Integration with Microsoft CRM using Mule ESB

Integration with Microsoft CRM using Mule ESB from Sanjeet Pandey

Integration with Microsoft CRM using Mule ESB
1. Overview - MuleSoft provides the most widely used integration platform to connect any application, data service or API, across the cloud and on-premise continuum. -Microsoft CRM is cloud-based CRM (Customer Relationship Management) that is accessible to the user programmatically via a MuleSoft Microsoft Dynamics CRM connector. -The Microsoft Dynamics CRM Mule connector allows developers to manipulate customer data, at any time, from anywhere on the web. This connector lets you perform the following operations: • Create, update, and delete records • Retrieve a single record or query multiple records • Associate and disassociate records • Execute a request message
 2. Prerequisites • Username and password for users granted access to CRM • Organization Service URL - usually in the format:https://crm.mycompany.com/MyOrganization/XRMServices/2011/Organization.svc
3. Installation To install this connector: • In Anypoint Studio, click Help > Install New Software. • In Work with, click Anypoint Connectors Update Site. • Expand Standard and click Microsoft Dynamics CRM Connector version 2.1.1 or later. • Click the checkbox for the connector. • Click Next, click Next at the Install Details screen, click I accept the terms of the license agreement, and click Finish. • Click Yes to restart Anypoint Studio. The restart reopens any existing projects in Studio.
 4. Mule MS Dynamics CRM Connector Step 1: Create a New Mule Project • To configure: • In Anypoint Studio, click File > New > Mule Project. • Specify a Project Name and click Finish.
 5. Mule MS Dynamics CRM Connector Step 2: Configure the Global Element • Configure the connector as a Microsoft Dynamics CRM instance: • Click the Global Elements tab and click Create. • In the Search field, type crm, click Microsoft Dynamics CRM, and click OK. • Specify a Username and Password. • Specify a Organization Service URL for accessing the CRM system. Click OK. For example: http://{siteUrl}/XrmServices/2011/Organization.svc • Click an Authentication Scheme from the dropdown list. • Specify values for Domain Controller and Domain Name. • Click Test Connection to ensure that the connection works correctly. • After the connection succeeds, click OK. 
6. Mule flow • Click the Message Flow tab. • In the Search field, type http, and drag the HTTP connector to the canvas. • In the Search field, type crm, and drag the Microsoft Dynamics CRM connector to the canvas next to the HTTP endpoint. • In the Search field, type json, and drag the Object to JSON transformer to the canvas next to the connector. You can use the default values in this transformer.