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ENTERPRISE PORTAL: UNDERSTANDING HOW TO DEPLOY, ADMINISTER, AND SEARCH ANEES ANSARI SESSION CODE : BRK205 PROGRAM MANAGER MICROSOFT CORPORATION

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Today we will show you… How to quickly set up Enterprise Portal How to easily deploy and manage Enterprise Portal How to use the rich search capabilities in Enterprise Portal

Pains and challenges Kevin (End user) Need for a simple user interface Need to improve productivity Isaac (Developer) Customizing and extending business applications Quickly responding to changing business needs Chris (IT Engineer) Need to simplify installation and deployment Desire to reduce time spent in administration

Enterprise Portal setup Prerequisite checker Streamlined and unified installation process Single-box installation Summary reports Easy-to-set-up developer environment Multi-user installation Kerberos no longer needed for multi-box Role Center setup

Demo 1: Enterprise Portal setup PersonaPain Points and ChallengesFeatures CoveredResults and Benefits Chris IT Engineer Difficult to install Enterprise Portal Prerequisite checker Single-computer installation Summary report Reduced time and effort for installation and troubleshooting

Enterprise Portal deployment Remote and granular updates using AXUpdatePortal (a command-line utility) Quickly move changes from one machine to other Improved error handling External user provisioning using Pluggable Authentication Internal user provisioning using AD Group Support for Windows Server AppFabric

Demo 2: Enterprise Portal deployment PersonaPain Points and ChallengesFeatures CoveredResults and Benefits Chris IT Engineer Difficult to deploy and move changes Moving changes from one machine to other Deploying projects Remote and granular updates Quickly and easily port changes One-click deployment Remote administration

Enterprise Portal search Integration with SharePoint Business Connectivity Service Query-based search Search data and metadata Search within documents

Demo 3: Enterprise Portal search PersonaPain Points and ChallengesFeatures CoveredResults and Benefits Chris IT Engineer Limited search functionality Integration with SharePoint Business Connectivity Service Query-based search Search data and metadata Rich and powerful search experience

Top 10 tips from the session 1.Use the prerequisite checker built-in setup to detect missing prerequisites. It will even provide links to download and install missing components, as well as options to make configuration changes for you wherever possible 2.The summary report provides a nice overview of installation results. The logs provide detailed step-by-step information 3.For development purposes, you can now install all components on one machine 4.Use XPO export/import to move simple code changes from one machine to the other 5.Use the one-click deploy option on MorphX projects to deploy all (Web-related) objects in the project to Enterprise Portal 6.Use the AxUpdatePortal utility to deploy one or more objects from the command line or script 7.Use the AxUpdatePortal utility to deploy objects to a remote server 8.SharePoint Server 2010 has search capabilities built in. For SharePoint Foundation 2010, you need to install Search Server 2010 Express 9.Install the Enterprise Search component during Dynamics AX setup to enable rich search capabilities in Enterprise Portal and Client 10.To include your data in search, set the Searchable property to Yes on the Query. You should also check for and resolve any Best Practice Errors for the query to be included in search

What we showed you today… SetupDeployment and Administration Search

Related sessions BRK204: Extending the reach of your Dynamics AX application with Enterprise Portal BRK215: Debugging CHK201: Programming Models and Developer Tools

Visit our Focus Rooms Evaluation of Implementation Proposals by Dynamics AX R&D Solution Architecture & Industry Experts Gain further insights on Dynamics AX Industry Solution Offerings Resolution Guidance on Solution Roadblocks Networking Risso 8A Risso 7B Risso 7A Risso 6C Risso 6A/B

© 2011 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Microsoft, Windows, Windows 7 and other product names are or may be registered trademarks and/or trademarks in the U.S. and/or other countries. The information herein is for informational purposes only and represents the current view of Microsoft Corporation as of the date of this presentation. Because Microsoft must respond to changing market conditions, it should not be interpreted to be a commitment on the part of Microsoft, and Microsoft cannot guarantee the accuracy of any information provided after the date of this presentation. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION.