The xRM Continuous Integration (CI) Framework is a set of tools that makes it easy and quick to automate the builds and deployment of your CRM components.
Implementing continuous integration is always a nice to have feature on Dynamics CRM projects which in most cases gets left for various reasons even though having this setup will save lots of time long term, reduce therisk and improve productivity. Using xRM CI Framework you can quickly implement a build->deploy->test workflow with a few clicks. This is achieved by providing easy to use templates and sample scripts. These can also be easily extend to meet any complex or specific scenarios you might have.
Dynamics CRM 2013 SP1 has been recently released and come with lots of new exiting features and capabilities. This includes an updated SDK. To compliment this release I have updated the xRM CI Framework to take advantage of these new capabilities. Hopefully this will allow you to put in these best practices and automation in place as you start your new Dynamics CRM 2013 projects.
Below is a list of updates from the CRM 2013 version:
- Support for Dynamics CRM 2013 SP1 Online/OnPremise
- Uses the latest Dynamics CRM 2013 SP1 SDK
- Ability to Build and Deploy CRM Deployment Packages
- Integration with Visual Studio Release Management
- More Sample Scripts
- More PowerShell Cmdlets
- New custom Dynamics CRM Build Template for TFS 2013 (see process below)
I have uploaded the source code to codeplex with lots of steps by step instructions to get your started quickly. This will also allow you to extend the framework to meet your needs.
Please post any feedback, comments, issues, discussion on the codeplex site.
Feel free to get in touch if you would like to contribute with ideas, enhancements and new features.
I have also created a download to the new Framework from the Visual Studio Gallery here.
