Dynamics ax 2009 installation log
May be somebody want to start the AX journey life beginning as a newbie, firstly you need to build a AX environment to study it. Here is some suggestion for you to install and set up a fully new environment.
Windows relating installation
1. Install the windows server 2008 VMware system.
2. Active the windows.
3. Join the current VMware system into the domain environment.
4. Install the .Net framework 3.5 SP1. (This can be finished while installing the SQL Server 2008)
5. Install the ‘Windows SDK for Windows Server 2008 and .Net Framework 3.5’.
6. Install the ‘Visual studio 2008’.
7. Close the windows UAC.
SQL Server 2008 installation
1. Install all the base features without the ‘Analysis service’ and ‘Reporting service’. Because the installation app will use the base port ‘443’ and ‘80’, the reporting service will automatically open the security access mode. If you had installed the all feature at the same time, you can also change the configuration file to close the security access mode. Please find the file ‘RSReportServer.config(Reporting Services\ReportServer)’, open it and find the key ‘SecureConnectionLevel’, the default value is 3, change it from 3 to 0.
2. The SQL use the mix login mode, setting up the SA user password and adding the current user as administrator while crossing the installation step by step.
3. Install the rest features of ‘Analysis service’ and ‘Reporting service’.
4. Set up the reporting service by open the ‘Reporting service management’.
a. Set up the ‘Web service URL’, use a new port such as ‘81’ to replace the default port ‘80’.
b. Set up the Database, if fully installation the data base may be existed, the partly installation will need you to create a new database, please use the native mode.
c. Set up ‘Report Management URL’, reference the ‘Web service URL’s configuration.
5. Restore the sample database to SQL server by using the ‘.bak’ file.
AX installation
1. Install all the base features including the SSRS report feature.
2. Install the SP1 upgrading package.
3. Fully run the ax check list.
