View or Download Developer Resources

This page is designed for developers who want to link to the Microsoft Dynamics CRM SDK, developer tools, or want to know the service endpoint URLs.

Organization Unique Name

You need the unique name for your organization when interacting with the Discovery Service.

Windows Azure AppFabric Issuer Certificate

This is the public certificate that is required to configure Windows Azure AppFabric ACS for Microsoft Dynamics CRM integration.

Developer Center

The Microsoft Dynamics CRM Developer Center on MSDN contains a wealth of information to help developers. Here you will find the SDK, which includes documentation, samples, and tools, as well as technical articles, ramp-up kits, videos, blogs, forums, and more. For more information on using each item on this page, see the article "Using the Developer Resources Page" in the SDK documentation.

Discovery Service

This is a Web service that provides information about the organizations that are available on the Microsoft Dynamics CRM server using the SOAP protocol SOAP, an acronym for Simple Object Access Protocol, is a protocol specification for exchanging structured information in the implementation of Web Services in computer networks.. This information includes the URL for each organization.

Organization Service

This is a Web service that provides access to the business data and metadata for your organization using the SOAP protocol.

Organization Data Service

An Open Data (OData protocol A Web protocol for querying and updating data. OData (open data) is used to expose and access information from a variety of sources including relational databases, file systems, content management systems, and traditional Web sites.) Web service that provides access to the business data for your organization using a RESTful API REST stands for Representational State Transfer. REST is a software architectural style in which every resource is addressed using a unique URI. In Microsoft Dynamics CRM, a resource can be an entity collection or a record. A RESTful Web service (also called a RESTful API) is a simple Web service implemented by using HTTP and the principles of REST.. This link opens the Conceptual Schema Definition Language (CSDL) document, which describes how to access your data using this API.