Publish CRM with SSL and reports-services URL

We have published our CRM webserver externally using SSL (without ISA I
might add). I just cloned the default CRM website in IIS, and adapted that
for SSL.
So we now have 2 CRM websites, one for internal use and 1 for external use.
Obviously they are 1 and the same CRM system, just 2 websites. Works fine so
far.

But, the trouble starts with reports. The report-services are located on our
SQL database server. This is accessed in CRM in the background using a
different URL then CRM itself. This doesn't matter for Internal use. The
trouble starts externally, since this URL is not SSL enabled and, more
importantly, not available for access from the outside. So reports don't
work in the CRM SSL version.

Let's say I am able to make the report-services also use SSL and be
available Externally. How do I 'tell' CRM to use this new URL ? (I now
diddly squad about programming).

Grtz
Richard

RonaldL
Tue Jul 03 08:30:01 CDT 2007

In fact, changing the registery isn't even necessary. You can do this from
the deployment manager at the server manager :)
--
Ronald Lemmen - MSCRM MVP
Avanade Netherlands
http://www.ronaldlemmen.com/


"RichardW" wrote:

> We have published our CRM webserver externally using SSL (without ISA I
> might add). I just cloned the default CRM website in IIS, and adapted that
> for SSL.
> So we now have 2 CRM websites, one for internal use and 1 for external use.
> Obviously they are 1 and the same CRM system, just 2 websites. Works fine so
> far.
>
> But, the trouble starts with reports. The report-services are located on our
> SQL database server. This is accessed in CRM in the background using a
> different URL then CRM itself. This doesn't matter for Internal use. The
> trouble starts externally, since this URL is not SSL enabled and, more
> importantly, not available for access from the outside. So reports don't
> work in the CRM SSL version.
>
> Let's say I am able to make the report-services also use SSL and be
> available Externally. How do I 'tell' CRM to use this new URL ? (I now
> diddly squad about programming).
>
> Grtz
> Richard
>

RonaldL
Tue Jul 03 08:30:05 CDT 2007

Hi Richard,

You would then go into the registery of the crm web server and modify the
report server url and some more modifications. These are listed out here:
http://www.microsoft.com/dynamics/crm/using/deploy/changesrs.mspx

Hope this helps,
--
Ronald Lemmen - MSCRM MVP
Avanade Netherlands
http://www.ronaldlemmen.com/


"RichardW" wrote:

> We have published our CRM webserver externally using SSL (without ISA I
> might add). I just cloned the default CRM website in IIS, and adapted that
> for SSL.
> So we now have 2 CRM websites, one for internal use and 1 for external use.
> Obviously they are 1 and the same CRM system, just 2 websites. Works fine so
> far.
>
> But, the trouble starts with reports. The report-services are located on our
> SQL database server. This is accessed in CRM in the background using a
> different URL then CRM itself. This doesn't matter for Internal use. The
> trouble starts externally, since this URL is not SSL enabled and, more
> importantly, not available for access from the outside. So reports don't
> work in the CRM SSL version.
>
> Let's say I am able to make the report-services also use SSL and be
> available Externally. How do I 'tell' CRM to use this new URL ? (I now
> diddly squad about programming).
>
> Grtz
> Richard
>