Setup Web Deploy for Windows Server

To simplify the deployment of web apps / web services on a load balanced system, you want to use a central point for deployment (I am in an environment currently where the development happens completely outside the customer network, so there is no Build Server etc. available, we scripted the deployment).

1.) Enable the IIS features you need and dont forget "Web Server (IIS) --> Management Tools --> Management Service

2.) Install Microsoft Web Deployment Tool (https://www.iis.net/downloads/microsoft/web-deploy)

3.) Make sure the "IIS Deployment Handler" node is enabled (by default this is not checked)

4.) Open link "https://:8172/msdeploy.axd"

Note: You need to apply those changes on all web servers.

cheers

CRM 2011 - Import Organization - Errorcode: 0x80131904 The login already has an account under a different user name

Using Import Organization on a CRM 4 Database results in
Errorcode: 0x80131904 The login already has an account under a different user name

The problem are different users and schemas in the sql-database of the installed system (CRM2011) and the source system (CRM4). The system language of the CRM 2011 database is another language than the CRM 4 database has been.


Example (de/en):

CRM 4 based on Windows Server 2003 / SQL 2005 GERMAN
CRM 2011 based Windows Server 2008 R2 / SQL 2008 ENGLISH

The german systems contains the user and schema 'NT-AUTORITÄT\NETZWERKDIENST'.
CRM 2011 database contains an user and a schema 'NT AUTHORITY\NETWORK SERVICE'. This is what the CRM 2011 system is expecting in the import org database.

Solution:

• Create Database with name of CRM 4 source (_MSCRM) in SQL-Server of CRM 2011
• Restore from backup of CRM 4
• Delete the user and schema 'NT-AUTORITÄT\NETZWERKDIENST' from restored database
• Use Deploymentmanager and import the organization

Cheers,
Markus

Problems removing CrmAuthentication from web.config

There are many posts in the web describing, how you can resolve issues like
System.Net.WebException: The request failed with HTTP status 403: Forbidden. in Custom ASPX-Pages in the ISV-Folder.

Many of them offers web.config stuff like this:

<system.web>
<httpmodules>
<remove name="CrmAuthentication">
</remove>
...

<system.web>
<httpModules>
<remove name ="CrmAuthentication"/>
</httpModules>
...

Important:
This is ok if you are using default "OnPremise" professional-deployments. It will lead to further problems if you work on an enterprise deployment or with "IFD" Stuff. For example, it is not possible to use CrmImpersonator in this configuration. Keep this in mind for further iterations of your software.

cheers.