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Connector for Microsoft Dynamics V3 Released, with a Refresh

by Linda Rosencrance
Contributing Writer, MSDW

Microsoft's June release of the Connector for Microsoft Dynamics V3, included a major update to the Microsoft Dynamics Integration (MSDI) database and Connector for Microsoft Dynamics service, designed to improve the efficiency of the service as well as to make it easier for customers and developers to interact with it.

Connector for Microsoft Dynamics synchronizes the types of data that are common to both Dynamics CRM and ERP software, such as customer, contact, and sales order information. It is reportedly used by at least 500 Dynamics customers currently.

This V3 release also addresses some of the key suggestions that users had regarding their V2 RU 3 deployments. 

The feature list Connector for Microsoft Dynamics V3 (all of the features listed for all previous releases are still included):

  • Filters are now saved with maps and are imported when creating a map from a file that has a filter saved in it
  • When deleting an integration, site, or map the service no longer needs to be stopped and restarted
  • When changing the "check for data modified after" date for a map, the service no longer needs to be stopped and restarted
  • Connector for Microsoft Dynamics service is now a WCF service that is run inside of its own process host, allowing developers to programmatically interact with the service
  • Maps can now be run "on demand" using the "RunMapNow()" API on the updated Connector for Microsoft Dynamics service
  • System handle counts and memory consumption have been reduced for long running integrations
  • Connector for Microsoft Dynamics client responsiveness has been improved
  • Performance when integrating to Microsoft Dynamics ...

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About Linda Rosencrance

Linda Rosencrance is a freelance writer/editor in the Boston area. Rosencrance has over 25 years experience as an reporter/investigative reporter, writing for many newspapers in the metropolitan Boston area. Rosencrance has been writing about information technology for the past 16 years.

She has covered a variety of IT subjects, including Microsoft Dynamics, mobile security issues such as data loss prevention, network management, secure mobile app development, privacy, cloud computing, BI, big data, analytics, HR, CRM, ERP, and enterprise IT.

Rosencrance is the author of six true crime books for Kensington Publishing Corp.

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