title: Ways to connect a Java Application to Microsoft CRM 2013 or 2016
body: <p>I want to integrate a java application with Microsoft CRM 2013.For that i have seen that MS CRM 2013 provides Rest as well as SOAP web services but after a lot of efforts that was in vain so my questions are these?</p>
  
  <p>Is it true that MS CRM 2013(and/or 2016) REST service are no more exposed to external application?</p>
  
  <p>For the SOAP web service.My CRM authentication is via Active directory(on premise authentication).For that i did not find a single ressource on the net how to do that.What i found is only for MS CRM 2011</p>
  
  <p>Some links on the net advice to have an installed dotnet service or application that use the MS CRM 2013 to connect to the CRM and then create a webservice that will be a proxy between my java application and the MS CRM .Is this the only/best  way to do that?</p>
  
  <p>thnaks in advance.</p>