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Install CRM 2015 with external access (IFD)

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Hi,

i need to plan an installation of MSCRM 2015 with IFD.

The plan is to have one full server deployment which on production should be accessible via internalcrm.domain.com for example. The network internally uses domain.local as host and domain.com for public. So internalcrm.domain.com and internalcrm.domain.local should point to the same.

My plan is to have one AD FS server and one server having the Web Application Proxy which is the only server in the DMZ.

Now i just read an article from niran_belliappa on msdn about installing CRM 2013 with AD FS. It very looked like he was using two different SSL certificates. And if i enable IFD on the CRM Server i need to provide a certificate (*.domain.com), then i also need to provide it on AD FS but also on the Web Application Proxy in order to make it available on the 443 (HTTPS) for the public so people can access CRM via crm.domain.com (or some other subdomain).

Now im confused, isn't it enough to have only one SSL cert and use it on all 3 servers or how do i need to setup IFD for this?

I will use Windows Server 2012 R2 with AD FS 3.0 and CRM 2015 to be installed. A link to a good step-by-step guide would be great too.

Regards

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    RE: Install CRM 2015 with external access (IFD)

    Hello Novumni,

    Microsoft Dynamics CRM

    Thank you for your query,

    I am sure you might have resolved this issue by now, however I am just giving you a heads up to you in case you encounter the similar issue in future.

    You can refer this blog for future reference as this contains step by step configruation for IFD.

    blogs.msdn.com/.../step-by-step-installing-dynamics-crm-2013-on-windows-server-2012.aspx

    Though this is for CRM 2013, the same configuration applies for CRM 2015 as well.

    Here is  the compatibility list for CRM 2015: support.microsoft.com/.../3018360

    For configuring ADSF as a proxy role, you can check the following: technet.microsoft.com/.../dd807067.aspx

    blogs.technet.com/.../step-by-step-setting-up-ad-fs-proxy-servers-via-single-sign-on-for-office-365.aspx

    blogs.technet.com/.../step-by-step-setting-up-ad-fs-proxy-servers-via-single-sign-on-for-office-365.aspx

    I hope this helps.

    Please do inform me if you have any update about the same. Feel free to reply here and I'll be glad to assist you.

    Thanks & Regards,

    Sharon Mhatre

    Support Engineer

    Microsoft Dynamics CRM

  • Eser Esen Profile Picture
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    RE: Install CRM 2015 with external access (IFD)

    Hi thanks for the URL but i know that one.

    The problem is, most of the time those tutorials use one server to install everything. And others do not tell where they do what.

    Since i plan to have 3 servers, one with CRM2015, one with ADFS and one with the Proxy. Where i need to do what? I know i need the certificate on all three. So here i simply use the same wildcard certificate on all 3 servers? And DNS Setting i need to do on all 3 as well or only the domain controller?

  • Rajkumar Rajaraman Profile Picture
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    RE: Install CRM 2015 with external access (IFD)

    Eser,

    Refer the following link, it provides the step by step procedure:

    www.interactivewebs.com/.../how-to-set-up-crm-2015-ifd-on-windows-2012-and-adfs-3-0

    Hope this helps.

    Regards,

    R.Rajkumar

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