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Retail Mass Deployment - SCCM vs Self-service

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I've been asked to get the Retail Mass Deployment functionality working for our retail environment.  I have everything setup in AX and can export the Retail Topology. But one of the first steps outlined on Technet is to initialize the toolkit. 

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This step fails and the error is referencing a SCCM dll. 

F:\Program Files\Microsoft Dynamics AX\60\Retail Scaleout Deployment\ConfigManagerToolKit>RetailConfigMgrToolkit.exe -o
CreateRetailApplications -contentRootFolder "\\MYSERVER\F$\Program Files\Microsoft Dynamics AX\60\Retail Scaleout Dep
loyment\ConfigManagerContent"


The firewall ports that are defined in the deployment topology will be opened on computers where Microsoft Dynamics AX c
omponents are deployed by using System Center Configuration Manager. These ports must be open for Microsoft Dynamics AX
components to communicate with one another.
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Could not load file or assembly 'AdminUI.WqlQueryEngine, Version=5.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e
35' or one of its dependencies. The system cannot find the file specified.

 

 

If I skip this step and attempt to import the retail topology (-ImportRetailTopology), it fails to do that with references to an SCCM site and a list of parameters.

EDIT - I changed up the parameter (had a "-" where it shouldn't be, and now it's attempting to perform the import and I get back the same above referenced error to the SCCM  dll.

So the question...do I or do I not have to have SCCM installed?  There are multiple references where it's explicitly stated to go the SCCM route, or the self-service route as well as implied choices in the instructions in several spots.  But it would appear that I'm forced back to SCCM, making it mandatory.

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