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    Hi

    I need some suggestions... We are trying to build a portal application for external users to view and edit contact information. We have decided to use Adxstudio for building the portal. But, I was thinking that, for just a portal, why can't we create a page in .NET and connect to CRM to update and Insert Contact records. I also tried a sample app with just two fields to insert a contact record in CRM. But here are my questions..

    1. If there is a possibility to create a page in .NET, why Microsoft provides a portal solution in sdk - microsoftxrmportals_managed.zip.

    2. If a page is built in .NET, will there be any issue deploying it in IIS and thats why Microsoft has provided a portal solution?

    3. Will there be any security threat if a custom app is built in .NET instead of using the portal solutions which is built for CRM?

    4. It would be really great if there are some info about Pros and Cons about Adxstudio, Microsoft Portal and a Custom .NET Application.

    I would really appreciate any suggestions.

    Thanks!

    Dhivya Sivasankkar

    Thursday, November 1, 2012 1:50 PM

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    Hi Dhivya,

    Here is my response

    1. If there is a possibility to create a page in .NET, why Microsoft provides a portal solution in sdk - microsoftxrmportals_managed.zip.

    --Surly you can create your custom .net web portal and customize MS CRM entity yourself (I have done this for my clients many time), but if you want to use existing customization then you can use microsoftxrmportals_managed.zip. you could refer http://zhongchenzhou.wordpress.com/2012/04/02/getting-started-for-microsoft-dynamics-crm-2011-portal-hello-world/ to see how to use portal solution

    2. If a page is built in .NET, will there be any issue deploying it in IIS and thats why Microsoft has provided a portal solution?

    --No there won't be any issue.

    3. Will there be any security threat if a custom app is built in .NET instead of using the portal solutions which is built for CRM?

    -- No you just need to handle security yourself only

    4. It would be really great if there are some info about Pros and Cons about Adxstudio, Microsoft Portal and a Custom .NET Application.

    -- Adxstudion provides you many features with is not available in free version, you can refer: http://www.adxstudio.com/adxstudio-xrm

    -- In your custom application you need to develop all these features yourself.

    HTH

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    Thursday, November 1, 2012 4:04 PM
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    I agree with what Mahender says.  However I just thought to add additional clarification.  The AdxStudio portals are built using the free Microsoft Dynamics Labs customer and partner portal Accelerators.  These accelerators provide functions/aspx pages that interact with base CRM entities, but their primary purpose is to provide content management functionality to a web site through Dynamics CRM.  You will see that the AdxStudio portals have much greater content management capability than the standard Dynamics Labs version.  If your focus is to provide a few web pages that interact with CRM, developing your own is certainly an option.  If your focus is to provide your customer with a complete website they can design, edit, and manage content for, you will want to look at one of the Accelerator/AdxStudio options.
    • Marked as answer by DhivyaSiva Friday, November 2, 2012 1:35 PM
    Thursday, November 1, 2012 5:25 PM

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    Hi Dhivya,

    Here is my response

    1. If there is a possibility to create a page in .NET, why Microsoft provides a portal solution in sdk - microsoftxrmportals_managed.zip.

    --Surly you can create your custom .net web portal and customize MS CRM entity yourself (I have done this for my clients many time), but if you want to use existing customization then you can use microsoftxrmportals_managed.zip. you could refer http://zhongchenzhou.wordpress.com/2012/04/02/getting-started-for-microsoft-dynamics-crm-2011-portal-hello-world/ to see how to use portal solution

    2. If a page is built in .NET, will there be any issue deploying it in IIS and thats why Microsoft has provided a portal solution?

    --No there won't be any issue.

    3. Will there be any security threat if a custom app is built in .NET instead of using the portal solutions which is built for CRM?

    -- No you just need to handle security yourself only

    4. It would be really great if there are some info about Pros and Cons about Adxstudio, Microsoft Portal and a Custom .NET Application.

    -- Adxstudion provides you many features with is not available in free version, you can refer: http://www.adxstudio.com/adxstudio-xrm

    -- In your custom application you need to develop all these features yourself.

    HTH

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    Thursday, November 1, 2012 4:04 PM
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    I agree with what Mahender says.  However I just thought to add additional clarification.  The AdxStudio portals are built using the free Microsoft Dynamics Labs customer and partner portal Accelerators.  These accelerators provide functions/aspx pages that interact with base CRM entities, but their primary purpose is to provide content management functionality to a web site through Dynamics CRM.  You will see that the AdxStudio portals have much greater content management capability than the standard Dynamics Labs version.  If your focus is to provide a few web pages that interact with CRM, developing your own is certainly an option.  If your focus is to provide your customer with a complete website they can design, edit, and manage content for, you will want to look at one of the Accelerator/AdxStudio options.
    • Marked as answer by DhivyaSiva Friday, November 2, 2012 1:35 PM
    Thursday, November 1, 2012 5:25 PM
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    Thanks All for your valuable suggestions.

    Dhivya Sivasankkar

    Friday, November 2, 2012 1:36 PM