Dynamics CRM 2015 setup a demo Virtual Machine.

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Dynamics CRM 2015 setup a demo Virtual Machine
With most MicroSoft products this is pretty easy
to setting up, but Dynamics has a more
heavier requirements list.

• The prerequisites include
• Windows Server
• Active Directory (yep youll need to setup a
  domain controller)
• SQL Server Server 2012/2014 
• Reporting Services 2012/2014

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lets get started

• Step 1 First Install Windows 2012 R2 Standard
  Edition
• Im using VMWare (but you could use HyperV,
  Virtual Box as well).
• Create a new Virtual Machine, assign 4GB RAM, 40
  GB HDD, 1 CPU (its only a demo environment so
  these specs should be fine)
• Attach the Windows 2012 ISO and do a vanilla
  installation

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Step 2 Run the Active Directory wizard CRM
needs Active Directory, so run the Active
directory wizard

• Figure Configure Active Directory
• In Server Manager select Manage  Add Roles and
  Feature
• Installation Type Roles-based or Feature-based
  installation 
• Server Roles  Active Directory Domain Services
• Select Add Features
• Proceed through the wizard and then
  select Install
• Once completed select Promote this server to a
  domain controller

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• Figure Promote Domain Controller
• Deployment Configuration  Add new forest and
  enter your Root domain name which is Demo.Local
• Select Windows Server 2012 R2 for forest and
  domain function level
• Set Password for Directory Services Restore Mode
• Click on Next, Install
• Now sit back and wait, after a reboot you will be
  able to login in to the domain

Note Its a good idea to have a static IP
address on this machine, but its only a warning
at this stage.
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• Step 3, Windows Server Prerequisites
• Indexing Service
• IIS Admin
• World Wide Web Publishing

• Server Manager  Manage  Add Roles and Features
• Server Roles

• Application Server
• Web Server (IIS)

• Features

• .Net Framework 3.5 Features
• .Net Framework 4.5 Features  ASP.NET 4.5

• Web Server Role (IIS) Role Services

• Application Development ASP.NET 3.5
• Application Development ASP.NET 4.5

• Install

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Step 4, Install SQL Server

• Ill be installing SQL Server 2014 Developer
  Edition with the following options
• Feature Selection
• Database Engine Services
• Full-Test and Semantic Extractions for Search
• Reporting Services Native
• Management Tools Basic

• Management Tools Complete

• Step 5,Database Engine Configuration
• Select Mixed Mode (personal preference)
• Specify SQL Server Administrators  select Add
  Current User 

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• Step 6 ,Reporting Services Native Mode
• Select Install Only
• Install using all other defaults.
• Step 7, Configure Reporting Services Native
  Install
• Run SQL Server 2014 Reporting Services
  Configuration Manager and set-up the Native
  Reporting Services installation.
• This is should pretty much be a next, next,
  apply thing,
• Mine fired up straight away by just using the
  defaults

Figure Reporting Services Configuration Manager
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Figure Reporting Services Home Page
Step 8, Now Install CRM 2015 finally..!!
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• Figure CRM Installation
• Get Recommended Updates  select Get
  Updates (Which is optional)
• Enter your license key
• Accept the EULA
• At this point you may have a bunch of missing
  required components, install them (We will take a
  while, also you may need to reboot system)

• Figure Install Required Components
• Select Default Installation Path
• Specify Server Roles  Select All Options

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• Figure Server Roles
• Specify Deployment Options  Enter SQL Server
  Hostname i.e. CRM2014Demo
• Select the Organizational Unit  Enter the
  Organizational Unit
• At this point its probably a good idea to jump
  into Active Directory Users and Computers and
  create an OU for CRM

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Figure Create CRM OU
Figure Assign CRM OU
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• Specify Service Accounts, Now well need to
  specify our service accounts for the various CRM
  Services, since we dont have any accounts setup,
  well end up jumping back and forth between
  Active Directory Users and Computers and the CRM
  Installation wizard, As this is a DEMO
  environment Im going to use NETWORK SERVICE for
  the accounts.

Figure Service Accounts
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• Select Website Default Website

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Address No. 404, Pentagon Tower 1, Slip Rd to
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support_at_stw-services.com
www.stw-services.com
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