Add-CrmServer
Adds a Dynamics 365 server to the specified deployment.
Syntax
Add-CrmServer
[[-CrmSqlServer] <String>]
[-Activate]
[-Timeout <Int32>]
[-Diag]
[-Credential <PSCredential>]
[-DwsServerUrl <String>]
[-WhatIf]
[-Confirm] Description
The Add-CrmServer cmdlet adds a server to the Dynamics 365 deployment, specified by CrmSqlDeploymentServer or the preconfigured deployment for this server. This is used when adding a new, prebuilt server node to an existing deployment. This cmdlet must be run from the server that’s being added to the deployment and the user identity running the cmdlet must have privileges to access the MSCRM_CONFIG database on the Dynamics 365 deployment host SQL Server.
Examples
Example 1
PS C:\> Add-CrmServer -Activate -CrmSqlServer sqlserver -Credential $Cred -DwsServerUrl https://contosoAdds and enables a Dynamics 365 server to the named contoso deployment.
Parameters
-Activate
Instructs the cmdlet to enable the server as part of adding the server to the deployment. The default value is False.
| Type: | SwitchParameter |
| Position: | 0 |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | True |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-Confirm
Prompts you for confirmation before running the cmdlet.
| Type: | SwitchParameter |
| Aliases: | cf |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-Credential
Variable that contains the user credentials used for signing in to Dynamics 365 on-premises organization. To establish this variable, run the PowerShell command $Cred = Get-Credential.
| Type: | PSCredential |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | True |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-CrmSqlServer
Specifies a string that contains the name of the Microsoft SQL Server or SQL Server instance servicing the MSCRM_CONFIG database.
| Type: | String |
| Position: | 0 |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | True |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-Diag
Turns on stack traces for error reports returned from Dynamics 365 service calls. Enabling this emits a detailed error message, including a stack trace, when an error is encountered by the Dynamics 365 PowerShell command.
| Type: | SwitchParameter |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | True |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-DwsServerUrl
The URL of the Deployment Web Service. This should be in the format: https://, for example, https://contoso.
| Type: | String |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | True |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-Timeout
For internal use only.
| Type: | Int32 |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | True |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-WhatIf
Shows what would happen if the cmdlet runs. The cmdlet is not run.
| Type: | SwitchParameter |
| Aliases: | wi |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
Inputs
System.String
System.Management.Automation.SwitchParameter System.Int32 System.Management.Automation.PSCredential
Outputs
System.Object