Microsoft Dynamics™ CRM 4 For Dummies®

Chapter 8. Understanding Security and Access Rights

In this day and age, security is important. As technology advances, so do the hackers, virus writers, and other malevolently minded folks. With Microsoft CRM, you should be concerned with two types of security: physical security and internal security.

Physical security is a defense against everyone you don't know and don't want to meet. These are the people who have nothing better to do than develop and propagate viruses or, worse yet, spend their time hacking into your system to either paralyze it or steal your stuff. This type of security is generally handled by firewalls, routers, and other types of hardware and software. Because the vast majority of CRM installations run only on your intranet, this type of security is beyond the scope of this book. For more information, see the Microsoft Implementation Guide.You can download the Implementation Guide by going to www.microsoft.com/downloads and searching for "Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 Implementation Guide." In fact, searching for just "Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0" will result in dozens of downloads regarding CRM including the latest security patches.

Tip

You can keep up on the latest at the Microsoft CRM Community site at

http://community.dynamics.com/

Be sure to check this Web site regularly to ensure that you are fully up-to-date on any security issues specifically affecting Microsoft CRM.

The second type of security, internal security, is aimed at your own usually well-meaning team ...