Client has asked us about bringing PeopleSoft CRM data into Outlook. MS CRM 3.0 extends Outlook to bring CRM data into the tool sales people live in.
Is VSTO the best way to do this.
If I understand correctly VSTO Outlook Add-Ins dont allow you to create a form to be hosted in outlook except for pop-up windows. Is this true If so how does MS CRM 3.0 do it Are they hosting Windows Forms control in a browser
Link to example of MSCRM 3.0 Outlook Integration
Is MS CRM 3.0 Outlook support done with VSTO
Abubakr
hi,
i'm trying to set this example on my machine to test the capabilities of .net crm integration but i'm having trouble opening the project for some reason. i have the Office 2003 PIA's installed, and obviously vsto but when i try and open the solution files, it refuses to open the CRMIntegration project i thought that it might be that i don't have the outlook crm client installed on my machine but after installing it as well, i get the same problem. it just keeps telling me "no such interface supported".
does anyone know if i'm missing something please help urgently!
thanks a lot
nemanja
Christophe De Langhe
Yes, Microsoft CRM 3.0 does use Visual Studio Tools for Office technology to enable their add-in. Their approach is an excellent implementation.
They are using Web pages as the forms inside the hosted envrionment. This is not an infrequent technique employed to achieve the results that CRM 3.0 demonstrates.
We have given further guidance on how customers can create Outlook solutions to integrate with external data in the following sample:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx FamilyID=078124e9-1e88-4f51-8c98-3c1999cfe743&DisplayLang=en
This sample provides an architectural design and sample code that demonstrates an approach for integrating enterprise CRM and other LOB application data into the Microsoft Outlook user interface.
Take care,
John.