Hands On With MDGP 2018 RTM: Install eConnect on Server

Microsoft Dynamics GPMicrosoft Dynamics GP 2018 RTM has now been released. In this series of posts, I will be stepping through the installation of Microsoft Dynamics GP and additional products and then will move on to taking a look at the new functionality which has been introduced.

The series index for this series of posts is here and will automatically update as posts go live.

With the eConnect prerequisites configured or installed (as appropriate), eConnect can now be installed on the server. eConnect is installed from the setup.exeRun on each one as it appears:

Click Install on the Microsoft Dynamics GP 2018 Bootstrapper Setup:

Microsoft Dynamics GP 2018 Bootstrapper Setup

Under Additional Products, select eConnect and click Install on the popup menu:

Accept the terms of the license agreement and click Next:

eConnect for Microsoft Dynamics GP 2018: License Agreement

On the Select features step, check that Incoming-Outgoing Service is selected for install; if it is not, then the Message Queuing Triggers are not installed.

Click Next to continue:

eConnect for Microsoft Dynamics GP 2018:

Enter the Domain credentials which will be used to run the eConnect services, and then click Next:

eConnect for Microsoft Dynamics GP 2018: eConnect Service User

Enter the Server Name and Dynamics GP System Database name; the former needs to be the full instance name of the SQL Server hosting Microsoft Dynamics GP.

Click Next to proceed:

eConnect for Microsoft Dynamics GP 2018: SQL Connection Information

Click Install to begin the installation:

eConnect for Microsoft Dynamics GP 2018: Ready to Install

Once the installation is complete, click Exit:

eConnect for Microsoft Dynamics GP 2018: Installation Complete

This has eConnect installed, but there is some additional configuration required which will be completed over the next couple of posts in this series.

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