1. Dynamics 365 Enterprise Edition
Deployment Options

2. About the Speaker Catherine McDade Director of Technical Consulting
Stoneridge: # years
Microsoft: 11 years
Total Industry Experience: 15 years
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3. About the Speaker Josh Lee Business Intelligence Manager
Stoneridge: # years
Microsoft: 8 years
Total Industry Experience: 10 years
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4. Local Business Data Software & Hardware Requirements
Today’s Agenda
Cloud
Hybrid
Local Business Data
Local Business Data Software & Hardware Requirements

5. Architecture Client AOS Database Web browser HTML 5 .Net Framework
Microsoft Office
AOS
Hosted in IIS
Batch available via windows service
Database

6. Deployment Options Overview

7. Dynamics 365 Enterprise Deployment Options
Cloud
System managed by Microsoft utilizing Azure
Cloud + Edge
Per company, utilizing Cloud or local data
Local Business Data
Deployed locally with management via Lifecycle Services in the Cloud

9. Cloud Overview

10. Cloud
Microsoft is committed to a cloud-first approach in business applications
Microsoft manages environment
Servers
Scalability
Performance
High availability/Disaster Recovery
Business Intelligence

11. Hybrid Overview

12. Cloud + Edge
Central Cloud provides single view of business across companies in cloud and local
Edge can be utilized for locations with limited bandwidth or integration needs requiring local servers

13. Local Business Data Overview

14. Local Business Data Data fully on premise
Business intelligence is cloud- based and purchased as add- on
Requires connection to LCS for code deployment and binary updates
Hardware requirements
Server 2016 for AOS
SQL Server 2016 (HA)

15. Local Business Data Software and Hardware Requirements

16. Local Business Data Software Requirements
Microsoft Windows Server 2016 Datacenter or Standard
SQL Server 2016 Standard or Enterprise
Microsoft .NET Framework version or later
Service Fabric
Client Computers (all versions must be latest release)
Microsoft Edge on Windows 10
Internet Explorer 11 on Windows 10, Windows 8.1, or Windows 7
Google Chrome on Windows 10, Windows 8.1, Windows 8, Windows 7, or Google Nexus 10 tablet
Apple Safari on Mac OS X (Yosemite), (El Capitan) or (Sierra), or Apple iPad
Office
Excel/Word Add-ins require Microsoft Office 2016
To view documents generated by export Office 2007 or later

17. Local Business Domain Requirements
All VMs must be in same AD
AD DS must be in native mode
DC must be WS 2012 R2 or later
Functional level must be 2012 R2 or later

18. Local Business Data Network Requirements
Network latency 250–300 (ms) or less (browser to datacenter)
Bandwidth
50 kilobytes per second (KBps) per user (Browser to AOS)
100 megabytes per second (MBps) (AOS to database)
WAN Connectivity
Not required for all functionally but some features won’t work
Browser (Help, Task Guide)
Server (AOS, Azure Service Fabric must communicate with LCS)
Telemetry (lose telemetry data but no affect)
LCS (connectivity required for deployment, code deployment and servicing)

19. Local Business Data Infrastructure Requirements
AOS and SQL must be co-located
Uses Service Fabric to host
AOS
Batch
Data Management
Management Reporter
Environment Orchestrator Services
SSRS isn’t hosted in Service Fabric Cluster
SQL High Availability Disaster Recovery Always On (HADRON) required
Storage must be based on solid-state drives (SSDs) from a SAN

20. Local Business Data Hardware Requirement Minimums
Topology
Role
Cores
RAM (GB)
Production
AOS, Data management, Batch 8 24
Management Reporter 4 16
SQL Server Reporting Services
Orchestrator
Sandbox
SQL
Primary/Secondary 64 AD x3 12 48
Total:
256
Topology
Role
# Instances
Production
AOS (Data management, Batch) 3
Management Reporter 2
SQL Server Reporting Services 1
Orchestrator**
Sandbox
AOS, Data management, Batch
Orchestrator
Total: 16

21. On-Premises Requirements

22. Local Business Data Features Not Implemented
Task Recorder – Libraries from LCS not supported, local is.
Support Pane – Help & Support
PowerBI.com Integration – Pinning a tile or report from PBI.com
Microsoft Office Integration – SharePoint/Skype for Business on-premise (online is)
Electronic Reporting (ER) Integration with LCS – ER configuration from LCS not available
ER integration with SharePoint – SharePoint can’t be used as a destination for electronic documents created by ER
Warehousing Mobile App
Export to Azure DB

23. Local Business Data Features Not Implemented
Author Power BI reports via Odata
Retail
Purchase requisitions: Punch-out from external catalogs- cannot check out a shopping cart from an external catalog
Trace Parser and PerfTimer – Limited or not working
SSRS scale out
Telemetry – not transferred to the cloud

24. Local Business Data Features Not Intended
SSRS Report Viewer Control – no support for report viewer control that is compatible for on-premises web client
Document Routing Agent

25. Key Take Aways
There are options for where you can house your D365 application
The D365 client is a web browser and the AOS is a website hosted on an IIS server
Understanding the Local Business Data software and hardware requirements

26. Questions?