Month: October 2009

“There is some problem with the database server…” is a very common term I hear often from clients who face performance related issue with AX. Well database tuning is very important and impacts performance but is not the only thing that needs to be looked. Some other things are: Recently I was investigating some DB related issue by using SQL Native tools like DMV’s, DTA etc and also looking for some other utilities which would provide some dashboard view of the AX Database and hit upon a nice tool ‘SQL Sentry’.I decided to take it for a spin on the … Continue reading SQL Database Performance Monitoring- Nice Tool

An interesting post by a fellow MVP Michael Nemtsev [MVP, Web Developer and SharePoint Consultant based in Sydney, Australia.] regarding MOSS 2007 & WIN 2008 R2. Definitely a reference if you want to install & configure EP on WIN 2008 R2.Click here to read.

I was doing some R & D on BING API (Search & Translate) and hit upon the idea of data translation in AX using BING Translate services. Presently when a user changes the AX Language, the Labels change but data does not. It would be nice if this data could also change based on the language change. To do a simple POC, I did some R&D as follows: 1. Create a .NET APP which would consume the BING Translate API to translate text. The simple UI is as follows and works great 🙂 2. Replicate this feature inside AX to … Continue reading Dynamics AX, BING & Language Translation

A Dynamics Salary Survey from NIGEL FRANK.===========================================Nigel Frank International would like to invite you to complete what is to be our annual survey of Microsoft Dynamics salaries worldwide. The survey will only take a couple of minutes to complete and your response and any personal details will be kept strictly confidential. The survey is available in the following languages for your convenience; English, German, French, Dutch, Danish, Spanish, Italian, Norwegian, and Finnish. As a thank-you for your contribution we will send you a PDF report of the results once they have been compiled. This will give you an insight into … Continue reading Microsoft Dynamics Salary Survey 2009