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Modifying the URL used for CRM 2011 after installation can be achieved using the following steps:

• Update the IIS bindings for the CRM 2011 website on the server running CRM to the new value you want to use
• Open IIS Manager
• Select the Microsoft Dynamics CRM website
• Click ‘Bindings’ in the action panel at the right of the screen
• Select the binding to modify
• Click ‘Edit’ and modify the host name and port to the new value.
• Close the dialog and IIS Manager.
• Update the ServerURL registry entry with the new URL you want to use. The registry entry can be found at KEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\MSCRM. Note that the key value should be of the form http(s)://<New URL>:<Port Number>/MSCRMServices
• Modify the global settings for CRM from within the Microsoft Dynamics CRM Deployment Manager*:
• Start the Microsoft Dynamics CRM Deployment Manager
• Right-click on the ‘Microsoft Dynamics CRM’ entry at the top of the left pane of the window shown
• Click ‘Properties’
• Select the ‘Web Address’ tab on the dialog which is shown
• Modify the addresses shown appropriately. Note that if the binding type is modified from HTTP to HTTPS you will need to install the appropriate certificate into IIS as well.
• Click OK to close the dialog and close Microsoft Dynamics CRM Deployment Manager
• Restart the Microsoft Dynamics CRM Asynchronous Processing Service, or restart the server

* Note: This step replaces the use of the Microsoft CRM Deployment Configuration Tool used to make these changes for CRM 4.0.

System Center Operations Manager doesn’t seem to provide an easy way (correct me if I’m wrong here) to find out what database server and database name it is using. Should you ever need to find out, log onto your Management Server, start regedit and navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Microsoft Operations Manager\3.0\Setup and examine the DatabaseServerName and DatabaseName entries.