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Asked: 2026-05-11T02:39:29+00:00

MS CRM Dynamics 4.0 incorporates the MS WF engine. The built in designer allows

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MS CRM Dynamics 4.0 incorporates the MS WF engine. The built in designer allows the creation of sequential workflows whos activities have native access to CRM entities.

Is it possible to:

  • Create a state machine workflow outside of CRM (i.e. in visual studio) and import it into CRM?
  • Have this workflow access the CRM entities?
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    • It is NOT possible to create a state machine workflow for use in MSCRM.
    • It is also not supported to create any workflow outside of MSCRM and import it.
    • As a work around you could write either all the logic you need into a custom workflow activity and import that into MSCRM and have it called from a normal workflow.
    • The other option is build a seperate application which runs a state machine workflow and interacts with MSCRM via the web services. You could (would need to?) combine this with a custom workflow activity to kick off processes.
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