Dynamics AX Users Blogs

Following is the first in a four-part exploration of deployment methodologies used by Microsoft Dynamics partners. The idea of “out of the box” enterprise software can be a double-edged sword for firms that sell and deploy it. Customers are drawn to the promise of low-risk and low-cost implementations, but the reality of deploying software like ERP or CRM means that implementation projects remain complex...

Whatever else are its mission and goals, ultimately, a company must determine if it is making a profit; that is why it is important for companies to understand Microsoft Dynamics AX/365 for Finance and Operations. That's according to first-time MVP Ludwig Reinhard, a Dynamics 365/AX consultant at Sycor , a Microsoft partner in Germany. Reinhard specializes in finance and accounting projects, and received...

Microsoft Dynamics 365 gets high marks from those who use it, but professionals working for Dynamics end user organizations - 365 or otherwise - face a range of job satisfaction risks. These findings come from the new  Dynamics salary survey from Microsoft technology recruiter Nigel Frank International. Of those user companies that have not upgraded or migrated to Dynamics 365, 62 percent report considering...

If you’re familiar with SOAP web services, you likely know that they use Web Services Description Language (WSDL) to document what operations a service provide, what parameters they accept, what they return and so on. This information can be used to generate proxy classes, which you can use to...

If you download AX integration samples from GitHub, you’ll see (in JsonConsoleApplication project) that you can call JSON-based custom services by code like this: var request = HttpWebRequest.Create(ClientConfiguration.Default.UriString + "api/services/UserSessionService/AifUserSes...

Microsoft has released the following results for the quarter ended June 30, 2017: Revenue was $23.3 billion GAAP, and $24.7 billion non-GAAP Operating income was $5.3 billion GAAP, and $7.0 billion non-GAAP Net income was $6.5 billion GAAP, and $7.7 billion non-GAAP Diluted earnings per share was $0.83 GAAP, and $0.98 non-GAAP That $24.7 billion revenue beat analyst expectations...

The Dynamics AX InMarket team has provided the following benchmarking results for DIXF imports based on numerous requests for this information. If there are any questions or requests for additional entity coverage please let me know! Problem Statement: Customer is importing around 500K records and the need for some form of benchmarking the performance expected out of importing/exporting using DIXF. This article...

Editor's Note: This article is based on a transcription of a  recent MSDW Podcast episode . Is Microsoft doing all it can to make Dynamics 365 the crown jewel of its enterprise business? Not like it used to, says industry analyst Joshua Greenbaum of  Enterprise Applications Consulting . In a  recent article  he called out Microsoft for a lack of marketing Dynamics to analysts and prospects. He...

With the next release of Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations Enterprise edition we plan to soft seal the Application Suite model. For anyone not yet familiar with this agenda, please read through the previous announcement The partner channel need to be educated for them to successfully migrate their development to using extensions instead of overlayering. In order to help with that we have

They are top tech, software and internet companies; yet officials from Amazon, Baidu, Facebook, Google, IBM, Intel, Microsoft, NVIDIA, and Tesla have all recently stated they are becoming artificial intelligence (AI) companies. And this fad is no flash in the pan. AI is sweeping across the business world because computer power (especially GPU co-processor speeds) and the big data sets to train AI networks have both...

They are top tech, software and internet companies; yet officials from Amazon, Baidu, Facebook, Google, IBM, Intel, Microsoft, NVIDIA, and Tesla have all recently stated they are becoming artificial intelligence (AI) companies. And this fad is no flash in the pan. AI is sweeping across the business world because computer power (especially GPU co-processor speeds) and the big data sets to train AI networks have both...

The option of adding pre-filtered tiles to standard or custom workspaces is making it very easy to create the perfect workspace for a buyer in Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations Enterprise (D365FOE) edition. When discussing our experience with designing and building these workspaces, a few assumptions about the business process and the use of D365FOE are in order. Companies use different...

As a longtime WPC/Inspire-observer with a perspective geared toward Microsoft Dynamics, I'd like to share some of my initial impressions on this year's Inspire 2017 in Washington DC. And highlight some of the important trends you'll find more detailed analysis of in this year's Inspire Business Report for Dynamics partners. So these are among the most important stories - and questions - coming...

Here's what's happening on this week's live webcast schedule. Register to attend live or get access to the recorded event. Thursday, July 20, 2017 Accelerated Direct Upgrade: Dynamics AX to 365 6:30 AM EDT Register Sonata has set up an Upgrade Factory Model to help existing customers to accelerate the upgrade to Dynamics 365 while achieving a significant reduction of cost and effort...

One of the most awaited releases of Dynamics 365 For Finance and Operations is now available (The July 2017 and Platform Update 8). Lot of new capabilities and exciting new features across all the functional modules and quite a few technology stack improvements!!In this post, I will highlight some o...

Now we will set up a Hybrid Connection. This is basically a listener that sits on your on-premise server. It will expose internal port to Azure. More information on Hybrid connection on Microsoft’s site. https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/biztalk-services/integration-hybrid-connection-overview In your Api App, click on Networking. Then click on “Configure your hybrid connection endpoints”. First download the connection...

Lets set up the authentication in this post. You should always secure your application and never leave it exposed out to the web. Click on Authentication menu and turn it on. In the drop down, select Azure Active Directory. In the Authentication providers click on Azure Active Directory to start configuring it. Select the Express mode. This will create an web App registration. Once authentication is configured. Lets set...

Last post showed how to publish your solution to Azure. This post will show you where to modify the the application settings. In visual studio you would be modifying the web config file. In the cloud you will modify the Application settings. Find your Api App. Click on Application settings. Scroll down to App settings.

Continuation from previous post. In this post I will show how publish your solution to Azure. I assume you have followed the instruction from the GitHub wiki to download and configure. https://github.com/ffilardi/AxaptaAPI/wiki Now that you have done that. Lets deploy. Create a new Api App. You might have to search for it if its not available on the menu. Give it a name and select a Resource Group. Obviously pick a data...

Last year I did a plug for a colleague who had developed this super nice solution which you can use to expose your AIF SOAP services as RESTful services. http://dynamicsnavax.blogspot.com.au/2016/04/expose-ax-2012-aif-services-soap-as.html Fabio has done a great job in sharing a great piece of work and also documenting it really well. What is missing is to take it to the next level. So, in a series of posts, I will show...

There is really no place in the UI of "Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations, Enterprise Edition" where you can find a button to clear the AOD cache.If you for example introduce a new class to an extension based on SysExtension this is a problem, because it wont be picked up un...

To enqueue messages for recurring integrations in Dynamics 365 for operations, the sample app published in github is helpful. To make this file enqueue work seamlessly, few setups in azure portal and Dynamics 365 for operations need to be done before running the sample application. Here is a step by step guide on the setup changes to be done. Azure portal Setup Go to Azure Portal > Azure Active directory >...

This is a continuation of the blog entry ‘What does the Maximum penny difference parameter do’ What does the Maximum penny difference parameter do? On the above blog it was described how the Maximum penny difference works. However, it might be surprising why the parameter does not work for a more simple scenario where there is a penny difference entered into a journal directly. This blog will explain...

This episode comes to you from Inspire 2017 in Washington DC. We caught up with Linda Rose, who recently sold her business, RoseASP, to private equity firm ESW Capital . It wasn't her first business sale, but she says it was different from previous deals for a variety of reasons. Linda tells us about the questions she is fielding from ... read more ...read more

The pace at which customers of Microsoft's enterprise cloud ERP offering, Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations, Enterprise edition (D365FOE) go live has accelerated in recent months from five or fewer customers per week up to approximately twelve per week, officials reported this week at Inspire 2017. Dynamics 365 Enterprise ERP, formerly known as Dynamics AX, must be sold and delivered in a way that...