Question

I am building custom reports in Microsoft CRM and am using the CRM_URL parameter to created drill downs.

However, the URL coming in is ***http://**myserver.com/org/CRMReports…* but it should be **https://**myserver.com/org/CRMReports…

My understanding is that this value is dynamically passed in by MS CRM. How/where can I update this URL to use https?

Answer 1

The answer to my issue was #4 & #5 from this link:

http://rc.crm.dynamics.com/rc/regcont/en_us/op/articles/secure_comm.aspx#ID0EFD

For deployments that will not be used
by external clients, which connect
over the Internet, follow these steps:

1. Obtain a certificate from a CA. To use certificates you will have set
   up a public key infrastructure (PKI),
   which consists of one or more CAs that
   are linked in a hierarchy. These CAs
   and the PKI are required to manage
   certificate issuance, validation,
   renewal, and revocation in one or more
   organizations. You can use a
   third-party PKI with Microsoft Windows
   Server 2003, or you can establish your
   own PKI, based on Windows Server 2003
   Certificate Services.
2. Make sure that there are no users accessing Internet Information
   Services (IIS) where the Microsoft
   Dynamics CRM Web application is
   installed. To do this, stop the
   Microsoft Dynamics CRM Web site:
   right-click the Web site, and then
   click Stop.

3. Configure the Microsoft Dynamics CRM Web site to use SSL. To do this,
   perform the following steps on the
   server running IIS where the Microsoft
   Dynamics CRM Web application is
   installed:
   1. Start Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager
   2. Right-click the Microsoft Dynamics CRM Web site, and then click
   Properties.
   3. Click the Directory Security tab, click Server
   Certificate, and then follow the
   instructions in the Web Server
   Certificate Wizard.
   4. If you want clients to only use SSL when they connect to the
   Microsoft Dynamics CRM application, on
   the Directory Security tab in the
   Secure communications area, click
   Edit.
   5. On the Secure Communications dialog box, click the
   Require secure channel (SSL) check
   box.
   6. Close Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager.

   Important: You can apply only a single certificate to the Microsoft
   Dynamics CRM Web site. Therefore, you
   if you have configured Microsoft
   Dynamics CRM Server for both internal
   and Internet-facing (external) access,
   you cannot configure SSL for both
   internal and external connections to
   the Microsoft Dynamics CRM Web site.

4. You must manually modify the following values in the configuration
   database.

   Warning: Incorrectly modifying the configuration database
   (MSCRM_CONFIG) can cause unexpected
   behavior in the Microsoft Dynamics CRM
   system or cause the system to stop
   working. We recommend that you back up
   the Microsoft Dynamics CRM system
   before you complete these steps. For
   information about how to back up the
   Microsoft Dynamics CRM system, see the
   Operating and Maintaining Guide that
   is part of the Microsoft Dynamics CRM
   4.0 Implementation Guide document set.
   1. On the computer running Microsoft SQL Server, start SQL Server
   Management Studio.
   2. Expand Databases, expand MSCRM_CONFIG, expand Tables,
   right-click dbo.DeploymentProperties,
   and then click Open Table.
   3. In the dbo.DeploymentProperties table under
   the ColumnName column, in the
   ADRootDomainScheme row, change the
   NVarCharColumn column value from http
   to https. Note that this value must be
   in lower-case letters.
   4. In the dbo.DeploymentProperties table, under
   the ColumnName column, in the
   ADSdkRootDomain row, change the
   NVarCharColumn column value by using
   the name of the certificate configured
   for the Microsoft Dynamics CRM Web
   site. The name of the certificate can
   be found, in Internet Information
   Services (IIS) Manager, on the
   Directory Security tab of the
   Microsoft Dynamics CRM Web site
   properties page.
   5. Click View Certificate.
   6. On the Certificate dialog box, click Details.
   7. Click the Friendly Name field to locate the certificate name.
   If the certificate name is the same as
   the computer name, you can use the
   format ServerName:SSLPortNumber. By
   default, the TCP port for SSL
   connections is 443.
   8. In the dbo.DeploymentProperties table, under
   the ColumnName column, in the
   ADWebApplicationRootDomain row, change
   the NVarCharColumn column value by
   using the name of the certificate
   configured for the Microsoft Dynamics
   CRM Web site. If the certificate name
   is the same as the computer name, you
   can use the format
   ServerName:SSLPortNumber. By default,
   the TCP port for SSL connections is
   443.
   9. Make sure your modifications are saved and then close
   SQL Server Management Studio.

5. Modify the LocalSDKPort Windows registry subkey value. To do this,
   complete the following steps.

   Warning: Serious problems might occur if you modify the registry
   incorrectly by using Registry Editor
   or by using another method. These
   problems might require that you
   reinstall the operating system and
   Microsoft Dynamics CRM. We cannot
   guarantee that these problems can be
   solved. Modify the registry at your
   own risk.
   1. Start Registry Editor, and locate the
   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\MSCRM
   subkey.
   2. Right-click LocalSdkPort, click Modify, and then click OK.
   3. In the Base area, click Decimal, and then type the TCP port.
   4. Click OK.
   5. Close Registry Editor.

6. Restart IIS. To do this, at the command line, run the iisreset
   command.
7. Start the Microsoft Dynamics CRM Web site. To do this, right-click the
   Microsoft Dynamics CRM Web site, and
   then click Start.
8. Restart the Microsoft Dynamics CRM Asynchronous Processing Service.
   To do this, click Start, point to
   Administrative Tools, and then click
   Services. In the list of services,
   right-click Microsoft Dynamics CRM
   Asynchronous Processing Service, and
   then click Restart.

9. Verify that you can successfully connect to the Microsoft Dynamics CRM
   Web site. To do this, you must use a
   URL that begins with https. For
   example, in Internet Explorer the URL
   will appear similar to the following
   address:
   https://ServerName/OrganizationName/loader.aspx

   If the Microsoft Dynamics CRM Web site is not configured to require
   SSL connections, verify that you can
   successfully connect to the site by
   using an http connection, for example,
   http://ServerName/OrganizationName/loader.aspx.