To get the most out of this book

This book assumes that the reader has some basic knowledge of Dynamics CRM and would like to learn the new features introduced in Dynamics 365. However, someone who hasn’t worked with the previous versions and is starting afresh with Dynamics 365 will equally benefit from it. Developers, customizers, administrators, and power users will be able to enhance their skills by learning about the latest features and changes introduced in Dynamics 365.

You can try out all the features and topics mentioned in the book using a trial instance of Dynamics 365 (https://trials.dynamics.com/) along with the free community edition of Visual Studio 2017 (https://www.visualstudio.com/vs/community/). Some of the topics covered do not apply to the on-premise version of Dynamics 365.

Download the example code files

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You can download the code files by following these steps:

1. Log in or register at www.packtpub.com.
2. Select the SUPPORT tab.
3. Click on Code Downloads & Errata.
4. Enter the name of the book in the Search box and follow the onscreen instructions.

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The code bundle for the book is also hosted on GitHub at https://github.com/PacktPublishing/Dynamics-365-Application-Development. We also have other code bundles from our rich catalog of books and videos available at https://github.com/PacktPublishing/. Check them out!

Download the color images

We also provide a PDF file that has color images of the screenshots/diagrams used in this book. You can download it here: https://www.packtpub.com/sites/default/files/downloads/Dynamics365ApplicationDevelopment_ColorImages.pdf.

Conventions used

There are a number of text conventions used throughout this book.

CodeInText: Indicates code words in text, database table names, folder names, filenames, file extensions, pathnames, dummy URLs, user input, and Twitter handles. Here is an example: "The listener application needs to implement the IServiceEndpointPlugin interface's Execute method along with WS2007HttpRelayBinding, to which RemoteExecutionContext is passed from the Azure Service Bus."

A block of code is set as follows:

   Request: GET [Organization URI] /api/data/v9.0/contacts? 
    $select=firstname&$top=5
    Accept: application/json
    OData-MaxVersion: 4.0
    OData-Version: 4.0

Bold: Indicates a new term, an important word, or words that you see onscreen. For example, words in menus or dialog boxes appear in the text like this. Here is an example: "Do all the changes, and click on the Save Entity button:"

Warnings or important notes appear like this.

Tips and tricks appear like this.