Azure extensions for Microsoft Dynamics 365

Article
11/28/2016

Applies To: Dynamics 365 (online), Dynamics 365 (on-premises), Dynamics CRM 2016, Dynamics CRM Online

Microsoft Dynamics 365 (online & on-premises) support integration with Microsoft Azure. Developers can register plug-ins with Microsoft Dynamics 365 that can pass run-time message data, known as the execution context, to one or more Microsoft Azure solutions in the cloud. This is especially important for Microsoft Dynamics 365 (online) because Microsoft Azure is one of two supported solutions for communicating run-time context obtained in a plug-in to external line-of-business (LOB) applications. The other solution is the external custom endpoint access capability from a plug-in registered in the sandbox.

The Microsoft Azure Service Bus provides a secure communication channel for Microsoft Dynamics 365 run-time data to external line of business applications. This capability is especially useful in keeping disparate Microsoft Dynamics 365 systems or other Dynamics 365 servers synchronized with Microsoft Dynamics 365 business data changes.