As Microsoft's recommendations, we should install most of Dynamics AX2012 server components on Windows 2008 R2(64bit).
Microsoft's AX2012 virtual machine needs 8GB memory to run. (As my try, it is very slow when we use AX2012 in a 8GB memory PC).
As some try, we can install most of components of Dynamics AX2012 on Windows 7(64bit) for our learnings.
1, System environment
1.1 Hard environment
8GB Memory
I7 2620M CPU
At least 40GB free disk space.
1.2 Software environment
Windows 7 SP1 (64bit) It joined into a Domain
SQL2008 SP2 (64bit)
IIS7
Office 2007 SP2
1.3 Permission
Database permission, you can refer MS's document
Components services permission, at least local admin
2, Pre-installation
First, you can select all components of AX2012 for prerequisite validation. The below is my validation result after i installed some componnents/prerequirements.
* Security Updates for Microsoft Office System: i can't install this item although i download it from MS. It made i can't install the component for my Office 2007 SP2: Office Add-ins of AX2012
*Sharepoint needs to install on Win2008 Server. So EP referred i can't install on Win 7.
*BI, Report server& project server referred, i haven't try them.
*If any pre-requirements missed on your Win7, you can download them from MS and try to install. Then revalidate.
| No. | Pre-Requirements | Status |
| 1 | Business Data Connectivity (BDC) service application deployed | Error |
| 2 | Microsoft Project Server | Error |
| 3 | Microsoft Message Queuing (MSMQ) Server | Error |
| 4 | Security Updates for Microsoft Office System | Error |
| 5 | SharePoint Search | Error |
| 6 | SharePoint Server Search 14 service startup type | Error |
| 7 | SharePoint Server Search 14 service started | Error |
| 8 | Microsoft SharePoint | Error |
| 9 | Web site (Microsoft SharePoint Central Administration) | Error |
| 10 | Server operating system | Warning |
| 11 | ADOMD.NET | Success |
| 12 | Computer restart pending | Success |
| 13 | Domain user account | Success |
| 14 | Windows Firewall service | Success |
| 15 | Web Server role (Help Server) | Success |
| 16 | Local administrator | Success |
| 17 | Microsoft Report Viewer 2010 | Success |
| 18 | Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1 | Success |
| 19 | Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0 | Success |
| 20 | Hotfix for Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0 (KB2390372) | Success |
| 21 | Microsoft Word or Microsoft Excel | Success |
| 22 | Open XML SDK for Microsoft Office | Success |
| 23 | Client operating system | Success |
| 24 | Windows PowerShell 2.0 | Success |
| 25 | Microsoft SQL Server Native Client | Success |
| 26 | Microsoft SQL Server Analysis Services | Success |
| 27 | Microsoft SQL Server Analysis Services started. | Success |
| 28 | Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services | Success |
| 29 | Required updates for Microsoft SQL Server | Success |
| 30 | Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services started | Success |
| 31 | Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services web service | Success |
| 32 | Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 SP1 Redistributable (x86) | Success |
| 33 | Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 SP1 Redistributable (x64) | Success |
| 34 | Visual C++ 2010 Redistributable (x86) | Success |
| 35 | Visual C++ 2010 Redistributable (x64) | Success |
| 36 | Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Tools for the Microsoft Office system | Success |
| 37 | Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) Activation | Success |
| 38 | Microsoft Windows Installer | Success |
| 39 | Windows Search Service | Success |
| 40 | Windows Search Service startup type | Success |
At last, I installed below components:
Databases
AOS
Clients
Remote Desktop Services integration
Developer tools (Debuger, VS tools& trace parse)
Web services on IIS
.Net business connector
Management utilities
BI(Reports&Analysis)
Not installation:
Web server componnents (EP, Enterprice search&Help server)
Office Add-ins
Project server referred
3. After below components installation completed, we can learn AX2012 now although some components can't be installed.
3.1 Install AOS instance
You need to install AOS one by one using Setup.exe of AX2012.
3.2 How to manage AX2012
AOS services are in services.msc. Each AOS instance has one services.
In Administative tools, It has three AX2012 toos (Run as administrator):
AX2012 configuration: A tool to configure client users access AOS.
AX2012 management shell
AX2012 server configuration: Setup AOS
3.3 Configuration for clients
In connection tab, you need to entry Server name, AOS name, Ports (If multi AOS for cluster, you only need list all AOS information here.)
3.4 Configuration AOS
Define TCP/IP|Services WSDL port for AOS
List Database Server name, Database name and baseline database name
3.5 AOS cluster configuration
Sys admin module->Setup->System->Cluster configuration
Create a Cluster name: AOSC and you have installed AOS1, AOS2 and AOS3 on your PC.
Map AOS instances to cluster, you can change cluster name to AOSC.
If you want to a load balancer, you can check it, the AOS will not load users but only for loading balance and its max concurrent sessions will be Zero. Other AOS will load all users.
A AOS is loading balancer, it shoudln't be a batch server.
AOS is a member of AOS cluster can be a batch server.
After cluster configuration completed, All AOS need to restart.
3.6 User configuration for AOS cluster
If no load balancer, configuration needs to list all member AOS of the cluster.
If it has a load balancer, configuration only needs to list the load balancer AOS settings.
For AOS cluster, network should allow some ports access by TCP/IP/UDP.
