing web applications to first-party Dynamics 365 applications or the Power Platform. (cloud-based Dynamics 365 Marketing, Sales, Customer Service, Field Service, Commerce, Project Operations, or Dynamics 365 Finance and Operations.)

 Publishing a Customer Engagement offer type as a connector would require joining ISV Connect there are other options to publish connectors though, like the Connector marketplace

For example, Power App connector packaged and published as Customer Engagement offer type to AppSource is in the ISV Connect program

Power Automate connector published via the connector marketplace is not in ISV Connect

 While Azure Logic Apps, Microsoft Power Automate, and Microsoft Power Apps offer over 325+ connectors to connect to Microsoft and non-Microsoft services, you may want to communicate with services that aren't available as prebuilt connectors. Custom connectors address this scenario by allowing you to create (and even share) a connector with its own triggers and actions.

There are 350+ public (certified) connectors (80 for Power BI) that make it easy for application builders to connect to both Microsoft and 3rd party services, from Dynamics 365 to Dropbox. The connectors allow canvas apps and flows to easily use API (application programming interfaces) services without any developer knowledge. Custom connectors can also be configured to allow use of APIs that aren’t covered by the public connectors.

Connectors are essentially proxy wrappers around the application programming interfaces (APIs) provided by services that allow Power Automate, Power Apps and Logic Apps to easily interact with the service. Connectors can be either public or custom. There are currently over 350+ public connectors that can be used by all organizations. Examples of public connectors are Microsoft 365 (formerly Office 365), Common Data Service, Salesforce, SAP and more.

• Public (certified) connectors provide built-in, out-of-box connectivity to over 350 cloud services, files, databases, web APIs, etc.…
• For other services, easily build a custom connector using our platform to unlock those scenarios.
• Share and contribute to connectors in our open-source repository.

 Also note: Anything published by a non-Microsoft publisher that is a Customer Engagement / Power App or Finance and Operations offer would be auto enrolled in ISV Connect if it has passed certification within Partner Center its auto enrolled. Partner Center will lock ability to edit or publish CE or FO offers until the addendum is signed.

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 ISV Connect Program – Connect Documentation (incl Custom Connectors)  https://assetsprod.microsoft.com/en-us/isv-getting-started-connect.pdf

 Becoming a Microsoft partner First, it outlines the process to become a Microsoft partner, including registering for the Microsoft Partner Network (MPN) and Partner Center (PC). If you are already a Microsoft partner with PC access, you can skip this section.

Understanding connectors The second section provides an overview of connectors to help you understand what connectors are and how they work, including a look at the Power Platform to provide context and clarity around the structure and available tools.

How to connect The third section walks through how to create and use connectors using the Power Platform.

Publishing a connector The fourth section outlines the ways to publish a connector, whether sharing internally, through the connector store on the Microsoft Flow website, or through an app integration on AppSource. Resources Lastly, we’ve included links to additional resources to help you find answers to questions and provide additional guidance for when you’re ready to move beyond the basics.

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Microsoft Power Platform enables users and organizations to analyze, act, and automate on the data to digitally transform their businesses. Microsoft Power Platform today comprises four products: Power BI, Power Apps, Power Automate, and Power Virtual Agents. It also has two add-ons: AI Builder and Power Apps portals.

 Release Wave 1 - overview

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-platform-release-plan/2021wave1/#2021-release-wave-1-overview 

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• Building a custom connector.
  • Create a custom connector from scratch | Microsoft Docs 

• Test Custom Connector.
  • Please refer this link. Create a custom connector from scratch | Microsoft Docs. 

• Publish a custom connector. (optional Step) for Publishing a Customer Engagement offer type as a connector
  • You can refer this link. https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/connectors/custom-connectors/submit-certification 

• Publish to AppSource
  • Publish your app on AppSource (Microsoft Dataverse) - Power Apps | Microsoft Docs
  • Publish your Custom Connector on Microsoft AppSource so that app subscribers can find it, try it, and buy it. The apps you build and publish with Power Apps are discovered and used in Dynamics 365 on the web. More information: Discover apps via AppSource.

 Create a Custom connector inside unmanaged solution and then “Create a managed solution package” 

Create custom connectors in solutions (Preview) | Microsoft Docs

Solutions in Power Apps - Power Apps | Microsoft Docs

 Create a new offer

This link will help partners to publish a customer engagement offer from partner center. Create a Dynamics 365 for Customer Engagement & PowerApps offer in the Microsoft commercial marketplace | Microsoft Docs

Useful links/Assets

• Power Automate licensing information https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-platform/admin/powerapps-flow-licensing-faq
• Custom Connector in Solutions : Create custom connectors in solutions (Preview) | Microsoft Docs
•  Custom connectors: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/connectors/custom-connectorsThere are a few ways to create a custom connector.  Here are some:
• From scratch (blank): https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/connectors/custom-connectors/define-blank
• From an OpenAPI (swagger) 2.0 definition: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/connectors/custom-connectors/define-openapi-definition
• A few samples are available in our GitHub repo: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/connectors/custom-connectors/samples
• You can watch our recent //build session on connectors as well: https://mybuild.techcommunity.microsoft.com/sessions/77092
• Once they have a custom connector, they can certify their connector so that it is available OOB on the platform: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/connectors/custom-connectors/submit-certification 
• You can watch our recent //build session on connectors as well: https://mybuild.techcommunity.microsoft.com/sessions/77092
• Once they have a custom connector, they can certify their connector so that it is available OOB on the platform: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/connectors/custom-connectors/submit-certification
• Custom connectors FAQ : https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/connectors/custom-connectors/faq
• All about Connectors documentation https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/connectors/
•  Business Application ISV Overview Build Extend Connect   

Screen shots:

Custom Connector  - AppSource Offer and then downloaded to instance and test it . also easy to upgrade.

AppSource Listing for Custom Connector - Screen shots