Workflow – CRM Kitchen

If you want to run/trigger a workflow, you can execute a workflow programmatically with following request :

// Create an ExecuteWorkflow request.
ExecuteWorkflowRequest request = new ExecuteWorkflowRequest()
           {
             WorkflowId = _workflowId,
             EntityId = _leadId
           }; 
// Execute the workflow.
ExecuteWorkflowResponse response = 
(ExecuteWorkflowResponse)_serviceProxy.Execute(request);

// Create an ExecuteWorkflow request.

ExecuteWorkflowRequest request = new ExecuteWorkflowRequest()

{

WorkflowId = _workflowId,

EntityId = _leadId

};

// Execute the workflow.

ExecuteWorkflowResponse response =

(ExecuteWorkflowResponse)_serviceProxy.Execute(request);

Also this request is supported by Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2015 and Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online 2015 Update.

Source : https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg309600.aspx