Portal 365/Adxstudio portal deployment short review WebsiteCopy tool The most common way to deploy crm portal is copy it with Adx WebsiteCopy tool that is delivered with the portal. Do not confuse the Adx WebsiteCopy tool with the same name tool from crm sdk bin folder. They are different. The tool located in the crm sdk bin folder has a limited functionality. I cannot say what going to happen when the Adx portal will be a part of MS CRM License (will it be?) but keep using an original tool for now. There are few issues always happen to me with WebsiteCopy tool. As an example I found that grid metadata has to be manually restored after deployment etc. Nothing serious but uncomfortable and time consuming. Sequential Deployment with WebsiteCopy duplicates the portals and their components. To work with a new portal you can rename the old one or try to delete it. Delete is relatively ea...
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