Reflections on Microsoft Dynamics AX

Roles and Tasks (Part 1)

2012-12-03T06:44:35Z

In the last post I said I would talk about actors in an ERP project. Running a project like this you also have to be effective at managing people and bringing in the skills at the right phase of the project. The art of this is to understand what skills you will likely need and stay one step ahead of the project to make sure the resources are ready when you need them. Something else you need to consider is do you have skills in-house or do you need to bring in an organization to help you. Unless...(read more)

People Make ERP Projects

2012-11-18T10:29:06Z

As part of my job I work with customers and help them with their ERP project implementations around Dynamics AX. An ERP project is a complex project. You have so many different dynamics (excuse the pun) that you need to manage. Business needs, regulations, training and understanding software, resource management, corporate politics, and probably the biggest being communication and change management. Some of the projects I enjoy working on happen to be the biggest and most complex and if the...(read more)

Liking my new Microsoft Surface

2012-10-31T19:17:09Z

I managed to get a new Microsoft Surface on the weekend and it’s an amazing little piece of kit. I like that it still has all the regular capabilities of Windows as you’d expect but with a reimagined UI. I especially like that you can still have account switching. This is great that then the family can share the machine and they are not messing up my stuff and for the kids I can just put on the apps that I want them to have under their profile. I do a lot of typing so I like the feel of the...(read more)

Hello Again

2012-09-18T05:11:51Z

Well Hello Sometimes you put your head down and work, work, work and don't look up to see where you are heading. I just looked up and saw that's in been almost 2 years since I've written a blog post. I must say it's been quite an amazing couple of years working with customers on Dynamics AX 2012 projects. I've run into many partners and customers saying the blog was helpful and I should start up again, so better late than never. I used to write a lot about the VMs but I moved...(read more)

Customersource links for the new VMs

2010-11-16T21:42:19Z

I had a few questions about the links for the new demo VMs on Customersource. Refresh 4 https://mbs.microsoft.com/customersource/documentation/setupguides/MSDYAX2009_DemoToolkit_Refresh4 Refresh 3.5 https://mbs.microsoft.com/customersource/documentation/setupguides/MSDYAX2009_DemoToolkit_Refresh3_5 Refresh 3 https://mbs.microsoft.com/customersource/documentation/setupguides/MSDYAX2009_DemoToolKit_Refresh3 Cheers Lachlan (Original blog http://blogs.msdn.com/lcash )...(read more)

Refresh 3 – File Part 22 from Partnersource

2010-11-10T14:39:20Z

I’ve had a few emails about trying to get the file part 22 for the Refresh 3 Demo VM. The partnersource people are looking into it. If you need the Refresh 3 image please email the regular DemoAX email and we’ll send you a temporary link. Cheers Lachlan (Original post http://blogs.msdn.com/lcash )...(read more)

Refresh 4 – Web Part Script Message on Role Centers with KPI-BO WebPart

2010-11-10T11:51:19Z

I’ve had a few questions about this one. In the Refresh 4 image we have SharePoint 2010, SQL 2008 R2 running on Windows 208 R2 and so when a Role Center loads that contains the KPI or Business Overview Webpart you will get this script error. If you click yes the page will still load. It’s annoyance but otherwise the page will load. You might also want to turn off the page reload that is in Tools\Options for the user you are using. The sustained engineering team (SE) are looking into it but...(read more)

Refresh 4 – Partnersource page

2010-11-09T16:50:04Z

I’ve had quite a few questions about access to the video posted on the Partnersource page and the ability to get them. Seems the download will disconnect and the Partnersource team are looking into it. So I just wanted to point out that the setup videos are included in the ZIP file for the VM itself. So if you have go the VM down then you also have the videos for the setup and navigation. The videos for the setup were included in all 3 VM sets, Refresh 4, Refresh 3.5 and Refresh 3. Cheers...(read more)

AX4.0 VM

2010-06-17T00:36:48Z

I’ve had a few people asking about getting a new AX4.0 VM because they still use it to support AX4.0 customers. We’ll be uploading a new version with the time bomb updated. You will however have to update the VM with your own license file. We’ll post a license file update after we post the VM. Just wanted to give a heads up. But I’ll post an updated note when you can find the VM on partnersource. Cheers Lachlan (Original post at http://blogs.msdn.com/lcash )...(read more)

Short hold

2010-01-15T12:06:45Z

I’ve had a few folks trying to access the demo VM from the partnersource page. There is a short hold on new downloads of the image. We have some maintenance to do and it will be available again in a few days. Cheers Lachlan...(read more)

Hebrew language

2010-01-07T18:04:16Z

I had a question about the Hebrew language on the demo VM. In Hotfix Rollup 3 the Hebrew language was enabled. You can apply HF RU3 on your demo VM but will have an issue because the VPC license needs to be updated. We plan on including the HF RU3 on Refresh 3 VM which we are going to get out early in February. Cheers Lachlan (Original post at http://blogs.msdn.com/lcash/ )...(read more)