Here's a quick recap about what we've learned about solutions.
A solution is a package of customized components that can be imported into a Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 system. Each solution has a name, version number, and publisher who owns the solution. Solutions are used for promoting customizations from one organization to another, or installing customizations provided by a software vendor.
A solution must have a publisher. This is the person, department, or company that develops and publishes the solution. The publisher defines the prefix used for custom entities and fields, and the option value prefix.
A default solution is installed with every CRM 2011 organization. It contains all the system entities.
We can create new solutions. When we create a new solution, it is unmanaged and does not have any solution components. We can either create new solution components or add components from other solutions.
An unmanaged solution's components are just references that point to components...