Prepare AX Server Environment

Install Web Services on IIS

This chapter describes installation of the Microsoft Dynamics AX web services on Internet Information Services (IIS).

Documents that are exchanged using AIF are stored in the AIF document history. This leads to the log file and database growth, which can cause problems. Therefore, the AIF document history must be cleared from time to time.

Use this procedure to install the Microsoft Dynamics AX web services on IIS. If you are installing other Microsoft Dynamics AX components at the same time, the installation pages vary based on the components that you are installing.

To install the Microsoft Dynamics AX web services on IIS the following steps should be performed:

Step 1: Run Microsoft Dynamics AX installer and follow the wizard.

Step 2: On the 'Select installation type' page click 'Custom installation' and then click 'Next'.

Step 3: On the 'Select components' page select 'Web services on IIS' and click 'Next':

Web Services on IIS Installation

Step 4: On the 'Prerequisite validation results' page resolve any errors. If a check box is available in the 'Configure' column, select it and then click the 'Configure' button to resolve the issue.

Step 5: On the 'Specify Business Connector proxy account information' page, enter the password for the proxy account used by the .NET Business Connector. Click 'Next'.

Step 6: On the 'Configure IIS for Web services' page, accept default values or provide information for the website, application pool, and virtual directory. Setup will create a virtual directory and an application pool for the Microsoft Dynamics AX web services under the selected website. The application pool will run as the .NET Business Connector proxy user that you entered in the previous step.

The website will be also created in Microsoft Dynamics AX automatically at the following location: System administration > Setup > Services and Application Integration Framework > Web sites.

You must restart IIS after web services are installed. Select 'Restart IIS after installation is completed' to automatically restart IIS.

Step 7: On the 'Specify an AOS account' page, provide the service accounts for the AOS instances that you will use with web services on IIS. Click 'Next'.

If an AOS instance is running under the Network Service account, format the account name in the following way: Domain\ComputerName$.

Step 8: On the 'Prerequisite validation results' page resolve any errors. If a check box is available in the 'Configure' column, select it and then click the 'Configure' button
to resolve the issue.

Step 9: On the 'Ready to install' page, click 'Install'.

IIS will be restarted after the web services are installed.

In IIS 'Anonymous Authentication' should be enabled for the application pool that hosts web services: Step 1: Open Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager. Step 2: Locate the application pool that hosts web services on the left. Step 3: Go to 'IIS -> Authentication'. Step 4: Right-click 'Anonymous Authentication' and select 'Enable'.

If all steps have been followed and performed then web services are installed on IIS.