The Developer & Partner tools group of Microsoft Dynamics AX has published a new blog. This blog will give you the roadmap for the current & future productivity & development tools for Dynamics AX. Keep watching this blog for more updates on the future of AX for Developers 🙂 Happy DAX-ing
I was working on an AX CRM implementation where the need for social networking & company profiling came. Requirement was that BD people should have access to social networking information, stock informations for applicable Business relations which would help them do a profiling of the BR. With the widespread use of social networking like twitter, linkedIn etc, some feature need to be inside AX. Well I like such challenges and did a small POC to show stock information inside AX. Integration to LinkedIn is in WIP :-). I added a flag in BR for the BR the sales people wanted … Continue reading Company Profile, Social networking inside Dynamics AX 2009
My friend Antonio Gilabert Plaza started his new Dynamics AX site. This site is entirely in Spanish. Do drop in. Another site added to the growing DAX community 🙂 Happy DAX-ing
When implementing an ERP, one important decision which needs to be made is on the implementation rollout strategy. Will it be Big Bang, Phased, Agile etc. A lot depends on this strategy.Big bang – Implementation happens in a single instance. All users move to the new system on a given date.Phased rollout – Changeover occurs in phases over an extended period of time. Users move onto new system in a series of steps.Parallel adoption – Both the legacy and new ERP system run at the same time. Users learn the new system while working on the old. www.softwareadvice.com is currently … Continue reading ERP Implementation Strategies – A Guide to ERP Implementation Methodology
Recently I was working on a POC which required me to insert 1,00,000 records into AX 2009 from an external LOB application and post these lines in AX. Well that got me thinking since it was a huge amount of import. .NET BC would be very slow, excel import would not be feasible. Direct SQL inserts seemed to be the feasible solution but I had to deal with RecId, RecVersionId & Company. Well after much R&D I hit upon using SSIS and some custom scripts to get the data inside AX. My test environment was: Environment: WIN 2008 Enterprise 32 … Continue reading Dynamics AX 2009 Bulk Data insert using SSIS
This is one book I wish was published a few years back when I was learning Dynamics AX. During that time there was a real crisis for AX related literature that I had to learn everything the hard way and it would have been really good had I got this book then :). This book is the first one of its class in the Dynamics AX Technology Books family and is a must read resources for new or experienced developers.Mindaugas has done a really good job of compiling technical ‘how to’s’ in this book. It has 6 chapters and each … Continue reading Book Review : Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009 Development Cookbook
