Microsoft Dynamics crm planning Guide
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Planning DeploymentThe deployment architecture you will use depends on your business needs. This chapter gives guidelines for planning a Microsoft Dynamics CRM deployment on three representative computer system architectures: a single-computer server deployment based on Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2003 R2, a two-server deployment, and multiple-server deployments involving a minimum of six servers. These deployments are discussed in detail in the "Supported configurations" section of this chapter. Use this chapter as a reference if you have no existing Windows Server infrastructure, and you are planning a new Microsoft Dynamics CRM deployment. If most or all the Windows Server infrastructure already exists, we recommend that you read this chapter to make sure that your current infrastructure meets the prerequisites for a successful Microsoft Dynamics CRM deployment.
Planning deployment prerequisitesThis section has lists of what you must have before you install Microsoft Dynamics CRM, such as needed hardware and software. Use this section for preparing your network and to make sure that all requirements are satisfied before you run Microsoft Dynamics CRM Setup. In this chapter, the following topics are discussed:
Hardware requirementsDepending on how you plan to deploy the system, as a single-server solution, a multiple-server solution, or a clustered solution, the computer hardware that Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 and components will run on is important for acceptable application performance. There are many factors that you must consider that can affect the hardware requirements. They include the following:
For a list of the suggested hardware requirements, see "System Requirements and Required Components" in this guide. Software requirementsBefore you install Microsoft Dynamics CRM, there are several operating system, application, and software components that must be installed, configured, and running. Some of these operating system and software components include Windows Server, SQL Server, SQL Server Reporting Services, and Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0. For a complete list of the software requirements, see "System Requirements and Required Components" in this guide. Active Directory considerationsActive Directory is a component of the Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2008 operating systems. Active Directory provides a directory and security structure for network applications such as Microsoft Dynamics CRM. As with most applications that rely on a directory service, Microsoft Dynamics CRM has dependencies that are important for operation, such as use of Active Directory to store user and group information and to create application security. Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 can only be installed on a Windows Server that is a domain member or, if you are installing on Microsoft Small Business Server, a domain controller. The domain where the server is located must be running in one of the following Active Directory modes:
All Active Directory forest modes are supported. For more information about Active Directory domain and forest modes, see How to raise domain and forest functional levels in Windows Server 2003 (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=52205). For more information about Active Directory, see the following resources:
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