The CRM E2 (Engineering for Enterprise) team is pleased to announce the release of the white paper The Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 Security Model, which represents the core architectural component of the broader CRM E2 Nuts and Bolts article on Security and Authentication in Microsoft Dynamics CRM. The paper is available for download from the Microsoft Download Center at:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=fb4bb16b-586f-4aae-aa4b-790023e95b61
This document, which represents the core architectural component of the broader CRM E2 Nuts and Bolts article on Security and Authentication in Microsoft Dynamics CRM, focuses on the Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 security model, including details about the various authentication methods supporting different MS CRM deployment models. The paper also provides comprehensive information about how users and external systems are “authorized” to access various Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 system resources.
The CRM E2 team especially recognizes the efforts of Mahesh Hariharan, Michael Ott, Monika Borgaonkar, Roger Gilchrist, and CRM Product Development for contributing to and reviewing this paper to help ensure its completeness and accuracy. If you have any comments about the document or suggestions about how we might improve it, please forward your feedback to the CRM Enterprise Content Feedback alias (entfeed@microsoft.com).
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