CRM 2011 Online Web Resource Utility
When you try to connect to your CRM Online organization with the SDK tool “Web Resource Utility”, this may fail with exception:
“Could not load file or assembly ‘Microsoft.IdentityModel, Version=3.5.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35’ or one of its dependencies.
The system cannot find the file specified. Please fix the Connection information and try again”
Cause
One of the prerequisites is not met. To use Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 Online via the Web Resource Utility, you must install Windows Identity Foundation first.
Resolution
Install the Windows Identity Foundation before using Web Resource Utility. Setup can be found here:
Windows Identity Foundation
https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=202021
More Information
More information can also be found online.
Sample: Web Resource Utility
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg328133.aspx
Best Regards
Comments
- Anonymous
April 19, 2011
this Windows Identity Foundation does only work for Vista and windows 7. Do you know what to do if you use Win XP? thx