Top 5 Dynamics 365 CE/ CRM Books for Developers and Consultants

In my experience I have gone through many Dynamics 365 Books and I know which books are good for developers and consultants. I never recommend candidates who I deliver training to read books because there are many online resources available. But its always a good practice to have some good books of D365 in your Shelf for reference.

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I have compiled 5 top books on Dynamics 365 CRM/ CE so that You can buy it and enhance your skill.

#5 : Microsoft Dynamics 365 Extensions Cook Book

This book is written by Rami Mounla. Rami Mounla is a Solution Architect with over 15 years of experience in IT. He was introduced to Dynamics CRM 3.0 when it first came out and has built a career around the product since then. Based in Wellington, New Zealand, his focus is on enterprise-scale Dynamics CRM solutions targeted at the public sector and large multinational corporations. Throughout his career, he has worked on some of the largest CRM implementations in New Zealand, both on-premise and in the cloud.

Rami is active in the Dynamics community, a leader of the Wellington Dynamics User Group, a frequent speaker at Microsoft Ignite New Zealand, and a supporter of open source Dynamics 365 extensions. His contributions over the last few years gained him the Microsoft Business Solutions MVP status in 2015, a title that reflects his ambitions.

After being frustrated with frequently reviewing poor-quality CRM implementations, Rami decided to write about best practices and promote quality CRM implementations. The topics and ideas inspired this book on extending Dynamics 365.

In this book More than 80 recipes to help you leverage the various extensibility features available for Microsoft Dynamics and solve problems easily About This Book * Customize, configure, and extend the vanilla features of Dynamics 365 to deliver bespoke CRM solutions fit for any organization * Implement business logic using point-and-click configuration, plugins, and client-side scripts with MS Dynamics 365 * Built a DevOps pipeline as well as Integrate Dynamics 365 with Azure and other platforms

Who This Book Is For

This book is for developers, administrators, consultants, and power users who want to learn about best practices when extending Dynamics 365 for enterprises. You are expected to have a basic understand of the Dynamics CRM/365 platform. What You Will Learn * Customize, configure, and extend Microsoft Dynamics 365 * Create business process automation * Develop client-side extensions to add features to the Dynamics 365 user interface * Set up a security model to securely manage data with Dynamics 365 * Develop and deploy clean code plugins to implement a wide range of custom behaviors * Use third-party applications, tools, and patterns to integrate Dynamics 365 with other platforms * Integrate with Azure, Java, SSIS, PowerBI, and Octopus Deploy * Build an end-to-end DevOps pipeline for Dynamics 365 In Detail Microsoft Dynamics 365 is a powerful tool. It has many unique features that empower organisations to bridge common business challenges and technology pitfalls that would usually hinder the adoption of a CRM solution. This book sets out to enable you to harness the power of Dynamics 365 and cater to your unique circumstances. We start this book with a no-code configuration chapter and explain the schema, fields, and forms modeling techniques. We then move on to server-side and client-side custom code extensions. Next, you will see how best to integrate Dynamics 365 in a DevOps pipeline to package and deploy your extensions to the various SDLC environments. This book also covers modern libraries and integration patterns that can be used with Dynamics 365 (Angular, 3 tiers, and many others). Finally, we end by highlighting some of the powerful extensions available. Throughout we explain a range of design patterns and techniques that can be used to enhance your code quality; the aim is that you will learn to write enterprise-scale quality code. Style and approach This book takes a recipe-based approach, delivering practical examples and use cases so that you can identify the best possible approach to extend your Dynamics 365 deployment and tackle your specific business problems.

#4 Dynamics 365 Essentials

This book is written by Sarah Critchley. Sarah Critchley is a Microsoft Dynamics Business Applications MVP, published author, and an experienced technical consultant who has worked on numerous business system implementations, now working as Lead Architect for Customer Service at Hitachi Solutions NA. She manages the strategy around all customer service technology, including Dynamics 365 Customer Service, Omni Channel Engagement, Forms Pro, Power Virtual Agent, and more. Having led software projects in numerous industries, including healthcare and the public sector, she works across all areas of the project life cycle: demonstrations, design, architecture, documentation, customization, and development. Sarah is heavily involved in community projects where she led and grew the Dynamics 365 & Power Platform UG in the UK for over three years, running technical events, and presenting on a variety of topics at conferences around the world.

About the Book

Discover how to set up core Dynamics 365 Customer Engagement functionality and learn how to build more customized processes on top of the standard capabilities. This book starts by showing you how to set up the Dynamics 365 Online system for sales, customer service, marketing, field service, and Outlook integration. 

In the second section, you’ll work through UI customizations, process automation and reporting in Dynamics 365 CE. Learn about the App Framework, how to create model-driven apps and how to get started with the Common Data Service for Apps. Leverage Microsoft Flow within Dynamics 365 CE to create loosely coupled business applications using automation from Microsoft and third-party services.

After reading Dynamics 365 CE Essentials, you will have mastered the core functionality available in Dynamics 365 CE and be able to set it up for a number of different scenarios. 

#3 Dynamics 365 Application Development

The author is Deepesh Somani and Nishat Rana.

Microsoft dynamics 365 CRM is the most trusted name in enterprise-level customer Relationship Management. The latest version of dynamics CRM comes with the important addition of exciting features guaranteed to make your life easier. It comes straight off the shelf with a whole new frontier of updated business rules, process enhancements, SDK.

#2 Mastering Microsoft Dynamics 365 CE

The author is Deepesh Somani.

What you will learn

• Manage various divisions of your organization using Dynamics 365 customizations
• Explore the XRM Framework and leverage its features
• Provide an enhanced mobile and tablet experience
• Develop client-side applications using JavaScript and the Web API
• Understand how to develop plugins and workflows using Dynamics 365
• Explore solution framework improvements and new field types

#1 Implementing Microsoft Dynamics 365 CE

Key Features

• Explore different tools to evaluate, implement, and proactively maintain Dynamics 365 for CE
• Integrate Dynamics 365 CE with applications such as Power BI, PowerApps, and Microsoft Power Automate
• Design application architecture, explore deployment choices, and perform data migration

Book Description

Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Customer Engagement (CE) is one of the leading customer relationship management (CRM) solutions that help companies to effectively communicate with their customers and allows them to transform their marketing strategies. Complete with detailed explanations of the essential concepts and practical examples, this book will guide you through the entire life cycle of implementing Dynamics 365 CE for your organization or clients, and will help you avoid common pitfalls while increasing efficiency at every stage of the project.

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