I have run into several customers having internally users loginning each time using the companies external crm address. This can cause a bit of anger with your CRM users. Each ADFS system has an internal URL. This URL can be found by openning up the ADFS Management Console or Using the CRM deployment manager. Using […]
Once you deploy ADFS in a functional environment, the users will generally receive timeout requests, or requests to log back in, which can quickly become an issue within an 8 hour shift (480 minutes). The solution is to set the ADFS Timeout. The ADFS timeout determines how long the claims token will live in the system before requiring […]
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 […]
Presentation from the CRM UG Summit 2011 in Las Vegas, November 11, 2011 Configuring ADFS/IFD for CRM2011 can be challenging. During this session we will explore the technology, focus on key configuration points, and discuss best practices and tips. The information presented during the session is based on lessons learned from working in the trenches […]
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 […]