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Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2015 Application Design

By : Mahender Pal
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Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2015 Application Design

By: Mahender Pal

Overview of this book

<p>Businesses can have their developers build complete apps or plug-ins and interfaces to suit their business needs. With the application of MS CRM, administrators can alter the content, layout, and business logic for each business use case. Businesses can choose to run Dynamics CRM on their own internal server or to link to web-hosted installations. This book is an enhanced guide that covers all the new features released with Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2015. Coming straight off the shelf with a whole new frontier of updated business rules, process enhancements, SDK methods, and other enhancements, this book is a complete guide for all your Dynamics CRM questions.</p> <p>Starting off, this book will introduce you to the deployment options such as online and on-premise, and the software and hardware requirements as CRM customization. It will also teach you how to develop a sample application.</p> <p>Going deeper, this book teaches you about the new enhancements in Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2015 such as business process, new client-side scripting, mobile application, and actions enhancements. You will quickly get up and running with plugin development and project tracking concepts with the help of sample applications.</p> <p>The book concludes with how Microsoft Dynamics CRM extends its mobile capabilities and bring more feature-rich experience to the app users.</p>

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Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2015 Application Design
Mahender Pal
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Table of Contents (17 chapters)
Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2015 Application Design
Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2015 Application Design
Credits
Credits
About the Author
About the Author
About the Reviewers
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Preface
Free Chapter
1
Getting Started with Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2015
Getting Started with Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2015
Deployment options
Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2015 clients
Software and hardware requirements
Upgrade options
Licensing model for Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2015
The new features in Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2015
Summary
2
Customizing Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2015
Customizing Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2015
Training solution scope
Training solution design
Understanding the customization concept
Customizing Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2015
Setting up a training catalog
Understanding security
Testing customization
Summary
3
Client-side Logic with Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2015
Client-side Logic with Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2015
Understanding the client scripting object model
Understanding web resources
Accessing forms and controls using client-side code
Understanding client-side events
Using CRM web services in client-side code
Understanding business rules
Summary
4
Working with Processes
Working with Processes
Understanding processes
Building a library management solution
Understanding business process flow
Understanding workflows
Creating asynchronous workflows
Creating synchronous workflows
Understanding dialogs
Understanding actions
Business process flows versus workflows, dialogs, and actions
Testing library management
Summary
5
Working with CRM SDK
Working with CRM SDK
Understanding CRM extendibility architecture
An introduction to the Microsoft Dynamics CRM SDK
Knowing about CRM assemblies
Understanding CRM web services
Using client APIs for CRM connections
Working with organization web services
Working with discovery web service
Fetching data from the CRM database
Top five new features in 2015 Update 1 for developers
Integrating CRM with other systems
Summary
6
Extending Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2015
Extending Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2015
Introduction to plug-ins
Synchronous versus a synchronous plug-ins
Understanding plug-in event execution pipelines
Writing your first sample plug-in
Understanding plug-in registration
Understanding IPluginExecutionContext
Applying validation using plug-ins
Passing parameters to plug-ins
Troubleshooting plug-ins
Working with custom workflows
Understanding actions
Summary
7
Creating a Project Tracking Application
Creating a Project Tracking Application
Project tracking application design
Customizing CRM for the project tracking application
Using rollup fields for aggregation
Understanding activity feeds
Setting up teams
Preparing data visualization
Summary
8
Introduction to Mobile Client and Microsoft Dynamics Marketing
Introduction to Mobile Client and Microsoft Dynamics Marketing
Introduction to Microsoft Dynamics CRM mobility
Accessing CRM using mobiles
Accessing CRM on tablets
Entities available over mobiles
Customizing mobile clients
New enhancements for MOCA
Other mobile clients
Introduction to MDM
Setting up the Microsoft Dynamics Marketing trial
Integration with CRM
Summary
Data Model for Client Entities
Data Model for Client Entities
Data model for contact entities
Data model for proposal entities
Data model for training request entities
Data Model for Account Entities
Data Model for Account Entities
Data model for project entity
Data model for project tasks
Data model for issue entity
Data model for timesheet entity
Data model for user story entity
Index
Index

Data model for training request entities

We are using the following fields for the training request entity. Most of the fields are out-of-the-box only. We just need to create a field where the Custom column is True.

Logical Name

Display Name

Type

Custom Attribute

Additional data

emailaddress1

Email

String

False

Format: Email

Max length: 100

websiteurl

Website

String

False

Format: Url

Max length: 200

him_isstudymaterialrequired

Study Material Required

Boolean

True

True: Yes

False: No

Default Value: False

mobilephone

Mobile Phone

String

False

Format: Text

Max length: 20

numberofemployees

No. of Attendee

Integer

False

Minimum value: 0

Maximum value: 10,00,000

him_proposedend

Proposed End

DateTime

True

Format: DateOnly

companyname

Client Name

String

False

Format: Text

Max length: 100

createdon

Created On

DateTime

False

Format: DateAndTime

him_proposedtrainer

Proposed Trainer

Lookup

True

Targets:

contact

address1_composite

Training Address

Memo

False

Format: TextArea

Max length: 1000

evaluatefit

Evaluation Required

Boolean

False

True: No

False: Yes

Default Value: False

qualificationcomments

Specific Topics

Memo

False

Format: TextArea

Max length: 2000

description

More Details

Memo

False

Format: TextArea

Max length: 2000

modifiedby

Modified By

Lookup

False

Targets:

systemuser

him_proposedstart

Proposed Start

DateTime

True

Format: DateOnly

subject

Description

String

False

Format: Text

Max length: 300

industrycode

Industry

Picklist

False

Options:

1: Clienting

2: Agriculture and Non-petrol Natural Resource Extraction

3: Broadcasting Printing and Publishing

4: Brokers

5: Building Supply Retail

6: Business Services

7: Consulting

8: Consumer Services

9: Design, Direction, and Creative Management

10: Distributors, Dispatchers, and Processors

11: Doctors' Offices and Clinics

12: Durable Manufacturing

13: Eating and Drinking Places

14: Entertainment Retail

15: Equipment Rental and Leasing

16: Financial

17: Food and Tobacco Processing

18: Inbound Capital Intensive Processing

19: Inbound Repair and Services

20: Insurance

21: Legal Services

22: Non-Durable Merchandise Retail

23: Outbound Consumer Service

24: Petrochemical Extraction and Distribution

25: Service Retail

26: SIG Affiliations

27: Social Services

28: Special Outbound Trade Contractors

29: Specialty Realty

30: Transportation

31: Utility Creation and Distribution

32: Vehicle Retail

33: Wholesale

Default: 1

schedulefollowup_qualify

Evaluation Date

DateTime

False

Format: DateAndTime

jobtitle

Version

String

False

Format: Text

Max length: 10

transactioncurrencyid

Currency

Lookup

False

Targets:

transactioncurrency

him_technology

Technology

Picklist

True

Options:

1: .Net

2: ASP.Net

3: SQL Server

4: SharePoint

5: Microsoft Dynamics CRM

6: Microsoft Dynamics Ax

7: Microsoft Dynamics GP

8: Automated Testing

Default: 1

budgetamount

Budget Amount

Money

False

Minimum value: 0

Maximum value: 10,00,00,00,00,000

Precision: 2

createdby

Created By

Lookup

False

Targets:

systemuser

him_traininglevel

Training Level

Picklist

True

Options:

1: Level 1

2: Level 2

3: Level 3

Default: 1

telephone1

Business Phone

String

False

Format: Text

Max length: 50

fullname

Vendor

String

False

Format: Text

Max length: 160

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