PowerShell & Dynamics 365 (Part ll): Let’s connect!

This second part of the series shows step by step, how to setup a connection with Dynamics 365 and create a simple account.

1.	Have a look at Part l to setup the basis.
2.	Open the “Windows PowerShell ISE”:
3.	Import the module # import the module Import-Module Microsoft.Xrm.Data.Powershell
4.	Connect to the Org: # connect to a dynamics 365 organisation Connect-CrmOnlineDiscovery –InteractiveMode This will show a modal dialog where you can access the CRM (Online or OnPrem): Click “Login” to get the available orgs and then click “Login” again to setup the connection to Dynamics 365. After successful login the prompt shows you information about your organisation:
4.	And now, let us create some data! The following command will create a simple account and return the GUID: $accountId = New-CrmRecord -conn $CRMConn -EntityLogicalName account -Fields @{"name"="proCRM";"telephone1"="123-456"}

That’s it for today. The next post will show how to get data from CRM by PowerShell