wfDeployClrAssemblies Error When Deploying The System Database

This post is a slight diversion from my Hands On With Microsoft Dynamics GP 2016 R1 series, but I am posting it as it came up while I was deploying the system database.

Towards the end of the deployment an error occurred while the wfDeployClrAssemblies was being executed (actually there were three error messages produced):

Microsoft Dynamics GP Utilities
The following SQL Statement produced an error:
EXEC wfDeployClrAssemblies

Microsoft Dynamics GP Utilities
Microsoft Dynamics GP Utilities: ERROR [Microsoft][SQL Server Native Client 11.0][SQL Server]CREATE ASSEMBLY for assembly 'System.IdentofyModel failed because assembly 'System.IdentofyModel failed verification. Check if the referenced assemblies are up-to-date and trusted (for external_acce

Microsoft Dynamics GP Utilities
Install of database failed! Microsoft Dynamics GP Utilities will now shut down.

I did some digging and found a thread on the Dynamics Communities site which explained the issue was .NET Framework 4.5.1 was not installed. I think I haven’t come across this issue recently as I typvially have Paint.NET installed on the server before trying to install GP and this installs that version of .NET.

One quick install of Paint.NET later and I was able to deploy the system database again (I wanted to ensure a clean install so deleted the database and ran GP Utilities again.

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