Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2015 Report Authoring Extension (with SQL Server Data Tools support)

The Microsoft Dynamics CRM Report Authoring Extension is required to author custom Fetch-based reports for Microsoft Dynamics CRM by using SQL Server Data Tools Business Intelligence (BI). Report Authoring Extension is a plug-in that obtains the metadata and data from Microsoft Dynamics CRM.

Supported Operating Systems

Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2012 R2

The Microsoft Dynamics CRM Report Authoring Extension also installs Windows Identity Foundation. The following operating systems are supported:
• Windows Server 2012
• Windows 8
• Windows 7
• Windows Vista Service Pack 2
• Windows Server 2008 R2
• Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2

The following components are required:
• Microsoft Visual Studio 2012 and Microsoft SQL Server Data Tools - Business Intelligence for Visual Studio 2012
  
  -- OR --
• Visual Studio 2010 and SQL Server Data Tools
• To install SQL Server Data Tools, on the PC running Visual Studio 2010 go to the Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Express download page, download the following files appropriate to your CPU architecture and language:
• ENU\x64\SQLEXPRADV_x64_ENU.exe
• ENU\x86\SQLEXPRADV_x86_ENU.exe
• Select the "SSDT" or "SQL Server Data Tools" installation.

Note:
Microsoft Dynamics CRM Report Authoring Extension is available only in a 32-bit version.

Important:
If you have an earlier version of Microsoft Dynamics CRM Report Authoring Extension installed, uninstall it before you download and install the CRM 2015 Report Authoring Extension.

1. To start the download, click Download.
2. To save the file to your computer, click Save, specify a location, and then click Save again.
3. Navigate to the folder where you saved the downloaded file, and double-click CRM2015-Bids-ENU-i386.exe.
4. Select a folder to store the extracted files, and click OK.
5. In the Extraction Complete dialog box, click OK.
6. Navigate to the location that you extracted the files to, and double-click setupbidsextensions.exe.
7. Follow the instructions that are on your screen.
8. For detailed installation instructions, see Install Microsoft Dynamics CRM Report Authoring Extension.