Great news for the integration community: Microsoft has released the updated Dynamics CRM 4.0 Adapter, now fully supporting BizTalk Server 2009.
For organizations running Dynamics CRM 4.0, this update is essential. It allows you to take advantage of the performance and developer-friendly features of BizTalk 2009 while maintaining robust connectivity to your CRM environment.
Overview
Microsoft® BizTalk® Server Adapter for Microsoft Dynamics® CRM 4.0 enables integration between Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 and other business applications. This lets you do the following operations:
- Use Microsoft Dynamics CRM as a send adapter.
- Discover and use the schema of any Microsoft Dynamics CRM actions and entities.
With this adapter, you can integrate Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 with any other business application using the Microsoft BizTalk Server 2006 or Microsoft BizTalk Server 2009 mapping capabilities.
📝 One-Minute Brief
Microsoft has officially updated the Dynamics CRM 4.0 Adapter to support BizTalk Server 2009. This update bridges the gap for enterprises looking to integrate their CRM workflows with the improved developer productivity of Visual Studio 2008 and the BizTalk 2009 engine. It ensures seamless communication between on-premises or hosted CRM entities and BizTalk orchestrations.
In response to the BizTalk Server 2009 release at the beginning of this year, the Dynamic CRM 4.0 Adapter was updated to support
- Supports both 32-bit and 64-bit deployments of Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0
- Supports form-based authentication
- Supports multi-tenancy
- BizTalk Server 2006
- BizTalk Server 2006 R2
- BizTalk Server 2009
