Category: Tools

Useful tools for MS CRM users

CRM Distribute Workflow Activity

For Dynamics CRM 2011: http://crm2011distributewf.codeplex.com/

For Dynamics CRM 4.0: http://crm40distributewf.codeplex.com/

This plugin allows to execute a workflow for each entity that has a 1:N or N:N relationship to a given entity, meaning scenarios such as updating the child records based on a parent record update event.

Microsoft Dynamics CRM Developer Toolkit

http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/E2DevTkt

Visual Studio extensions for CRM developers:

* View All CRM Entities – Displays a listing of CRM entities that are dynamically available from the CRM Explorer within Visual Studio 2008
* Create and Update CRM Entities – Allows for creating new entities and updating existing entities from within the CRM Explorer experience
* Create a Wrapper Class – Provides the ability to auto-generate wrapper classes for entities, which exposes the CRM entities and their corresponding attributes as classes and properties respectively to enable development of code to interact with the entities
* Generate Plug-in Code – Enumerates the available Plug-ins for an entity and generates the code necessary to jumpstart the plug-in development process
* Integrate the Build and Deploy Process – Simplifies the process of building and deploying a CRM solution
* Deploy Across Multiple Servers – Assists in deployment and maintenance of Windows installer packages across multiple environments

Stunnware Tools for Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0

http://stunnware.com/?area=products&group=swtools4

Includes the following tools:

  • Metadata viewer
  • FetchXML wizard
  • Excel export
  • Trace file viewer
  • ISV Config and Sitemap editor
  • Code generator (in professional edition)
  • Help file generator (in professional edition)
  • Customization comparer (in professional edition)