CRMLicense.GrantUserLicense Method
The GrantUserLicense method grants a software license to a user. The caller must be a domain administrator when a license is granted to the first user in the deployment.
Syntax
[Visual Basic .NET]
Public Sub GrantUserLicense(
ByVal Caller As CUserAuth,
ByVal UserId As String,
ByVal LicenseType As String
)
[C#]
public void GrantUserLicense(
CUserAuth Caller,
string UserId,
string LicenseType
);
[C++]
public: void GrantUserLicense(
CUserAuth* Caller,
String* UserId,
String* LicenseType
);
Parameters
Caller
Specifies the identity of the caller. The caller must have the prvGrantLicense privilege to perform this action. See CUserAuth.
UserId
Specifies ID of the user.
LicenseType
Specifies the ID of the license type.
Return Value
No return value.
Remarks
If there is an error, SOAP throws an exception and the error message is reported in System.Web.Services.Protocols.SoapException.Detail.OuterXml.
All IDs passed to the platform are GUIDs wrapped in braces. For example: {6522D89A-A752-4455-A2B0-51494C6957C3}
Example
[C#]
// strServer should be set with the name of the platform Web server
string strServer = "myservername";
// virtualDirectory should be set with the name of the Microsoft CRM
// virtual directory on the platform Web server
string virtualDirectory = "mscrmservices";
string strDir = "https://" + strServer + "/" + virtualDirectory + "/";
// BizUser proxy object
Microsoft.CRM.Proxy.BizUser bizUser = new Microsoft.CRM.Proxy.BizUser ();
bizUser.Credentials = System.Net.CredentialCache.DefaultCredentials;
bizUser.Url = strDir + "BizUser.srf";
// CRMLicense proxy object
Microsoft.CRM.Proxy.CRMLicense license = new Microsoft.CRM.Proxy.CRMLicense();
license.Credentials = System.Net.CredentialCache.DefaultCredentials;
license.Url = strDir + "CRMLicense.srf";
string strErrorMsg = "";
// Microsoft CRM Suite Professional
string LicenseType = "{59F6D48E-F7E8-46F3-806C-3CA992D21915}";
try
{
Microsoft.CRM.Proxy.CUserAuth userAuth = bizUser.WhoAmI();
// Now grant the Microsoft CRM Suite Professional license to the caller
license.GrantUserLicense(userAuth, userAuth.UserId, LicenseType);
}
catch (System.Web.Services.Protocols.SoapException err)
{
// Process the platform error here
strErrorMsg = ("ErrorMessage: " + err.Message + " " + err.Detail.OuterXml + " Source: " + err.Source );
}
catch (Exception err)
{
// Process other errors here
strErrorMsg = ("ErrorMessage: " + err.Message );
}
Requirements
Namespace: Microsoft.CRM.Proxy
Assembly: microsoft.crm.proxy.dll
See Also