CRM - Register and use a plugin

To register and use a plugin in CRM (2011 online), you best use the Plugin Registration Tool provided in the CRM SDK:

• I not yet: download and install Windows Identity Foundation,
• Build the Plugin Registration Tool source code.

Register the plugin via the tool:

• Add a connection to the CRM server,
• Register > Register New Assembly, and select which plugins,
• Choose 'Sandbox' and 'Database', and click 'Register'.

To use the plugin via the tool:

• Register > Register New Step
• 'Message': the event on which to run,
• 'Primary Entity': the entity on which that event occurs,
• Select when to run relative to the event itself,
  
• Click 'Register New Step'.