Here’s what I have for you guys a simple technique to connect to your CRM office 365 based organizations. I have created a sample to add a new contact. This will help you use the Create function of CRM Service

• Create an empty solution in VS 2010
• Right click, to add new class library project
• Choose the Target Framework as .NET 4.0
• Name the project as “<<your preferred name>>”
• Add the required references to your project
• Add the following code:

Note: The example is based out from MSDN article. For complete details on how to create a helperclass, please refer to http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg309393.aspx.

Walkthrough

• Create an empty solution in VS 2010
• Right click, to add new console
• Choose the Target Framework as .NET 4.0
• Name the project as “CrmProxy”
• Create a class called
• Add the required references to your project
• Add the following code:

public class Program

    {

        //Define global variables

        private String discoveryServiceAddress = "https://disco.crm5.dynamics.com/XRMServices/2011/Discovery.svc"; //Use this discovery URL

        private String organizationUniqueName = "UniqueName"; //Provide the unique name of the organization

        private String userName = "user@yourname.onmicrosoft.com"; //Use your office 365 user Id

        private String password = "*******"; //Provide your password here

        private String domain = "domainName";

 

        static void Main(string[] args)

        {

            Program programObject = new Program();

            programObject.ReturnCRMServiceInstance();

        }

 

        /// <summary>

        /// This function returns the instance for CRM Service using OrganizationServiceProxy

        /// </summary>

        /// <returns></returns>

        public OrganizationServiceProxy ReturnCRMServiceInstance()

        {

            String organizationUri = "https://<yourorgName>.api.crm5.dynamics.com/XRMServices/2011/Organization.svc";

            IServiceManagement<IOrganizationService> OrganizationServiceManagement = ServiceConfigurationFactory.CreateManagement<IOrganizationService>(new Uri(organizationUri));

            AuthenticationProviderType OrgAuthType = OrganizationServiceManagement.AuthenticationType;

            AuthenticationCredentials authCredentials = GetCredentials(OrgAuthType);

            AuthenticationCredentials tokenCredentials = OrganizationServiceManagement.Authenticate(authCredentials);

            OrganizationServiceProxy organizationProxy;

            SecurityTokenResponse responseToken = tokenCredentials.SecurityTokenResponse;

 

            using (organizationProxy = new OrganizationServiceProxy(OrganizationServiceManagement, responseToken))

            {

                organizationProxy.EnableProxyTypes();

            }

 

            return organizationProxy;

        }

 

        /// <summary>

        /// Use this function for creating

        /// </summary>

        /// <param name="lastName"></param>

        /// <returns></returns>

        public Guid createContact(string lastName)

        {

            OrganizationServiceProxy organizationProxy = this.ReturnCRMServiceInstance();

            Entity contactEntity = new Entity("contact");

            contactEntity.Attributes["lastname"] = lastName;

            return organizationProxy.Create(contactEntity);

        }

 

        //Note: Please use your own authentication mechanism. Refer to this link for more types: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg309393.aspx

        /// <summary>

        /// This function retuns the authentication instance for different type of modes.

        /// </summary>

        /// <param name="endpointType"></param>

        /// <returns></returns>

        private AuthenticationCredentials GetCredentials(AuthenticationProviderType endpointType)

        {

            AuthenticationCredentials authCredentials = new AuthenticationCredentials();

            switch (endpointType)

            {

 

                case AuthenticationProviderType.ActiveDirectory:

                    authCredentials.ClientCredentials.Windows.ClientCredential =

                        new System.Net.NetworkCredential(userName, password, domain);

                    break;

                case AuthenticationProviderType.LiveId:

                    authCredentials.ClientCredentials.UserName.UserName = userName;

                    authCredentials.ClientCredentials.UserName.Password = password;

                    authCredentials.SupportingCredentials = new AuthenticationCredentials();

                    authCredentials.SupportingCredentials.ClientCredentials =

                        Microsoft.Crm.Services.Utility.DeviceIdManager.LoadOrRegisterDevice();

                    break;

                default: // For Federated and OnlineFederated environments.                   

                    authCredentials.ClientCredentials.UserName.UserName = userName;

                    authCredentials.ClientCredentials.UserName.Password = password;

                    // For OnlineFederated single-sign on, you could just use current UserPrincipalName instead of passing user name and password.

                    // authCredentials.UserPrincipalName = UserPrincipal.Current.UserPrincipalName;  //Windows/Kerberos

                    break;

 

            }

            return authCredentials;

        }

    }

 

• Now, we’re all set.
• Build the complete solution and now you have your assembly ready.
• You can use this in any of your projects.

Happy Integration with Office 365!

Cheers,
Apurv