ADFS can be very unforgiving if you need to uninstall or reconfigure. The following steps should steer you clear of any issues that you might run into. (ACL List issues are covered on my blog as well). Step 1: Uninstall ADFS using the control panel, remove program NOTE:- ADFS will be shown as an installed update […]
When deploying ADFS/IFD solution, you will most likely want to build a seperate ADFS server. Since ADFS is Microsoft’s STS (Security Token Service) many of their applications including Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 will be federating with it for single sign-on within your enterprise. ADFS can be setup on a single server, and can work with […]
Several customers are reporting issues since installing rollup 5 which is not uninstallable: Workflow based Organizations (many levels deep) ADFS / IFD Deployments CRM Email Router and Outlook Clients ( Cannot access the webservices) A hotfix was originally released but now has been disgarded. Micorosft has now released UR6 to fix some of the issue(s) introduced with […]
When installing ADFS to support your CRM 2011 IFD installation, if you have any errors or stop the install, the install will leave directories under the default website that need to be deleted. You can run this from the command prompt: appcmd delete app “Default Web Site/adfs/ls This will delete the website. You can also […]
During the CRM 2011 installation process for ADFS/IFD, you will notice issues when resolving external non matching internal domain references (crm.microsoft.com to crm.go.local) especially when using the SSL certficates. This can take hours of tracing and troubleshooting to realize its related to a new lookback feature introduced with Windows 2003 Server SP1. The solution is […]