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    Hello,

    I want to create Business Unit in CRM 2011 through Plugin. Is this possible ?

    Please let me know how to achieve this.

    Any response would be appreciable.

    Monday, March 3, 2014 6:05 AM

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    Hi,

         Business unit entity is accessible via IOrganizationService just like any other entity like account / contact. Hence the code will be exactly similar to access for account / contact. Here is the MSDN reference for what methods are available for BusinessUnit entity:

    http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg309552.aspx

    Also here is the reference for how to use create for account. For Business unit, instead of account you will call business unit entity.

    http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/microsoft.xrm.sdk.iorganizationservice.create.aspx


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    Monday, March 3, 2014 6:33 AM
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    Hi,

    you can create business using SDK, check business unit metada and pass required information to create method.

    HTH

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    Monday, March 3, 2014 6:35 AM
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    I expect it is possible to create a BU in a plugin, but this can be a data intensive operation, so might cause a timeout. If I had to do this, I'd probably configure the plugin to run asynchronously

    However, it seesm strange to create a BU in a plugin. Creating a BU has little effect intil you add users to the BU, which I would have though would require manual intervention

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    Monday, March 3, 2014 1:35 PM
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    Hi,

         Business unit entity is accessible via IOrganizationService just like any other entity like account / contact. Hence the code will be exactly similar to access for account / contact. Here is the MSDN reference for what methods are available for BusinessUnit entity:

    http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg309552.aspx

    Also here is the reference for how to use create for account. For Business unit, instead of account you will call business unit entity.

    http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/microsoft.xrm.sdk.iorganizationservice.create.aspx


    Hope this helps.
     
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    Hi,

    you can create business using SDK, check business unit metada and pass required information to create method.

    HTH

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    Monday, March 3, 2014 6:35 AM
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    Thanks for your references.

    I thought BU can not and should not be created through Plugin (Back-end code).

    I will check for this.

    Thanks.

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    Monday, March 3, 2014 6:46 AM
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    Can you be specific ? 

    means what are minimum related entity is required to create a new BU ?

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    Monday, March 3, 2014 7:49 AM
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    I expect it is possible to create a BU in a plugin, but this can be a data intensive operation, so might cause a timeout. If I had to do this, I'd probably configure the plugin to run asynchronously

    However, it seesm strange to create a BU in a plugin. Creating a BU has little effect intil you add users to the BU, which I would have though would require manual intervention

    Microsoft CRM MVP - http://mscrmuk.blogspot.com/ http://www.excitation.co.uk

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    I agree with you David. 

    I need to explain this to my Client .

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    Tuesday, March 4, 2014 10:21 AM