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In CRM Dynamics 2015, How can I redirect to an External Website or External Desktop client?


Hi I am new to CRM an I wonder if there is a way to navigate to an external URL or application and how can I go about it. Also is is possible to override the Skype/Lync client click-to-call with a different telephony client installed on my machine, for example Zoiper,. If the user clicks the phone number on a contact entity, I want to redirect to either the despot client or web client to display the Zoiper dialing system, any ideas of how I can archive this in CRM Dynamics 2015


Solution

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    <SubArea 
     AvailableOffline=["0" | "1" | "true" | "false"]
     CheckExtensionProperty="String"
     Client=["All" | "Outlook" | "OutlookLaptopClient" | "OutlookWorkstationClient"  | "Web" ]
     Description="String"
     DescriptionResourceId="String"
     Entity="String"
     GetStartedPanePath="String"
     GetStartedPanePathAdmin="String"
     GetStartedPanePathAdminOutlook="String"
     GetStartedPanePathOutlook="String"
     Icon="String"
     Id="String"
     License="String"
     OutlookShortcutIcon="String"
     PassParams=["0" | "1" | "true" | "false"]
     ResourceId="String"
     Sku=["All" | "OnPremise" | "Live" | "SPLA"]
     Title="String"
     Url="String"> ←------------ this is where the ext. url is specified
     <Titles />
     <Descriptions />
     <Privilege/>
    </SubArea>
    

    About the other point, AFAIK Click-To-Call is handled by a browser extension so the CRM cant'do much about it. Lync presence OTOH is handled by CRM through AD, and isn't customizable without risking losing the platform.