SHREWAYS: Call Azure Function from Dynamics 365 via Webhook

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Webhooks are user defined HTTP endpoints or endpoint URL that are directly triggered by some events.

This part will focus on-

· How to register Azure Function as a Webhook in Plugin Registration Tool?

· How to get the Execution Context in Azure Function ?

This is the same Execution Context that we get in Plugin when we perform CRUD operation in Dynamics CRM.

Solution

We will create Test Entity and add a field Request (Single of Text) on the form.

We will register a Webhook in Plugin registration Tool and a Step on Create of Test Entity Record.

We will check the Azure Function Log and check the presence of Execution Context in it.

We will use the same Azure Function that we have created in Part 2 - Create Azure Function using Visual Studio

Step 1 – Go to Azure Portal https://portal.azure.com/ and open Function App that we created in Part 2 - Create Azure Function using Visual Studio

Step 2 – Click on “Functions” and then Azure Function.

Step 3 – Click on “Code + Test” and then “Get function URL” to copy the End Point URL.

This URL will be used to register Azure Function as a Webhook in Plugin Registration Tool.

Step 4 – Open Plugin Registration Tool and sign-in to target environment.

Step 5 – Click on “Register” and then on “Register New Web Hook”.

Step 6 – Fill all the details as below. Click “Save” button.

Step 7 – After Endpoint URL registration, click right-click on it and create a new Step.

Note: If you are also using same entity on which we registered a plugin in previous Part 5.1 - Call Azure Function from Dynamics 365 via Plugin, then disable that step for clear understanding.

Step 8 - Here we will use Test Entity and register a step on Create of Test Entity record (Post Operation, Sync). You can also use Async.

Step 9 - To test the presence of Execution Context in Log, we will do a small change in Azure Function created in Part 2 - Create Azure Function using Visual Studio.

Open the Azure Function in Visual Studio, add and comment out lines accordingly.

Publish Azure Function.

Note: No need to update anything in Plugin Registration Tool as we do in Plugin each time after we update it.

Step 10 – Go to your Test Entity and make a new record.

Note: Don’t expect any updates back to this record after creation as we have not created IOrganization Service in the Azure Function code. We are focused to understand the Execution Context that we get by registering Azure Function as a Webhook.

We will update the Dynamics CRM record via Azure Function in the coming next Part.

Step 11 – To test the Execution Context coming from Dynamics CRM, we will open the log in the Azure Portal, generated after the record is created.

Go to your Azure Function and click “Monitor”.