Based on the below mentioned SDK Statement I have some general questions to Microsoft.
SDK:
“Beginning with the CRM 2016 (8.0) release, a new OData 4 endpoint was added to the CRM application stack. This endpoint is known as the Web API. The Web API provides a development experience that can be used across a wide variety of programming languages, platforms, and devices. The Web API is intended to replace the CRM 2011 endpoint, also known as the SOAP endpoint, for accessing the CRM Organization web service and other provided web services.
As of the release of Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online 2016 Update 1 and Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2016 Service Pack 1 (8.1.0), the CRM 2011 endpoint has been deprecated. The 2011 endpoint will be removed sometime after CRM version 9. We plan to provide updates to the CRM SDK assemblies and tools over the next several minor releases, retargeting them to use the Web API instead of the 2011 endpoint.
We strongly encourage you (developers) to use the Web API for accessing the CRM web services when you write new application code. You must update existing applications to use the CRM Web API for accessing the CRM web services between now and the removal of the 2011 endpoint. When you develop plug-ins and custom workflow activities, continue to link those projects to the CRM SDK assemblies. The CRM SDK assemblies will be updated to use the Web API. This update will be fully transparent to you and any code written using the SDK itself will be supported.
Additional details will be published in future SDK releases.”
Questions:
1. Actual the outlook offline client doesn’t support the new web api.
So if the customer requirements require that the entity / logic run in offline mode, we still need to use the old soap endpoint.
Is it planned to enhance the outlook offline client with the new web api in the next releases?
2. Will web api be supported in the moca client and also in the moca offline mode?
3. Could you give us a statement of direction if the outlook offline client will be perhaps replaced by the Moca Offline client?
4. If the SOAP 2011 Endpoint will be removed, then also the old OData request against this endpoint needs to be replaced by the new endpoint and the new syntax correct?
Old OData Request: https://crm-test.crm4.dynamics.com/XRMServices/2011/OrganizationData.svc/AccountSet?$top=5
New OData Request: https://crm-test.crm4.dynamics.com/api/data/v8.1/accounts?$select=name&$top=5
This will have an massive impact for our existing custom code, and we need to plan the adoption to the new web api seriously.