Setting up CRM 2015 on a New Virtual Windows 2012 R2 with SQL 2014
Install the Following Components
- Services
- Indexing Service (Windows Search Service
- IIS Admin
- World Wide Web Publishing
- Windows Data Access Components MDAC 6.0
- Microsoft ASP.NET
Windows Search Service
The following method is use to install the Windows Search Service on Windows 2012 R2. The search feature is launched form the Server Manger (which will start by default as login as an administrator).
Click Add Roles and Features
Next
Next
Next
Next (without selecting anything)
With the Features, select Windows Search Service – Next
Select Install
Select Close
Run through the process again
Click Add Roles and Features
Next
Next
Next
Next (without selecting anything)
This time select the Web Server (IIS)
When prompted select Add Features
Select Next
Next
Next
Next
Close
Installing SQL Server
When installing the SQL server, the required features are almost the default features with the following two ticks.
1. Database Engine Service
2. Full-Text and Semantic Extractions for Search
Additional IIS Feature to Add for IIS
CRM will work much better with IIS Dynamic Compression. The install this you follow the normal Roles and Features install, and find the section for:
Web Server Role (IIS)
Second option: Under Server Manager click Add roles and features
- Click Next for Role-based or featured-based installation
- Select Server Roles
- Expand Web Server (IIS) role
- Under Performance check the option for Dynamic Content Compression
Click Next
This ensures that you can enable dynamic compression after install to ensure that performance is best.