If you are new to plugin development, you must’ve learnt by now that you’ll need to download and install a Plugin Registration Tool in order to register your plugin with the Dynamics 365 environment you are working on.

In case you are on your own and someone hasn’t given you the zip file already, here’s how you can start from scratch. 😊

Download Plugin Registration Tool using PowerShell

Here’s how you start from the very beginning.

1. If you do a quick Google Search, you might find someone must’ve already uploaded a Plugin Registration Tool somewhere, but in case you want to get it from Microsoft’s official website, here’s the link to Microsoft Docs – https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/customerengagement/on-premises/developer/download-tools-nuget?view=op-9-1&viewFallbackFrom=op-9-1%3FWT.mc_id%3DDX-MVP-5003911
   Then, you can directly navigate to the Plugin Registration Tool segment by clicking on the highlighted link below
   
   
   
2. In Plugin Registration Tool, you can simply click on the Download Package button
   
   
   This file Nuget file will be downloaded to your machine –
   
   
3. Now, open PowerShell in Admin mode –
   
   
4. Now, write the below code in PowerShell [Make sure you are pointing to the directory where you want to install the Nuget.exe]
   [Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = [Net.SecurityProtocolType]::Tls12 $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
   
   It’ll look like this when you type and press Enter, after a few moments when it’s completed downloading, you’ll be in the below state –
   
   
5. Now, Microsoft Docs article above lists the PS Script to download all the Tools, but from that, if you want to only Download Plugin Registration Tool for now, that’s fine! You can just write the below PS Script and leave the rest –
   
   PS Script for Plugin Registration Tool only –
   ## ##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
   
   
   
   And when you press enter, it’ll setup the same and this will be your completed state –
   
   
6. And you are done! Plugin Registration Tool has been downloaded
   And since we only Downloaded the Plugin Registration Tool and nothing else, only Plugin Registration Tool folder will be seen
   
   
7. And here’s your Plugin Registration Tool
   
   
   

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Thank you!!