Entity Architecture Areas of Change

The architecture within Microsoft Dynamics CRM has a familiar quality and also significant changes. There are some specific new entities and entity sets that we talk about in the following text, and there is a significant shift in the developer’s approach. This shift better aligns with how senior developers who are not working with Dynamics CRM write code.

Connections

The new Connections entity enables a user to track complex relationships between any two entities. It is a new feature that is designed to replace the relationships feature in Dynamics CRM v4 and is designed to add more depth and functionality. This functionality includes the relationships between contacts and companies as well as the relationship ...

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