Setup D365FO Cloud Host by Azure Free Account

Setup D365FO Cloud Host by Azure Free Account

Nghia Song -  Microsoft Dynamics 365 Technical Consultant

Nghia Song

Tel - WhatsApp: +84967324794

Email: songnghia.uit@gmail.com

Thanks for Votiva Team.

Purpose: 

• Setup Azure Cloud host for R&D

• Setup Azure Cloud host for update version, testing

1. Requirement 

1. setup new cloud host to existing implement D365FO cloud project

1. The Azure subscription ID that you're deploying to

2. Ownership of the Azure subscription, or access to the subscription owner, so that you can add contributor workflows, and the Upload Management certificate

3. The tenant administrator

2. setup new Azure AD for R&D

Just register Azure AD free 1 month below link
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/trial/get-started-active-directory/

2. Register Azure Free Account

1. Open link and follow guideline to create free Azure https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/free/

2. You will have $ 200 credit
   

3. Input your information
   

4. Sign up
   

5. Done
   

6. You will also receive welcome email
   

7. Go to Azure portal
   

8. Go to azure subscription
   
   

9. Make sure that you have $200 credit
   

3. Setup LCS

1. Go to LCS https://lcs.dynamics.com/v2 and create a project
   

2. LCS project
   

3. Go to project settings / Azure connectors
   

4. Add Azure connector

5. Azure setup
   

6. Azure Setup
   

7. Download certificate and import to azure subscription
   

8. Upload certificate
   
   
   
   

9. Back to LCS click Next
   

10. Select Azure region hosting the server
    

11. Done setup Azure connector
    

12. Authorize the tenant
    

Click the link

Authorization complete

13. Setup Azure ARM
    

14. Setup Azure ARM
    

15. 
    

16. Azure setup Dynamics Deployment Services [wsfed-enabled]
    

17. Make sure Dynamics Deployment Services [wsfed-enabled] valid
    

18. Azure connector with ARM enabled ->done
    

4. Setup Cloud Host

1. Go to menu / cloud-hosted environments
   

2. Add cloud host
   

3. Select version wish to deploy
   

4. Select environment topology
   

5. Select develop
   

6. Environment settings
   
   

7. Keep default deployment settings
   

8. Select Azure VM size
   

9. Trial account only support maximum 4 cores, then you need to check the size before selecting

10. Go to https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/calculator/#virtual-machines

Check VM has 4 v-cores and ram should be 24 GB
with

11. Select VM
    

12. Select DS12V2
    

13. Confirm Azure VM and deploy
    
    

14. Deployment status
    

15. Just wait for 6-8 hours for complete deployment

5. Access server & application

Environment detail

Access server

Check VM on Azure portal

Enjoy