Securing the Connection to Microsoft Dynamics NAV Portal Framework With SSL

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You can help secure Microsoft Dynamics NAV data that is transmitted over the Internet by enabling Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) on the SharePoint site that is running Microsoft Dynamics NAV Portal Framework.

About SSL

SSL is a web protocol that encrypts data that is transmitted over a network to make the data and the network more secure and reliable. A website that is enabled with SSL uses Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure (https) instead of Hypertext Transfer Protocol (http) as a communication protocol. Enabling SSL on a web site requires that an SSL certificate is installed on the web server. An SSL certificate is a small file that the web server uses to prove its identity and establish a trusted connection with the browser that is trying to access the SharePoint site. When a browser connects to a SharePoint site, the web server replies by sending its certificate to the browser. This certificate contains the web server's public encryption key and the name of the authority that granted the certificate. The browser verifies the certificate using the authority's public key

Configuring SSL to Secure Microsoft Dynamics NAV on a SharePoint Site

Configuring SSL is done on the web server for the SharePoint site. If the SharePoint site that is running Microsoft Dynamics NAV Portal Framework is already configured with SSL and https, then no further action is required. If you want to configure SSL, then you must do the following:

  1. Obtain an SSL Certificate or create your own.

  2. Create a binding to https that uses the certificate on the SharePoint site. You can do this using Internet Information Services Manager.

  3. Create an alternate access mapping on https on the SharePoint site. You can do this using SharePoint Central Administration.

For detailed instructions, see How to: Configure SSL on Microsoft Dynamics NAV Web Client and SharePoint Client.

See Also

Tasks

How to: Install Microsoft Dynamics NAV Portal Framework

Concepts

Microsoft Dynamics NAV SharePoint Client and Portal Framework
Deploying Microsoft Dynamics NAV Portal Framework