Custom page on the CRM portal in ASP .NET ?

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Our company is using the Dynamics 365 online portal. The CRM portal allows extensions, i.e. I can create custom pages like this and then provide their HTML & JavaScript code:

But this is not enough for us. We need to extend the CRM portal to create a custom page with backend code and front-end code. I would prefer this page to use ASP .NET for the backend, with C# logic and preferably MVC for the front-end. And I would like to include such a page on the portal and then have an option in the top menu to open it. It will then load custom data from various resources based on user identity.

I cannot find a way to do this. I have been reading through the documentation included (https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn531143.aspx#BKMK_TypesOfForms) but it touches only on simple customization scenarios, including some templated codes, and JavaScript. Front-end JavaScript is not enough for us (because of security reasons and because we need a more advanced logic that I would prefer to code in C#).

Can anybody direct me on how to achieve my goals?

If this cannot be done with ASP .NET and C#, then basically any other popular programming language that would allow me to create a view with a backend would be great.

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Hi Michal,

CRM Portal wont allow you to host a ASP.NET or any server side scripting.

If that is the requirement then you need to build a custom website and host it on Azure or elsewhere - Portal wont fit your needs.

Thanks,

Prateek

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ashlega 34,477 on at

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Best you can do is create a plugin that will prepare some kind of json data that you will, then, utilize in Javascript. That's not a replacement of the custom ASP.NET page by any means, of course, but might get you a bit closer to what you need.

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Hi Michal,

You can write the application, but it needs to be published somewhere. When you use on premise version you have a server where CRM is installed, and you can configure your application on IIS. But with CRM online there is no such access.

I would suggest to write an application, place it/publish somewhere on the hosting, and connect the link for that application with to a button in the CRM.

Hope this helps.

Vlad

dynamicalabs.com

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