Applies to Product - Dynamics 365 Lifecycle Services
What’s happening?
The customer is seeking guidance on how to avoid including the data center name in the URL, specifically in the format "NAME.operations.uae.dynamics.com".
Reason:
The option to change the environment URL is currently available only for Power Platform and Customer Engagement (CE) environments. Unfortunately, this feature is not supported for Finance and Operations (F&O) environments due to design limitations within the system.
The option to change the environment URL is currently available only for Power Platform and Customer Engagement (CE) environments. Unfortunately, this feature is not supported for Finance and Operations (F&O) environments due to design limitations within the system.
Resolution:
To avoid reflecting the data center name in the URL, perform the following steps: 1. Set the alternatehostname property with the site's host name. 2. Add a URL rewrite rule blocking the requests with no host header. 3. Check the customer's application to ensure they are not hard-coding the IP address anywhere. An outgoing URL rewrite rule may be required to replace the internal IP address with the public FQDN host name, especially when the application's code is not properly configured for being behind a proxy/firewall.
For further reference, consult the document on Server Runtime available on Microsoft Learn.
To avoid reflecting the data center name in the URL, perform the following steps: 1. Set the alternatehostname property with the site's host name. 2. Add a URL rewrite rule blocking the requests with no host header. 3. Check the customer's application to ensure they are not hard-coding the IP address anywhere. An outgoing URL rewrite rule may be required to replace the internal IP address with the public FQDN host name, especially when the application's code is not properly configured for being behind a proxy/firewall.
For further reference, consult the document on Server Runtime available on Microsoft Learn.