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Quizlet for CRM 2011 Customization and Application Exam

Hi,

I happen to came across these two good resource for someone preparing for the customization and application exam of CRM 2011.

http://quizlet.com/13812439/crm-app-2011-flash-cards/

http://quizlet.com/13348922/crm-2011-customization-config-flash-cards/

Bye.

ExecuteMultipleRequest and RetrieveMetadataChangesRequest in CRM 2011

Hi,

Check out the following MSDN articles to know how to use these new messages added in SDK.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj863631.aspx

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj863599.aspx

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Sample code to connect Office 365 users to CRM 2011 online

Sharing a sample code that can be used to connect to CRM 2011 online with Office 365.

// Add refereneces to the following dll
 // microsoft.crm.sdk.proxy
 // microsoft.xrm.sdk
 // system.runtime.serialization
 // system.servicemodel

IServiceManagement&lt;IOrganizationService&gt; orgServiceManagement =
 ServiceConfigurationFactory.CreateManagement&lt;IOrganizationService&gt;(new Uri("https://democrm.api.crm5.dynamics.com/XRMServices/2011/Organization.svc"));

AuthenticationCredentials authCredentials = new AuthenticationCredentials();
authCredentials.ClientCredentials.UserName.UserName = _userName;
authCredentials.ClientCredentials.UserName.Password = _password;
AuthenticationCredentials tokenCredentials = orgServiceManagement.Authenticate(authCredentials);

OrganizationServiceProxy organizationProxy = new OrganizationServiceProxy(orgServiceManagement, tokenCredentials.SecurityTokenResponse);
Guid userid = ((WhoAmIResponse)organizationProxy.Execute(new WhoAmIRequest())).UserId;