Generating CRM4 WSDL from instance

Question

How can I go about obtaining the latest WSDL files from a CRM4 deployment?

Currently we have a deployment in place on a hosted solution where there are two WSDL files available via Settings > Customization > Download Web Service Description Files

From this location there are two files available: - CrmService.asmx - MetadataService.asmx

If I attempt to click on these files then it opens web URLs as follows: - http://be-crm4.domain.co.uk/MSCrmServices/2007/CrmServiceWsdl.aspx - http://be-crm4.domain.co.uk/MSCrmServices/2007/MetadataService.asmx?WSDL

However upon looking at the visual studio C# coded connector tool that interacts with the current CRM instance that a previous developer has done I can see that he has reference to 3 WSDL.

• CrmService
• CRMMetaService
• CrmDiscoveryService

The Discovery service URL is as follows: - http://be-sql-live01/MSCRMServices/2007/AD/CrmDiscoveryService.asmx

We are currently in the process of moving our server to another server and I am testing the webservice component of this but as there have been changes I want to regenerate the WSDL files.

How can I save the wsdl files from the browser? How can I find the discovery URL of the webservices as only 2 of these seem to be appearing

Answer 1

I know it's a bit late but maybe someone will find this helpfull. On on-permise instane using AD the address for discovery service is:

http[s]://<hostname>[:port]/mscrmservices/2007/AD/CrmDiscoveryService.asmx

On IFD instance:

http[s]://<hostname>[:port]/mscrmservices/2007/IFD/CrmDiscoveryService.asmx

You can get WSDL by adding ?WSDL on the end of webservice address for example:

http[s]://<hostname>[:port]/mscrmservices/2007/AD/CrmDiscoveryService.asmx?WSDL