Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 is an application framework for building business applications. This book is not an introduction to the framework, but a guide to using Silverlight with CRM 2011. Using Silverlight with CRM was possible before CRM 2011, it's just now with CRM 2011 the support has become first class. For example, Silverlight content can now be hosted and served to the client by CRM making deployment simple for even the CRM offline client that runs inside of Microsoft Outlook. Once built, Silverlight components can be easily added to forms by non-developers making them building blocks for larger solutions. CRM developers will find Silverlight's capabilities useful when extending the CRM user experience. Developers migrating existing CRM applications to CRM 2011 will find it an ideal time to convert existing custom content to Silverlight applications hosted as Web Resources. Developers building new CRM applications will have a fresh start using Silverlight and won't be constrained by existing implementations.

In this book we will explore how Silverlight can be used as part of building CRM 2011 applications.