Create, Edit and Publish CRM 2011 Web Resources

No more copying and pasting javascript from an editor, or even trying to modify the script from within the CRM jscript web page. With Visual Studio's intellisense and syntax highlighting you'll be coding javascript files accurately and efficiently in no time. You can even minify your scripts when they are published to CRM giving your CRM pages the quickest load time possible.

CRM Solution Manager allows you to create, edit and publish the following Microsoft Dynamics® CRM 2011 web resources from within Visual Studio® 2010 or Visual Studio® 2012.

Create, Build and Deploy custom Plugins and Workflows

Creating, building and deploying custom plugins and workflows is as easy as pushing a button. CRM Solution Manager provides the following features for custom plugins and workflows:

• Build and publish with the click of a button.

• Automatically merge referenced assemblies using ILMerge and then publish the merged assembly to the CRM database.

• Register multiple steps and images at once.

• Ability to bulk enable or disable steps.

• Ability to bulk delete images, steps, plugins and assemblies.

• Custom Workflow and Plugins Project template in both C# and VB.Net.

To learn more about custom plugins and workflows click here.

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JavaScript intellisense for CRM 2011 JavaScript web resources

Coding JavaScript web resources is now easier than ever with Visual Studio intellisense. Simply drag and drop the auto created intellisense file onto the web resource and you now get intellisense for your CRM 2011 JavaScript web resources.

These intellisense files are custom for each CRM entity form and are automatically created and updated by CRM Solution Manager. If you change the form and add an attribute - NO Problem! Simply re-download the file with the click of a button and you now have an updated intellisense file.

In fact - if you forget that the form has changed, CRM Solution Manager automatically checks and will prompt you to download the most recent version when you open up your solution.

To learn more about using JavaScript intellisense click here.

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Generate smart Proxy Classes

Working with proxy classes greatly simplifies any programming task. Until now, the only way to generate those classes was to use the crmsvcutil in the CRM 2011 SDK. While these classes were a good starting point, they are heavy and you can not use them with ILMerge when deploying plugins.

CRM Solution Manager now provides the ability to generate lightweight, smart, proxy classes that give you the intellisense you want without the overhead of using crmsvcutil. These classes include the ability to track changes made to each object. In this manner you are able to update only those properties that have actually changed instead of pushing the entire object to CRM. This helps remove clutter from the audit logs that track everything that is pushed on an update instead of just logging those values that have actually changed.

Since these classes do not rely on any other assemblies you are able to easily deploy them in plugins and workflows, even if you need to merge the assemblies using ILMerge. To learn more about generating proxy classes see our documentation here.

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Edit and publish your CRM 2011 Sitemap

CRM Solution Manager allows you to edit the sitemap with the most comprehensive and easy to use sitemap editor that is integrated directly into Visual Studio. No more tweaking with XML in a text editor. Simply open up your sitemap in Visual Studio and make your modifications with a GUI that looks just like CRM. You can modify the sitemap with the ease of drag and drop capabilities. Changing an icon is as simple as selecting one from a picklist. For more details click here.

We also offer a FREE stand-alone version of the editor that you can download here.

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Edit Entity Permissions

Need to modify permissions for a particular entity? Using the CRM interface you have to open up each role, navigate to the particular tab, scroll to the particular entity, modify the required permissions, save the changes, and then repeat for each role in the system. This can be tedious and time consuming.

CRM Solution Manager provides the ability to modify role permissions on a per-entity basis. Simply open the dialog and choose which entity to modify. You can now edit all the permissions for each of the roles in the system, including all business units.

For more details click here.

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Create, Edit and Publish SSRS Reports

CRM Solution Manager allows you to create, edit and publish SSRS reports directly from Visual Studio® 2010. No more editing in Visual Studio, switching to CRM, opening up the report for editing, browsing for the .rdl file, and saving the report entity. Publishing your modified report file from Visual Studio is as easy as the click of a single button.

*Must have SQL Server® 2012 with SQL Server Data Tools installed (part of the 'SQL Server with Advanced Services download'). Does NOT support BIDS with Visual Studio® 2008. Because Microsoft® has not yet released the ‘Report Authoring Extension for Microsoft Dynamics® CRM 2011’ that is compatible with the new BIDS in SQL Server® 2012 you can only create, edit and publish SSRS reports for on-premise or partner hosted solutions.

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Chart XML files

CRM Solution Manager allows you to download, modify, and publish your Chart XML files. This makes it easy to modify your CRM charts allowing you to create multiple chart series or convert your 2D chart into a 3D chart. The same features such as 1-click publishing and auto-backup are available for chart xml files as well.

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Library Support

CRM Solution Manager was made with the purpose of being able to re-use code and to create libraries that can be depolyed to any solution. No more copying and pasting code. Update 1 file in one location and re-deploy it to any of the solutions using it.

If you have both a development and production envirionment, or have multiple clients that use the same code, CRM Solution Manager allows you to link multiple CRM organizations to a single Visual Studio solution or project.

Switching between the different organizations is as easy as clicking a button.

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Revert to a previously published version.

Have you ever wanted to recover an old report, or can't remember what changed from one version of a file to another? Have you ever created a bug with your newly published jscript file?

CRM Solution Manager automatically creates a backup every time you publish a file to CRM so you can revert back to any previously published version at any time with the press of a single button. To learn more click here.

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Compatible with Visual Studio® Team Foundation Server

Since CRM Solution Manager integrates directly into Visual Studio® 2010 and 2012, you can take adavantage of all the features of Visual Studio®, including Team Foundation Server.

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Supported CRM Versions

CRM Solution Managers is compatible with all versions of Microsoft Dynamics® CRM 2011 and is supported by both Visual Studio 2010 and Visual Studio 2012.