Download tools from NuGet

12/06/2017

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Applies to Dynamics 365 (online), version 9.x

You can download tools used in 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

1. In your Windows Start menu, type Windows Powershell and open it.
2. 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.
3. Copy and paste the following PowerShell script into the PowerShell window and press Enter.
   PowerShell

   $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
   
   ##
   ##Download Plugin 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.'}
   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    
   

4. 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.