Thursday, February 26, 2015

Backup a dll saved to database in the Plugin Registration Tool for Microsoft CRM 2011


Hello World,

When an assembly in the Plugin Registration Tool that is saved to the database to take a backup of it has to be done through CRM.

Have to export it as a solution:

1)      Create a new solution named 'Plugin Backup' or something (Settings->Solutions->New)
2)      Add the plugin (Plugin Assemblies -> Add Existing)
3)      Export the solution as an Unmanaged solution (Export Solution)
This will create a solution zip that contains your dll, which you can then re-import using 'Import Solution' if you need to restore to a previous version.


This is for CRM 2011 On-Premise