Using the CrmDiscoveryService Web Service In CRM4.0: On-Premise

CrmDiscovery service is a global installable level service that allow the caller to determine the correct organization and URL for his/her need.

Below example show how to create and configure CrmDiscoveryService Web Service proxy.

 

// Create and configure the CrmDiscoveryService Web service

proxy.

CrmDiscoveryService discoveryService = new

CrmDiscoveryService();

discoveryService.UseDefaultCredentials = true;

discoveryService.Url

=”http://localhost/MSCRMServices/2007/AD/CrmDiscoveryServic

e.asmx”;

// Retrieve the list of organizations that the logged on

user belongs to.

RetrieveOrganizationsRequest orgRequest = new

RetrieveOrganizationsRequest();

RetrieveOrganizationsResponse orgResponse =

(RetrieveOrganizationsResponse)discoveryService.Execute(org

Request);

// Locate the target organization in the list.

OrganizationDetail orgInfo = null;

foreach (OrganizationDetail orgDetail in

orgResponse.OrganizationDetails)

{

if

(orgDetail.OrganizationName.Equals(“AdventureWorksCycle”))

{

orgInfo = orgDetail;

break;

}

}

// Check whether a matching organization was not found.

if (orgInfo == null)

throw new Exception(“The specified organization was not

found.”);