Wrap Up
This series narrate my personal experiences of installing Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013 Beta and the Web Client in an unsupported environment. The following installation steps are for testing purposes only and were done on a test box. If you are to test, please make sure your machine is not a production box.
"While it's not supported, it doesn't mean it won't work. It only means we haven't tested it"...
Microsoft Dynamics GP Support
All good things must come to an end, and unlike many TV series, this one does not have a good ending. Nonetheless, it has been a great deal of learning personally: SSL certificates, Windows 8, Windows Server 2012 (oh yes! I also did try to install the Web Client in this environment as well), old DOS-based network shell commands, understanding the Web Client architecture, working with new troubleshooting tools like Fiddler, and much, much more.
As a result of working with the Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013 Beta, I was able to interact firsthand with all the cool technology awaiting us in December. I can say that the product is ~almost~ ready for show time with some kinks still lingering around.
As I mentioned, this experiment - on Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 - did not have a happy ending. While I was able to get both environments to launch the Web Client, authenticate the web user, load the session, authenticate the GP user, and select the company, I could not get pass the Please Wait...Applying Personal Settings... GP window. Both Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 delivered the following application event error:
Other attempts at evaluating Session Central and Session Service services logs did not produce any meaningful information. Procmon traces are extremely extensive and beyond the amount of time I have to spend of troubleshooting this.
Nonetheless, I was not discouraged by any of the results as I have now put my good friends on the Microsoft Dynamics GP development team on notice of this issue, which could only help in getting the product ready for prime time. As I also mentioned before, I learned a great deal about what to do, what to avoid, but primarily how to troubleshoot the issues.
If you missed any of the previous articles in the series, I have compiled them all here for you:
- Windows 8 and the Microsoft Dynamics GP Web Client Series - Part 1
- Windows 8 and the Microsoft Dynamics GP Web Client Series - Part 2a
- Windows 8 and the Microsoft Dynamics GP Web Client Series - Part 2b
- Windows 8 and the Microsoft Dynamics GP Web Client Series - Part 3
- Windows 8 and the Microsoft Dynamics GP Web Client Series - Part 4
In the meantime, I encourage you to work with the Web Client and discover the various deployment options. I promise you will have as much fun as I did working on it over the past days.
Until next post!
MG.-
Mariano Gomez, MVP
IntellPartners, LLC
http://www.IntellPartners.com/
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