Install Dynamics CRM 2013 on premise

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The lab environment:

DC01 – Windows 2012 R2 Core Edition as Domain Controller
SQL01 – Windows 2012 R2 Standard with SQL 2012 Server Enterprise with all features
CRM01 – Windows 2012 R2 Standard (where we install the Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2013)

Prepare the environment
Create in Active Directory a specific Organizational Unit used by the system for permission management
Set the SQL Server Agent Service who start in Automatic mode and start it
Create service user and add specific user permission
Install the Dynamics CRM Server Email Router service (We don’t need this service so I don’t have installed)
Install the Dynamics CRM Server
Install the Dynamics CRM Reporting Extensions on Microsoft Reporting Server Service
Update to service pack 1 the Dynamics CRM Server and Dynamics CRM Reporting Extensions

Create service user
You need 6 service user who are just members of Domain Users:

  • Application service (crmapp.service)
  • Deployment web service (crmdepweb.service)
  • Sandbox processing service (crmsandbox.service)
  • VSS Writer Service (crmvsswriter.service)
  • Asynchronous Processing Service (crmasync.service)
  • Monitoring Service (crmmonitor.service)

Add the Application service (crmapp.service) user and Asynchronous Processing Service (crmasync.service) user to the Performance Log User local group of the Dynamics CRM Server

I have used this PowerShell command:

Import-Module ActiveDirectory
$ADPathContainer = "OU=ServiceUser,OU=ZZLAB,DC=intra,DC=zzlab,DC=com"
New-ADUser -SamAccountName "crmapp.service" -UserPrincipalName "crmapp.service@intra.zzlab.com" -Name "CRM Application Service User" -DisplayName "CRM Application Service User" -GivenName "CRM Application" -SurName "Service User" -Path $ADPathContainer -AccountPassword (ConvertTo-SecureString 'Pa$$w0rd' -AsPlainText -Force) -Enabled $True -PasswordNeverExpires $True -ChangePasswordAtLogon $False
New-ADUser -SamAccountName "crmdepweb.service" -UserPrincipalName "crmdepweb.service@intra.zzlab.com" -Name "CRM Deployment Web Service User" -DisplayName "CRM Deployment Web Service User" -GivenName "CRM Deployment Web" -SurName "Service User" -Path $ADPathContainer -AccountPassword (ConvertTo-SecureString 'Pa$$w0rd' -AsPlainText -Force) -Enabled $True -PasswordNeverExpires $True -ChangePasswordAtLogon $False
New-ADUser -SamAccountName "crmsandbox.service" -UserPrincipalName "crmsandbox.service@intra.zzlab.com" -Name "CRM Sandbox Processing Service User" -DisplayName "CRM Sandbox Processing Service User" -GivenName "CRM Sandbox Processing" -SurName "Service User" -Path $ADPathContainer -AccountPassword (ConvertTo-SecureString 'Pa$$w0rd' -AsPlainText -Force) -Enabled $True -PasswordNeverExpires $True -ChangePasswordAtLogon $False
New-ADUser -SamAccountName "crmvsswriter.service" -UserPrincipalName "crmvsswriter.service@intra.zzlab.com" -Name "CRM VSS Writer Service User" -DisplayName "CRM VSS Writer Service User" -GivenName "CRM VSS Writer" -SurName "Service User" -Path $ADPathContainer -AccountPassword (ConvertTo-SecureString 'Pa$$w0rd' -AsPlainText -Force) -Enabled $True -PasswordNeverExpires $True -ChangePasswordAtLogon $False
New-ADUser -SamAccountName "crmasync.service" -UserPrincipalName "crmasynchronous.service@intra.zzlab.com" -Name "CRM Asynchronous Service User" -DisplayName "CRM Asynchronous Service User" -GivenName "CRM Asynchronous" -SurName "Service User" -Path $ADPathContainer -AccountPassword (ConvertTo-SecureString 'Pa$$w0rd' -AsPlainText -Force) -Enabled $True -PasswordNeverExpires $True -ChangePasswordAtLogon $False
New-ADUser -SamAccountName "crmmonitor.service" -UserPrincipalName "crmmonitor.service@intra.zzlab.com" -Name "CRM Monitoring Service User" -DisplayName "CRM Monitoring Service User" -GivenName "CRM Monitoring" -SurName "Service User" -Path $ADPathContainer -AccountPassword (ConvertTo-SecureString 'Pa$$w0rd' -AsPlainText -Force) -Enabled $True -PasswordNeverExpires $True -ChangePasswordAtLogon $False

Dynamics CRM Server Setup
Install the Dynamics CRM 2013 from the “autoplay menu” the application crash on my Windows 2012 R2 server. So I run the SetupServer.exe from the folder \Server\amd64.
The procedure ask me the following information:
1. Internet connection to check the upgrade
2. Insert the CRM 2013 product key
3. Accept the license agreement
4. Install required components
5. Select the installation location (I have accepted the default folder path)
6. Specify server role (I have installed every thinks on one server)
7. Specify deployment option (I have accepted the default “Create a new deployment” and I have specified the SQL01.intra.zzlab.com as SQL server)
8. Select the Organizational Unit (select the Organizational Unit created in the preparation environment section)
9. Specify the service user (Created in the preparation environment section)
10. Select the web site (I have choose for the default web site on my server)
11. Email Router Name (I have left blank because I don’t install the email router now)
12. Specify Organization Settings
13. Specify the report server url
14. Help us to improve customer experience
15. Select Microsoft Update preferences
16. System checks
17. Service disruption warnings
18. Ready to install

Install Dynamics CRM Reporting Extensions on Microsoft Reporting Service server
Also in this case the auto run setup lunch crash immediately on Windows 2012 R2 Server.
I run the SetupSrsDataConnector.exe from <DVD drive letter>:\Server\amd64\SrsDataConnector.
The setup wizard ask only for the Reporting Server name and automatically do everything.

Install the Service Pack 1 for Dynamics CRM Server and Dynamics CRM Reporting Extensions
The setup of service pack run automatically without any question

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