Microsoft Warns of Needed Change to Preserve Dynamics CRM Online Integrations with Azure Service Bus

Administrators of Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online solutions with a Windows Azure Service Bus integration must update their configuration against the Windows Azure service if they don't want their integrations to stop working. That alert comes from an alert blog post by CRM MVP Jamie Miley, citing an announcement by Microsoft.

The change required by customers involves the use of a new certificate.  Microsoft has outlined the steps you need to take to change the configuration in your Windows Azure namespace.

"These changes are necessary, and will allow the messages sent from the Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online service to the Windows Azure service endpoint to be authenticated with both the current certificate and the newer certificate that will be available soon," according to company officials.

After you followed the necessary procedures outlined by Microsoft, ACS access control will be configured to allow Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online to continue to send messages with the new certificates, according to officials.

The go-live dates for the new certificates are:

• North America: 4/28/2013
• EMEA (Europe): 7/26/2013
• APAC (Asia Pacific): 7/25/2013

Microsoft has done a lot of work to make it easy to connect to Azure, evidenced by the relative ease of setting up an integration between CRM Online and Azure AppFabric Service Bus.

Azure Service Bus is just one option for building a custom integration between Dynamics CRM and other line of business apps - both online and on premise.  Dynamics CRM 2011 can been integrated with the Windows Azure platform by coupling the ...