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Configure Dynamics 365 and Azure Service Bus Integration (using OneWay relay and listener)

Continuing our previous post

https://nishantrana.me/2017/03/22/configure-dynamics-365-and-azure-service-bus-integration-through-queue-and-queueclient/

Here we’d add a new Shared Access Policy in the Azure Service Bus.

We can copy the connection string

Paste it in Service Endpoint registration dialog box of Plugin Registration tool

Change the designation type to OneWay, use https for the namespace address.

Now we go and create a lead record, which triggers our plugin and creates a system job for it.

The system job fails as we do not have any active listener at the end point.

Now let us create a simple windows application which will act as listener.

Basically, we need to implement IServiceEndPointPlugin Interface, create a Service Host, define a new transportclientendpointbehaviour with shared access signature token provider, use WS2007HttpRelayBinding in our service end point.

Now run the listener application, and create a lead record in CRM.

We can see the break point hit in our listener application’ Execute method. Execute method is invoked whenever a message is posted to the service bus by Microsoft Dynamics 365.

System Job also shows the status as succeeded as we had our listener registered to the endpoint and running.

The helpful post

http://www.crmviking.com/2016/10/microsoft-crm-azure-service-bus-part-3.html

https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/swetagu/2016/04/12/crm-azure-service-endpoint-and-listener-deep-dive/

http://iunknownme.com/blog/2015/05/27/dynamics-crm-integration-using-azure-service-bus-part-i-using-service-bus-relays/

Hope it helps.

Configure Dynamics 365 and Azure Service Bus Integration (through Queue and QueueClient)

Let us configure Dynamics 365 and Azure Service Bus integration.

Here we would implement a basic scenario, every time a lead is created in CRM we’d pass this execution context information to the queue. The app then reads and shows the information.

As a first step, we need to register a service end point through plugin registration tool.

Here we need to provide the connection string

So, let us create SAS configured Azure service bus namespace and a queue in it.

Go to portal

https://portal.azure.com

Search for Service Bus, provide the required details and click on Create.

Next, we’d create a queue. Inside Service Bus go to Queues and click on plus button create a Queue

Next inside the queue we need to go to Shared Access Policy settings and click on Add button to add a new SAS Key

Next click on connection strings, followed by Add button to add a new SAS Key.

This creates the key. Now copy the connection string.

Paste the connection string in the Plugin Registration tool

It will auto populate all the details. Now click on Save.

This adds a new service end point

Now register a new step – Entity – Lead and Message – Create.

Now to trigger it let us create a lead record in CRM.

A corresponding System Job will have the status.

Back in our queue we can see 1 new message added to it.

To read the message, let us create a simple windows application.

Install the WindowsAzure.ServiceBus package.

The source code for the queue. Here the connection string will be the same which we had specified in the plugin registration tool. The message body is of type RemoteExecutionContext.

The output.

Hope it helps..

Dynamics CRM, Web Job and Azure scheduler

Let us built upon our previous example where we created a Hello World console application, hosted it as web job in Azure App Service and then scheduled it using Azure Scheduler.

Scheduling a Web Job (console application) using Azure Scheduler

Here we will basically update the code in Console Application to use CRM’s assemblies.

Just for simplicity we’d create a lead record in our app and then schedule it to run every 2 minute for total of 5 occurrences.

In real world, obviously, we’d have different scenarios like checking for the status of records and send mail every 24 hour or so, or delete records periodically etc.

We have added the required CRM assemblies

The code to create lead record.

Publishing the updated code.

Running it.

Checking the logs.

Inside CRM it creates the lead record

Now let us re visit our Azure Job Scheduler, update the schedule to run 5 times with interval of 2 minutes.

Click on Run now to run the Job.

We can check the history of the Scheduler Job once it completes –

Logs of the Web Job –

5 Records created in CRM with interval of 2 minutes.

Hope it helps..

Scheduling a Web Job (console application) using Azure Scheduler

Refer this as well https://nishantrana.me/2018/02/22/update-schedule-of-existing-azure-webjobs-triggered/

Let us a create a simple console application that writes Hello World to the console which we would be scheduling using Azure Scheduler.

Have kept the example simple so that we can understand the configuration part.

Right click on the project and Publish it as Azure WebJob

We will set the mode as “Run On Demand”

For the pubish target we have selected Microsoft Azure App Service web app under which this Web Job will run.

Select the App Service or configure a new one, we have selected the existing App Service below

Click on Validate to check the connection, if everything is fine Click Next and Publish the web role.

Our TriggeredWebJob inside CRMAzureWebJob App Service –

We can run it on Demand by clicking on Run.

Clicking on Logs

Will provide the details of the Web Jobs

Now to schedule the Web Job we need to create a Scheduler Job, for this go to Scheduler Job Collections and click on Add

Create a new Job inside Job Collection and provide the required details like Name, Pricing Tier, Resource Group etc.

Next step is to configure the Action settings, wherein we will trigger our Web Job.

For this we need to define Action as Https, Method as Post and the URL

Format of the URL should be like –

https://{userName}:{password}@{WebAppName}.scm.azurewebsites.net/api/triggeredwebjobs/{WebJobName}/run

To get the above details open the Web Job properties

Replace the appropriate values

https://$CRMAzureWebJob:hyNboz8Skys3yrQ2MkpYnseXr7Kborq82JhEX09B32ExtjiYkxxgwejqsH@crmazurewebjob.scm.azurewebsites.net/api/triggeredwebjobs/TriggeredWebJob/run

Last step is to schedule it

Here we have selected it to run immediately, every 2 minutes for total of 10 occurrences.

Finally click on Create which will create the job

We can monitor our Job

Going back to our Web Job Logs we can see it ran 3 times with interval of 2 minutes till that point

The other option to schedule a Web Job without using Azure Scheduler is to use the Cron Job but this requires minimum Basic tier subscription. Basically, the Web App must be configured for “Always On”, which requires a Basic or Standard plan.

http://patrickdesjardins.com/blog/azure-webjobs-using-cronjobs

http://blog.amitapple.com/post/2015/06/scheduling-azure-webjobs/#.WNCQKDt9600

And in Free tier

https://www.schaeflein.net/azure-webjobs-free-tier/

Hope it helps..