Assemblies included in the Microsoft Dynamics CRM SDK 2013

 

Applies To: Dynamics CRM 2013

Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2013 and Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online have several programming assemblies that you can use when writing custom code.

The following table lists the assemblies that are included in the Microsoft Dynamics CRM SDK.

Assembly name	Namespace name	Description
Microsoft.Crm.Sdk.Proxy.dll		Defines requests and responses for messages business data model specific (non-core) messages as well as enumerations required for working with organization data.
	Microsoft.Crm.Sdk	Contains enumerations of possible picklists and integer values for some attributes. The naming convention of the classes is <EntityName><AttributeName> to make it easier to locate the specific attribute.
	Microsoft.Crm.Sdk.Messages	Contains request and responses for business data model specific (non-core) messages.
Microsoft.Xrm.Sdk.dll		Defines the core xRM methods and types, including proxy classes to make the connection to Microsoft Dynamics CRM simpler, authentication methods, and the service contracts.
	Microsoft.Xrm.Sdk	Defines the data contracts for attribute types, interfaces for authoring plug-ins, and other general purpose xRM types and methods.
	Microsoft.Xrm.Sdk.Client	Defines classes for use by client-code, including a data context, proxy classes to ease the connection to Microsoft Dynamics CRM, and the LINQ provider.
	Microsoft.Xrm.Sdk.Discovery	Defines all classes required to communicate with the Discovery Service, including the service contract, all request/responses and supporting classes.
	Microsoft.Xrm.Sdk.Messages	Defines request/response classes for Create, Retrieve, Update, Delete, Associate , Disassociate, and the metadata classes.
	Microsoft.Xrm.Sdk.Metadata	Defines the data contracts for Microsoft Dynamics CRM metadata.
	Microsoft.Xrm.Sdk.Query	Defines query classes required to connect to Microsoft Dynamics CRM.
Microsoft.Xrm.Sdk.Workflow.dll		Defines types and methods required to author a custom workflow activity.
	Microsoft.Xrm.Sdk.Workflow	Defines the attribute and dependency property classes required to author a custom workflow activity.
	Microsoft.Xrm.Sdk.Workflow.Activities	Defines the workflow activities that are used by the Microsoft Dynamics CRM workflow designer.
	Microsoft.Xrm.Sdk.Workflow.Designers	Defines a Microsoft Visual Studio designer for displaying a Microsoft Dynamics CRM workflow in Visual Studio.
Microsoft.Crm.Tools.EmailProviders.dll		Defines methods and types needed for developing a custom email provider component for the Microsoft Dynamics CRM Email Router.
	Microsoft.Crm.Tools.Email.Management	Defines the email provider management types.
	Microsoft.Crm.Tools.Email.Providers	Defines the base class for a custom email provider and supporting types.
Microsoft.Xrm.Sdk.Deployment.dll		Defines types and methods for interacting with the Deployment Web Service.
	Microsoft.Xrm.Sdk.Deployment	Defines the data contracts necessary to communicate with the Deployment Web Service.
	Microsoft.Xrm.Sdk.Deployment.Proxy	Defines a helper class to generate a proxy for the Deployment Web Service.

See Also

The programming models for Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2013
Use the early bound entity classes in code
Use the late bound entity class in code
Use Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2013 services in code
Entity and attribute naming conventions
Types in the Microsoft Dynamics CRM SDK 2013
Administer the deployment using the deployment web service