MS CRM Guru - Percy Stephansen

After my initial struggle, and eventually getting MS Dynamics CRM 2011 installed without some or other hack applied, I decided to share how easy it actually is to install. I will give you Step by Step instructions.  This worked for me, you might have some other Roles or Features you require, but I will show you what I think the minimum requirements is. Add "Application Server", "File And Storage Services" and "Web Server". Add all additional roles and features if prompted. Add ".NET Framework 3.5 Features" and "Windows Identity Foundation 3.5". Add "Web Server (IIS) Support" under Application Server -> Roles Services Add "IIS 6 Management Compatibility" under Web Server Role (IIS) -> Roles Services. You don't need "IIS 6  Management Console". Wait for Roles and Feature to complete. It is always good to restart after this. Installation Folder Preparations To make

Some useful tools for debugging MS Dynamics CRM 2011 Issues CRM Tool Source Benefits IE Hang/Crash dumps Debugging tools Snapshot of what was occurring in a CRM when the browser hung or crashed. Debug with Visual Studio CRM Diagnostic Tool http://crmdiagtool2011.codeplex.com/ Useful for trace and devErrors from servers; Output HTML deployment report CRM Client Diagnostics http://support.microsoft.com/kb/830232 Installed with Client; use for initial client diagnosis PSSDiag https://sqlnexus.codeplex.com/wikipage?title=Sql2005PerfStatsScript&referringTitle=Home Product Support Services tool for profiler traces and performance monitoring SQLDiag http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms162833.aspx Collect logs from SQL to monitor specific problems PSS Perf Wait Stats http://www.codeplex.com/Wikipage?ProjectName=

There are many ways to expose an internal server externally, and it would be impossible to cover all possible scenarios in one document, this will serve as a general guide for a couple of common scenarios. For Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 to be available on the internet, the Application server needs to be accessible from the internet, no matter if you choose to just open up the port or choose to do a full IFD implementation. Port Forwarding Tunnelling Reverse Proxy Port forwarding / tunnelling / reverse proxy are all possible ways of making an Internal IP address available to be accessed from an External (internet facing) IP address. This will all depend what your company current have in place, most of the above can either be achieved through hardware or software. Examples of software that can be used for port forwarding includes Microsoft Forefront Treat Management Gateway (TMG) and Microsoft Forefront Unified Access Gateway. Basically what it comes down to is the following: