Dynamics CRM 4.0 Developers Toolbox

 

Note that this was written for CRM 4.0. Please see the CRM 2011 specific list over here!

I am all the time asked about what tools a Dynamics CRM developer should have in their toolbox. While this is sometimes a matter of personal preference, below is a list of tools that I would consider mandatory to be a highly successful Dynamics CRM dev.

 

CRM Dev’s toolkit items

-          The full CRM SDK

o   http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=82e632a7-faf9-41e0-8ec1-a2662aae9dfb

o   This is more than just the .chm doc! It is full of examples, samples, addons, etc….

o   Including a new, cool, linq provider

-          The Plugin Registration tool 2.2 (far superior than the one in the sdk)

o   http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/crmplugin/Release/ProjectReleases.aspx?ReleaseId=2010

-          Fiddler

o   http://www.fiddler2.com/Fiddler2/version.asp

-          FetchXmlBuilder

o   http://jamesdowney.net/blog/page/Request-FetchXML-Builder-Key.aspx

-          CRM Developer Toolkit

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

-          OrbitOne Bulk edit tool

o   http://www.orbitone.com/en/blog/archive/2009/02/27/crm-4-0-tool-bulk-update-export-to-csv.aspx

 

Microsoft's All-in-one-do-everything VM is located here:

https://mbs.microsoft.com/partnersource/deployment/methodology/vpc/MSD_CRM4VPCApril09

 

 

Production/Deployment Toolbox

 

ScaleGroupJobEditor

http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/ScaleGroupJobEditor/Release/ProjectReleases.aspx?ReleaseId=3251

 

CRM Tracing Enablement

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/907490

 

CRM Trace Log Viewer

http://www.stunnware.com/crm2/topic.aspx?id=TraceLogViewer

 

AsyncOperations Cleanup

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/968520

 

 

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