ServiceProxy.SwitchToAlternateEndpoint Method

Applies To: Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2013, Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online

Switches the organization’s current endpoint to an alternate endpoint, if one is available.

Namespace: Microsoft.Xrm.Sdk.Client
Assembly: Microsoft.Xrm.Sdk (in Microsoft.Xrm.Sdk.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Function SwitchToAlternateEndpoint As Boolean
public bool SwitchToAlternateEndpoint ()

Return Value

Type: Boolean
true if the switch was successful; otherwise, false.

Remarks

When an organization is provisioned for disaster recovery failover, that organization has a primary endpoint and an alternate endpoint. If the current endpoint in use for the organization is the primary endpoint, calling SwitchToAlternateEndpoint switches the current endpoint to the alternate endpoint. Conversely, if the current endpoint for the organization is the alternate endpoint, calling SwitchToAlternateEndpoint switches the current endpoint to the primary endpoint.

Thread Safety

Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.

Platforms

Development Platforms

Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2012, Windows 7 (All Versions), Windows 8 (All Versions)

Target Platforms

Windows Server 2008, ,Windows Server 2012, ,Windows 7 (All Versions),

See Also

Reference

ServiceProxy Generic Class
ServiceProxy Members
Microsoft.Xrm.Sdk.Client Namespace
ServiceEndpointMetadata.ServiceUrls Property

Other Resources

Disaster Recovery in Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online

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