We are currently working with a client who have very strict internal policies around external access to systems but are wanting to use a 3rd party marketing tool (ClickDimensions) with CRM 2011 without setting up IFD.
ClickDimensions requires external access to CRM via web services however the client's policy is not to allow direct external communication to an internal application, instead a component needs to be added to the DMZ as a go-between.
Is there any way that CRM's web services can be installed on a different server to the rest of the application enabling the CRM server to be completely internal and only the web services to be exposed?
Or is there another alternative such as a custom intermediary web service that just relays the messages both ways?
Thanks