Can Empoyee Portal be able to run on 64 bit PC?

Ravi_Thakkar

Hi all experts,

I just want to make confirm, whether Navision Employee Portal and sharepoint site
are able to be installed and run on 64 bit pc?

I found MS Knowledge Base #948751 in which I found specification as follows :

SYMPTOMS

When you try to install Navision Employee Portal (NEP) on a 64-bit computer, you receive the following error message:
Sharepoint Services are not installed on the system.
Additionally, the installation rolls back.

CAUSE

This problem occurs because Dynamics NAV Employee Portal is not supported on a 64-bit system.

WORKAROUND

To work around this problem, install NEP on a 32-bit computer.


So please give me the confirmation on this issue.
Thanks in Adv.

davmac1

You have your confirmation in the messages below.

The xml piece will only run in a 32 bit Windows OS.

Ravi_Thakkar

Thanks for reply.

It is confirmed that NEP only supports 32 bit pc.

Thanks.

krussellm

I was able to manually install Employee Portal on a 64-bit SharePoint server.

Here is what I did:

I noticed that there was a WSP file in one of the EP installation file folders. It is called NavisionEmployeePortal.wsp. I found out that it was a solution deployment file that is used for SharePoint. There are commands that I ran in sequence to deploy this solution and add features.

Make sure the following service is running: Windows SharePoint Services Administration

Install NEP on a test 32-bit SharPoint server. Browse to the folder C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\web server extensions\12\TEMPLATE\FEATURES and copy the folders "card", "headerline", "list", and "search". On the 64-bit SharePoint server, copy those folders to the same location that they were copied from on the 32-bit server.

Open the command prompt and change the directory to the following:
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\web server extensions\12\BIN

Run the following commands:
stsadm -o addsolution -name -filename <path to WSP file>
stsadm -o deploysolution -name NavisionEmployeePortal.wsp -url <SharePoint URL> -immediate
NOTE: The SharePoint URL needs to be in the format: http://sharepointurl/ (the exact url to use can be found at sharepoint central admin... app management... web application list... under URL)

stsadm -o installfeature -name card
stsadm -o installfeature -name headerline
stsadm -o installfearure -name list
stsadm -o installfeature -name search
stsadm -o activatefeature -name card
stsadm -o activatefeature -name headerline
stsadm -o activatefeature -name list
stsadm -o activatefeature -name search

This worked and I was able to pull up a list and see NAV data successfully after everything else was setup.

Best regards,

Kris

lokeshsharma47

hi krussellm,

I think manually we needs some more changes,
Like..Web.config file setting changes and DLL copy paste in bin folder and Even GAC.
Then Feature as you suggested.
than it will work in 64 bit WSS 3.0

jannestig

Why not just use the official guide on how to do it 8)

https://mbs.microsoft.com/customersourc ... ext=hotfix employee portal nav

How To Install Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2009 SP1 Employee Portal on a 64-bit Operating System