Dynamics CRM 2011 : C# Code for Assigning Security Role to a User

In Dynamics CRM 4.0 AssignUserRolesRoleRequest method was available to assign Security Roles to User but in CRM 2011 this method has been removed and no longer any special method is required to assign the Security Role to users, Security Roles are associated with Users via N:N relationship (relationship name: systemuserroles_association). So now in CRM 2011 we can use AssosiateRequest to assign the security roles to the user programmatically.

[C# Code]:

The following C# code can be used to assign Security Role to a User.

public void AssignSecurityRole(Guid prmUserId, Guid prmSecurityRoleId, IOrganizationService prmCrmWebService)

{

// Create new Associate Request object for creating a N:N link between User and Security

AssociateRequest wod_AssosiateRequest = new AssociateRequest();

// Create related entity reference object for associating relationship

// In our case we will pass (SystemUser) record reference

wod_AssosiateRequest.RelatedEntities = new EntityReferenceCollection();

wod_AssosiateRequest.RelatedEntities.Add(new EntityReference("systemuser", prmUserId));

// Create new Relationship object for System User & Security Role entity schema and assigning it

// to request relationship property

wod_AssosiateRequest.Relationship = new Relationship("systemuserroles_association");

// Create target entity reference object for associating relationship

wod_AssosiateRequest.Target = new EntityReference("role", prmSecurityRoleId);

// Passing AssosiateRequest object to Crm Service Execute method for assigning Security Role to User

prmCrmWebService.Execute(wod_AssosiateRequest);

}