Mastering Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2016

Plugin Development with Dynamics CRM

Plugins are the handlers for the events fired by Dynamics CRM. Each action executed in Dynamics CRM, such as create, update, delete, publish customizations, and so on. is an event. Using plugins, we can extend the standard behavior of Dynamics CRM with a custom code written in the .NET framework.

Dynamics CRM provides a list of all the supported messages and entities for plugins. They are available in the following MSDN site:  https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg328576.aspx

In this chapter, we will go through the following topics:

• Event execution pipeline: Through the event execution pipeline, one can get an idea about the different stages where plugins can be registered and the types of operations ...