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     Adxstudio portals became a part of Dynamics 365. It is definitely a great news and a first step in the long way.   Dynamics 365 on-line has an amazing set of features that really seduce customers to move to cloud.    Dynamics 365 on-line has option to enable a Portal Add-On. It will install a  8.x   portal in crm instance and allow you select from a list of available pre-build solutions like Customer portal, Partner portal etc. The platform has limitations related to portal customization, development, custom coding. Hard to say how long will take to MS and ex-Adx team to provide users with the same level of flexibility and development features as they use to have on premise. In the same time, customers are looking for work arounds to combine Dynamics 365 on-line with on premise portals. This article describes such integration. Adx and MS still provide support for on premise portals of versions 7.0.0018-23. ! Please ...

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...