public void RetrieveAccount() { ColumnSet columns = new ColumnSet("name", "accountratingcode", "createdon", "_parentaccountid_value"); Entity account = new Entity("account") { ["name"] = "JT Test Retrieve", ["parentaccountid"] = new EntityReference("account", new Guid("ACA19CDD-88DF-E311-B8E5-6C3BE5A8B200")) }; Guid id = client.Create(account); Entity retrieveAccount = client.RetrieveAsync("account", id, columns).Result; }