Download tools from NuGet

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06/25/2022
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You can download tools used in code development from NuGet using the PowerShell script found below. These tools include:

Tool	NuGet Package
Code Generation tool `CrmSvcUtil.exe`	Microsoft.CrmSdk.CoreTools
Configuration Migration tool `DataMigrationUtility.exe`	Microsoft.CrmSdk.XrmTooling.ConfigurationMigration.Wpf
Package Deployer `PackageDeployer.exe`	Microsoft.CrmSdk.XrmTooling.PackageDeployment.WPF
Plug-in Registration tool `PluginRegistration.exe`	Microsoft.CrmSdk.XrmTooling.PluginRegistrationTool
SolutionPackager tool `SolutionPackager.exe`	Microsoft.CrmSdk.CoreTools

Download tools using PowerShell

You can download all SDK tools using the PowerShell script provided below. Note that this script works with the version of Windows PowerShell that ships in Microsoft Windows 10. The script does not presently work with cross-platform versions of PowerShell based on .NET 5 or later (formerly .NET Core).

In your Windows Start menu, type Windows Powershell and open it.
Navigate to the folder you want to install the tools to. For example if you want to install them in a devtools folder on your D: drive, type cd D:\devtools.

Copy and paste the following PowerShell script into the PowerShell window and press Enter.

[Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = [Net.SecurityProtocolType]::Tls12
$sourceNugetExe = "https://dist.nuget.org/win-x86-commandline/latest/nuget.exe"
$targetNugetExe = ".\nuget.exe"
Remove-Item .\Tools -Force -Recurse -ErrorAction Ignore
Invoke-WebRequest $sourceNugetExe -OutFile $targetNugetExe
Set-Alias nuget $targetNugetExe -Scope Global -Verbose

if (-not (./nuget source | ? { $_ -like "*https://api.nuget.org/v3/index.json*"})) {
  .\nuget sources Add -Name nuget.org.v3 -Source  https://api.nuget.org/v3/index.json
}

##
##Download Plug-in Registration tool
##
./nuget install Microsoft.CrmSdk.XrmTooling.PluginRegistrationTool -O .\Tools
md .\Tools\PluginRegistration
$prtFolder = (Get-ChildItem ./Tools | Where-Object {$_.Name -match 'Microsoft.CrmSdk.XrmTooling.PluginRegistrationTool.'}).Name
move .\Tools\$prtFolder\tools\*.* .\Tools\PluginRegistration
Remove-Item .\Tools\$prtFolder -Force -Recurse

##
##Download CoreTools
##
./nuget install  Microsoft.CrmSdk.CoreTools -O .\Tools
md .\Tools\CoreTools
$coreToolsFolder = Get-ChildItem ./Tools | Where-Object {$_.Name -match 'Microsoft.CrmSdk.CoreTools.'}
move .\Tools\$coreToolsFolder\content\bin\coretools\*.* .\Tools\CoreTools
Remove-Item .\Tools\$coreToolsFolder -Force -Recurse

##
##Download Configuration Migration
##
./nuget install  Microsoft.CrmSdk.XrmTooling.ConfigurationMigration.Wpf -O .\Tools
md .\Tools\ConfigurationMigration
$configMigFolder = Get-ChildItem ./Tools | Where-Object {$_.Name -match 'Microsoft.CrmSdk.XrmTooling.ConfigurationMigration.Wpf.'}
move .\Tools\$configMigFolder\tools\*.* .\Tools\ConfigurationMigration
Remove-Item .\Tools\$configMigFolder -Force -Recurse

##
##Download Package Deployer 
##
./nuget install  Microsoft.CrmSdk.XrmTooling.PackageDeployment.WPF -O .\Tools
md .\Tools\PackageDeployment
$pdFolder = Get-ChildItem ./Tools | Where-Object {$_.Name -match 'Microsoft.CrmSdk.XrmTooling.PackageDeployment.Wpf.'}
move .\Tools\$pdFolder\tools\*.* .\Tools\PackageDeployment
Remove-Item .\Tools\$pdFolder -Force -Recurse

##
##Remove NuGet.exe
##
Remove-Item nuget.exe

You will find the tools in the following folders:

[Your folder]\Tools\ConfigurationMigration
[Your folder]\Tools\CoreTools
[Your folder]\Tools\PackageDeployment
[Your folder]\Tools\PluginRegistration

To get the latest version of these tools, repeat these steps.

Download tools from NuGet

Download tools using PowerShell

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