How To Install The Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013 (Beta) Web Client – Web Server Installation

To function the Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013 web client requires a web server running IIS with a web site bound to an SSL certificate.

The operating system of the web server must be one of the following:

• Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2
• Microsoft Windows Server 2012

Once you have installed one of the above, I chose Windows Server 2008 R2 for this install, the Web Server (IIS) role needs to be installed via Server Manager.

Open Server Manager and click the Add Roles link;

Click Next on the Before You Begin page;

Select the Web Server (IIS) role by checking the box;

Click Next after reading the introduction to IIS;

Under Application Development check ASP.NET;

This will display the list of required role services which must also be installed. Click Add Required Role Services;

And under Security check Windows Authentication;

Confirm the installation selections;

An installation confirmation page will be displayed;

In the Server Manager the newly installed role will be shown;

Now that IIS is installed, a web site can be created for use with the web client or, as I am, the Default Web Site can be used. In the next post, I’ll run through installing a self-signed certificate in IIS.

After the web site has been installed, it needs to be extended with ASP.NET. To do this, open a Command prompt with administrative privileges and type the following command:

Then type the following command to setup all web sites with ASP.NET;