This video demonstrates the steps for configuring Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 for use with Connector for Microsoft Dynamics. It covers the importation of the Connector for Microsoft Dynamics XPO, handling a code merge, running the setup class and entering the Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 adapter settings. It also demonstrates were to go within Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 to find out more details about exceptions that might be occurring in the AIF services.
http://youtu.be/PPXa51NoBCk
Key take aways from this video include:
At 10:16 in the video the Refresh Services button is clicked. When I click this button I receive a message stating "Unable to connect". This even happens when that admin is logged in. Does anyone have any ideas as to why this is? Any help would be much appreciated.
@Chris - this can happen for a few reasons. The first is that the user that you are currently running as does not have access to the AX metadata service. The second is that you have a configuration issue wiht those Ax services. One of the more common issues that we have seen is having the Azure AppFabric installed on the same machien that the Ax AIF services aare installed on. Removing the Azure AppFabric normally fixes this situation. You might also try posting this in the Dynamcis Communities which are linked to from the Related Links section on this blog.
What if something goes wrong and we have to re-instate CRM to how it was before integration. I mean removing the customization added by the connector. Do we have any way to do it ?
@Daws - you can remove the solution as you would any other Dynamics CRM solution. The Configuration utility also writes a log file that can be used as a guide for what other changes are made during configuration so that you can "undo" those changes by hand. The Installation guide also lists out the changes that are made by the utility.