![]() ![]() Relatively few have done so, to date - for lack of tools, fear of becoming too locked into Microsoft's stack and/or other reasons. Microsoft has been encouraging developers to integrate its Office Ribbon, its Windows Workflow technology and support for its Excel Services technology into their own custom line-of-business apps. ![]() I have installed the hotfix 957312 as recommended by Microsoft. "We use Microsoft's SOA technologies to expose and consume these services," Hertogh said. According to the AX 2009 requirements, SQL server 2008 should be OK. And other vendors/users can create custom Web services that can be consumed by AX 2009. AX publishes Web services, such as credit-card processing and shipment via UPS.Ditto with Microsoft SharePoint Server, BizTalk Server and Project Server - not surprisingly, integration hooks are build in. Support for Office Unified Communications Server is integrated directly into the product, so that users will be able to integrate their PBX and VOIP systems directly with the back-end ERP system.The new ERP app has a back-and-forth button and a breadcrumb bar that would be familiar to anyone who has used Internet Explorer.Business intelligence, Microsoft-style, is part of the app AX 2009 embeds SQL Server OLAP cubes, and ships with a set of predefined KPIs.Because it embeds the Windows Workflow engine inside the app, it includes more built-in business-process automation and allows admins to set rules and policies that apply to different modules.Like the rest of Microsoft's Dynamics family, AX now incorporates the Office look-and-feel throughout the application and sports an Office-Ribbon-style action pane."What Halo is for Xbox, we are for Microsoft's application platform," said Kees Hertogh, Director of Product Management for Dynamics AX.ĪX 2009 includes and/or makes use of every Microsoft technology but the kitchen sink: ![]()
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