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Microsoft Releases PowerShell Module for Data & User Management, System Settings in Dynamics CRM

by Dann Anthony Maurno
Assistant Editor, MSDW

On its Dynamics CRM blog, Microsoft has announced the availability of a new PowerShell module for CRM.

Co-created by Microsoft's Kenichiro Nakamura and Sean McNellis, the Microsoft.Xrm.Data.PowerShell module is a single PowerShell module with over 60 PowerShell functions to perform data operations in Dynamics CRM and manipulate user and system settings. While some of these actions were possible already using the official CRM PowerShell cmdlets, they required using multiple PowerShell snap-ins.

Among the new capabilities using the module:

  • Create, retrieve, update, and delete records in CRM
  • Manage CRM security by adding/managing users, teams, and their roles
  • Import and export CRM solutions
  • Manage user and system settings

The module is built using the Microsoft.Xrm.Tooling.CrmConnector.PowerShell snap-in, and the two XRM Tooling PowerShell cmdlets (Get-CrmOrganizations and Get-CrmConnection) are also part of this module. It works with both CRM Online and on-premise CRM 2013 and later, and requires you use PowerShell 4.0 or later.

For detailed information about the module, and how to import and use it, see Microsoft.Xrm.Data.PowerShell module for CRM.

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About Dann Anthony Maurno

Dann Anthony Maurno is a seasoned business journalist who began his career as International Marketing Manager with Lilly Software, then moved on as a freelancer to write for such prestigious clients as CFO Magazine; Compliance Week;Manufacturing Business Technology; Decision Resources, Inc.; The Economist Intelligence Unit; and corporate clients such as Iron Mountain, Microsoft and SAP. He is the co-author of Thin Air: How Wireless Technology Supports Lean Initiatives(CRC/Productivity Press, 2010).

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