The easiest option to get latest CRM environment is setup online 30 days trial using this link , you will always get latest CRM environment with latest fixes and new releases. You can setup your own physical server or virtual server machine. You can download setup files from here. You can also setup your VM on Windows Azure, this is a nice post with complete steps. To setup your on premise environment first download Microsoft Dynamics CRM Implementation guide, which will help you to setup your environment. If you need any help in setting up your dev environment, contact us, we will help you to setup your environment and get started.
Get Functional Overview
It is very important to get function knowledge of any application before jumping into development directly, so I always suggest developers to first go through functional overview of CRM application. You first need to know what are the different modules and their process flow. To get functional overview the best and quick option is CRM customer center, it has many eBooks that can help you to quickly get overview of CRM application and its module. Apart from this you can also watch video on YouTube or can view this course on Microsoft Virtual Academy to get basic understanding of CRM. We also provide Microsoft Dynamics CRM functional training so if you are interested in one to one or cooperate training program contact us.
Get CRM Software Development Kit
Now for the development, downloading software development kit should be the first step for any application developer, so after getting functional overview you should download CRM SDK from here. CRM software development kit contains many tools which will help you on CRM development and it has .chm which contains documentations and sample code. You will also get sample code for both server and client side development.
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