Sunday, June 3, 2018

Configure MS Dynamics 365 For Operations Demo (On Premises)on Your Laptop/ PC - Part 1

Couple of weeks a go I've able to setup and configure Microsoft Dynamics 365 for operations VM on my Laptop.So I'm sharing my experience and hope it will helpful for others as well.
So here is the requirements
  1. 100 GB Free Disk Space (Minimum)
  2. at least 8 GB RAM
  3. Windows 8.1 OS or above with Hyper-V Role Enabled
Download VM from following Links:
after downloading all files put in same folder and run /open FinanceAndOperations-EEJuly2017withPlatUpdate12.part01.exe to extract whole VM. After extracting you will get .vhd file (not vhdx) file as follows(My VM is platform update 11 so it will looks like as follows).
So if it is done already , we can move to next steps.
So Open Hyper V Manager Right Click on Server Node then click on New -> Virtual Machine.
Click on next .Enter Name for VM as your preference . then click next.
Select Generation 1 under "Choose the generation of this virtual machine" section.(Because it's .vhd ).
Assign Amount of Memory in MB and uncheck "Use Dynamic Memory for this virtual machine." .Keep in mind after allocating memory for VM ,you need to keep at least 4GB memory free for the Host running Hyper-V(mean your laptop or PC).
In here you need to create Virtual Network and Map/Link relevant Network Adapter which has outside Access and then select from drop down , select newly created Virtual Network Under Connection as shown below.
then Click Next.
Select "Use an existing virtual hard disk" option and Browse for Extracted .vhd File
In my case FinanceAndOperations-EEJuly2017withPlatUpdate11.vhd then click on Next.
at last you will see this summary screen. Click Finish to complete VM Setup.
After click finish.you can see newly created VM on Hyper-V manager .
Then right click on VM name and from the Right Click menu Click on Start.If every thing OK. then VM will Start and Status will changed to Running State. :).
Then Right Click on Instance and Click on Connect.
Congratz !!!, Now your VM Running and Use pass@word1 as password to Login.
Enjoy !!! :)
M D Amith Prasanna.

Configure MS Dynamics 365 For Operations Demo (On Premises)on Your Laptop/ PC - Part 2

If you missed out part one , here it is :
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/configure-ms-dynamics-365-operations-demo-premiseson-amith/
If your VM up and running , there will be only few steps to complete setup.
Simply login in to VM and open AdminUserProvisioning.exe , shown as below screen.
Note!:
you will need connect your VM to internet to complete this setup.also you will need office 365 email account .If you don't have office 365 email just signup for the trial account using this link : https://products.office.com/en/try
click on Yes for User Account Control dialog. then you will see like below
Enter email created by you or your existing office 365 email and click on submit.it will take while and will disappear itself.
after that open web browser inside VM and type or copy and paste this URL https://usnconeboxax1aos.cloud.onebox.dynamics.com/
Then it will ask for the credentials
simply Enter your office 365 email and password and then click on Sign In.
if every thing configured properly, you will see MS Dynamics 365 For Finance and Operations Screen.
I would like to remind you that ,as per my knowledge this VM is only Demonstration Environment and not real production on-premises environment . also the Hardware Requirements what I've highlighted in Part 1 , is minimum Requirement and you can adjust those as required.
Thank you!
Regards,
Amith Prasanna.

Downloading D365FO VM via LCS

Hope you read my previous article ,Configure MS Dynamics 365 For Operations Demo (On Premises)on Your Laptop/ PC - Part 1.
If not go to this link : https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/configure-ms-dynamics-365-operations-demo-premiseson-amith/
Unfortunately there were few massages saying that the links I've provided in above article is no longer accessible and when I informed Microsoft Regarding issue they said that we can use LCS global Asset Library to download VM files.
So follow below steps to download the VM.
1.Go to Dynamics 365 for Operations (On-Premises) , then fill information as appropriate.
2. Click on Next , then fill all the mandatory details on new screen
then click on Create my account .
3.the Next step is to "Prove. You’re. Not. A. Robot." ;) , Keep your Mobile Phone with you and Enter your Mobile Phone number along with correct Country Code.And Click "Text me" if you choose Call me , then click on "Call me"
So after that based on your selection you will Get Code via SMS or via Voice Call.
4.Enter Code and Click Next
5.then wait for a while to process your request and Save details on safe place , which you are getting from next screen.
after you save information then click on "You're ready to go ..".
6. Close all the browser tabs and open Incognito Window (Chrome) or In private Window (IE or Edge) then go to https://portal.office.com and Sign In with details you saved in Step 5.if logon successful you will see Office 365 Admin Portal like below
7.While keeping this browser window open, Open new Browser TAB and go to https://lcs.dynamics.com then you will see Life Cycle Service Login .
Click on Sign in.
8. After click on Sign In you will logon to LCS automatically and ask to select Language.
Change language as you wish and click on "Accept" button .
9.It will take little while to complete setup and at last you will see Life Cycle Services Landing Page as follows.
10. Now half of the things are done . Click on Life Cycle Service heading on Top of the Page.and it will take you to Home Page.
11. then click on + mark under Recent project Tab to Create New Project i'll create project Name as "D365DEMO" and Fill out information in left pane as follows
For industry I've selected retail , but you can select any as per your requirement.if every thing filled then click on Create Button .then it will create your project and open it same time as below.
12 .then click on click on triple line marks as shown below
from drop down click on Asset Library. the asset Library will open like below screen.
13.Click on "Downloadable VHD (0)" in Left Pane of the page as shown in above screen.and click on "IMPORT" under "Downloadable VHD" files heading, then you can see VHD files in Right hand pane as below screen.
14. Now click on VM part file from Pick a Downloadable VHD one after one and click on pick to add those files to "Downloadable VHD files" Section.then you can see VHD file on that section as below screen. Now simply click on each Name of the VHD files to download VM files. after all parts downloaded you can extract all those to get Functional Virtual Hard Disk file. Refer my article once you have done with it.
Hope this will help. Enjoy !
Regards,
Amith Prasanna.