JavaScript Upgrade Strategy #9: Replace SOAP Calls

When developing in Dynamics CRM, sooner or later you will find a requirement to perform some type of database operation.

In Dynamics CRM 4.0 we had to the choice of creating raw SOAP requests or by using a library from Ascenitum (later Avanade), to perform these operations.

When upgrading to Dynamics CRM 2011, you have two choices:

 

Convert to an internal Dynamics CRM method

Some of the functionality will actually convert into native Dynamics CRM 2011 or 2013 functionality so I would advise that you go that router when possible. (we’ve already covered my philosophy about having as little code as possible).

 

Using a data access library:

There are several data access libraries available, through the Dynamics CRM SDK or available on CodePlex.

 

Take a look at the CRM Rest Builder add-in to help you rewrite some of this functionality.

 

The Goal

The main goal of this process is to reduce the amount of code you have to maintain and they provides cross-browser support.  SOAP calls take up a lot of space and usually many lines of code.  If you can replace them with calls to library methods, you can reduce your main libraries dramatically.

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