Troubleshooting The Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013 SP2 Web Client: Unauthorized attempt to call the GetSessionHostWithMostAvailability Operation On Session Central

Microsoft Dynamics GPI recently completed a series of posts on a scale-out deployment the Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013 Web Client; during the course of writing that series I encountered a few problems, which I thought it might be useful to post.

This first post takes a look at an error I received after installation. When I tried to log into the Web Client I received the below error message:

IE - Unexpected error

Show/Hide Error Message

Unexpected Error
An unexpected error has occurred. Press the Sign-in button to reconnect to the application.
Correlation ID: 66a9ddaa-4288-4535-affb-2a3ec0b072d3

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2,000th Book Published; Join Packt In Their Celebration With A “Buy One, Get One Free” Offer

Microsoft Dynamics GPPackt Publishing celebrates their 2000th title with an exclusive offer – We’ve got IT covered!

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Don’t forget there are a number of Microsoft Dynamics GP books available including my own book Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013 Financial Management and the Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013 Cookbook co-authored with Mark Polino.

MS Connect Suggestion: Add Voided Column To SOP Transaction Excel Report

Microsoft Dynamics GPBelinda Allen has a suggestion on MS Connect which she would like our votes for.

The suggestion is as follows:

If the Excel Refreshable Report for SOP Line Items is used, it includes voids. The Data Connection properties have to be edited to exclude voids, rendering this refreshable report useless; unless you are not keeping voided transactions in History. I would like a column for voids added. Pretty much line item detail Excel Refreshable Reports will need this.

This would be a very useful feature to have and I would encourage you to go to MS Connect and vote.

Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013 SP2 Web Client Scale-Out Deployment: Series Index

Microsoft Dynamics GPI’ve been working on a series of posts on a Microsoft DynamicsGP 2013 web client scale-out deployment and it has turned out to be a very long series of posts.

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Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013 SP2 Web Client Scale-Out Deployment: Using The Web Management Console

Microsoft Dynamics GPAlong with the web client which gives access to the normal functionality of Microsoft Dynamics GP there is also a Web Management Console which can be used by administrators to manage the web client.

The Web Management Console is accessed via the web browser by replacing the GP part of the address wit WebManagementConsole and logging in with a Domain Account which is part of the Domain Group assigned to the Web Management Console:

Windows Security

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Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013 SP2 Web Client Scale-Out Deployment: Navigation Differences Between Desktop & Web Clients

Microsoft Dynamics GPThe Microsoft Dynamics GP Web Client is very similar in form and function to the desktop client, but there are some differences between the two.

The first of the differences is with the menu bar. The first image below shows the menu bar in the desktop client; the second shows that of the web client. As you can see the main difference is in the absence of the drop down menus from the web client:

Web Client Menu BarDesktop Client Menu Bar

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Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013 SP2 Web Client Scale-Out Deployment: Verifying The Web Client Install

Microsoft Dynamics GPWith all components of the web client installed and configured, it’s time to verify that the web client is actually working correctly.

The way of doing this is quite simple; log in and check if data can be loaded, updated and saved. Open Internet Explorer and navigate to the log in page; enter your Domain user name and password:

Microsoft Dynamics GP Web Client - Sign In

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Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013 SP2 Web Client Scale-Out Deployment: Installing Silverlight On Clients

Microsoft Dynamics GPThe Microsoft Dynamics GP web client relies on Silverlight which needs to be installed on every client. When you log into the web client, and don’t have Silverlight installed, you’ll be presented with the option to install it:

Internet Explorer - Click to install Silverlight

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Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013 SP2 Web Client Scale-Out Deployment: Installing SSL Certificates On Client Machines

Microsoft Dynamics GPTo avoid certificate errors with the Web Client, the security certificate from the web server needs to be installed onto the client machines (i.e. all of the PCs which will be running IE to connect to the website).

Before the certificate is loaded, you’ll see the following error when navigating to the GP web client:

Certificate Error: Navigation Blocked - Windows Internet Explorer

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Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013 SP2 Web Client Scale-Out Deployment: Installing Web Client Resource Cache on Session Hosts

Microsoft Dynamics GPThe performance of the web client can be improved by installing the Microsoft Dynamics GP Web Resource Cache.

To install the Microsoft Dynamics GP Web Resource Cache start the Setup.exe and select GP Web Resource Cache under Additional Products:

Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013

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