I come from a Salesforce background and to develop very custom applications we use force.com or platform. I understand the equivalent for MS Dynamics is XRM. My question is where can we find information about licence costs as well as what's available in XRM when compared to CRM.
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As I mentioned, the SDK is being available as an a-la-carte mode, where you can download the individual components that you need, but not as a packaged product. All of the different components will still be available, but it will not be called the Microsoft Dynamics SDK anymore, just the different parts of it, available as either nuget packages or online documentation and samples.
Hi,
MS is not deprecating SDK, they are only changing the way it was available for download/ use. Previously, SDK was available as a complete set to download directly from the MS Download center whereas with the new release, it will be available through NuGet feeds.
Refer the following blog for details-
http://himbap.com/blog/?p=2845
community.dynamics.com/.../finally-i-have-pluginregistration-utility-for-v9
Hope this helps.
PowerApps is a tool to build Apps that could surface the information from multiple different sources (Dynamics 365 is just one of the available data source). Treat it as the front-end builder with formula-based syntax, this to help the business to build internal apps.
Meanwhile XRM solutions lives within Dynamics 365 itself, this could be surfaced to Powerapps.
And the automation part for PowerApps will be using Flow, where XRM/Dynamics 365 has its own toolset (plugins, workflow, business rules) to automate things.
I don't have definitive guide on which to use when, it's come down to the solution design itself.
AFAIK, the SDK is not being deprecated. The current version of SDK is currently connecting to the older SOAP API (which is deprecated and is being superseded by the REST API). AFAIK, the future SDK will be updated to refer the REST API when the SOAP API is completely removed.
Thanks Andre,
Great explanation. MS recently released Powerapps as a platform to develop custom apps . Although I understand the two platforms(XRm and Powerapps) are different from each other and their intended use cases but technically a lot of apps that we may develop of Powerapps could be done on XRM and vice versa. Is there some kind of guide which helps understand when to use which technology?
Thanks Aric,
Any reason why the SDK is being deprecated? Is MS Suggesting an alternative way/technology in lieu?
Welcome to the Dynamics 365 development. I also had some background of SFDC development.
XRM is technically a concept where you could extend the CRM platform to meet the needs, it includes custom entities creation (objects in SFDC term) as well as custom coding.
Based on my understanding of these 2 platforms: a quick mapping of SFDC toolsets and terminologies to the Dynamics 365 world:
- Trigger = Plugins
- Visual Force = HTML + javascript + CSS web resources
- Apex = C# + SDK
- Workflow - this is pretty much equivalent
- force.com IDE = Visual Studio
Dynamics 365 has more flexibility when compared to SFDC, where you will not find any API limit for all edition. Where in SFDC you need to go for Performance/Unlimited edition to get this luxury. Licensing information you can read and download from this link: download.microsoft.com/.../Dynamics_365_Enterprise_edition_Licensing_Guide.pdf
A good place to start development: docs.microsoft.com/.../developer-guide
Hope you might got understood clearly about mscrm from our brother Aric . The following links might be helpful for you.
For development:
docs.microsoft.com/.../dynamics365;panel=integrate
Licence Details:
Hi,
Xrm is not a platform, but the namespace that is used as to develop application and solutions (such as the Microsoft.Xrm.Sdk).
There is no cost for the SDK. It is a downloadable application with resource to assist in the development of CRM Plugins, Apps, solutions, etc...
You can download the SDK directly from the Microsoft web site.
Saying that, the SDK is being deprecated from the Dynamics 365 July 2017 update, but the content of the SDK will still be available as a-la-carte, and all documentation available online.
The SDK though would be a good starting point for you. On the root folder o the SDK, you will find a chm (help file), that contains all the help to resources that you need.
You will also need to have a subscription to Dynamics 365. Microsoft provides 30 day trials to their environments. You should be able to request a new subscription after your 30 days if you need more time, or just buy a basic subscription.
Just create an Office 365 account, and add a Dynamics 365 subscription to it.
You will also probably need Visual Studio to start developing for CRM. There are different versions of Visual Studio, but the community edition is free.
After that, you can see about certifications, and partnership opportunities.
Let me know if you have any more questions...
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