Deployment – Page 2 – CRM Kitchen

If you cannot find CRM Explorer in the Tools menu, you can fix the issue like that.

Close the Visual Studio Project
Open the Project’s Solution file (.sln) in a text edior
Find the Global section and insert the following code at the beginning of the section.

    GlobalSection(CRMSolutionProperties) = preSolution
        SolutionIsBoundToCRM = True
    EndGlobalSection

GlobalSection(CRMSolutionProperties) = preSolution

SolutionIsBoundToCRM = True

EndGlobalSection

Save the file and open your project again.
Now you can find the CRM Explorer in the Tools Menu or Connect to Dynamics CRM Server dialog will show up automatically.