I'm doing some exploratory work on a data push from a WordPress site into Dynamics. My plan is to use the API (SOAP or OData, not sure which yet) to create Contact entities when people become members of this site.
According to the MSDN page on Server-to-Server Authentication (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd548515.aspx)...
... you need to set up a service account in Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online. The service account represents a virtual Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online user that is the owner of any data changes made to the Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online database through
Microsoft Dynamics CRM SDK Web service calls.
What is a service account? Is it just any old user or something different? The terms "service" and "account" are thoroughly overloaded in this application, making it very difficult to figure out what they're talking about.
How do I get to the next step here?