Arvid Nielsen

Microsoft Dynamics AX Technical Product Manager/Evangilist

Microsoft Dynamics AX Global Product Management

Microsoft Dynamics AXTechnical features now and in

the future

Today’s Agenda

• Enterprise Portal• Features of the new client• Microsoft Office snap ins• Application Integration Framework• Integration with Windows Workflow Foundatiom• Localization • Scalability improvements

Microsoft Dynamics AX 5.0 Other Features

Scenario-based dev documentationDiscoverability improvements

Workflow

Enterprise Portal

and ClientX++

ReportingDeveloper

Documentation

Microsoft ProjectIntegration

Mobility Solutions

End-user configurableApproval-based workflows including audit trackingTask-based workflowsUnified worklist

ASP.NET portal frameworkHomepage frameworkBiDi language support“Top 10” UI improvements

DateTime language supportImprovements to X++ query (group by, order by)

Model-driven cube generation frameworkTime-zone support for reports

Project, task and subtask mapping Actual values for labor, expense and revenue from Microsoft Dynamics AX to ProjectEnterprise Portal Time Entry application

Mobile framework for building mobile solutions New mobile applications

Enterprise Portal

.NET Business .NET Business ConnectorConnector

AXAXWebWebPartsParts

WSSWSSWebWebPartsParts

ISVISVWebWebPartsParts

IISIIS

Web Web ServicesServices

ExternaExternal l

SystemSystemss

AOSAOS

Microsoft Microsoft Dynamics Dynamics

AX DBAX DBEP WebEP Web

Frame workFrame work

SharePointSharePointDBsDBs

EP4 Developer Benefits

• Enhanced Web authoringand development experience

• Reduced development time and cost without-of-the-box portal services and already available SharePoint web parts for integrating to other systems

• Drag-n-Drop development

• Integrated Debugging/Tracing• Microsoft Dynamics AX Application Object Tree/SharePoint integration

for rapid application development

• Easy application integration

Web Framework

• Web FormsWeb Forms

• List/add/edit/view web UI elementsList/add/edit/view web UI elements• Reports/web reportsReports/web reports

• Reports/chartsReports/charts• Web menu itemsWeb menu items

• URL – link to web pageURL – link to web page• Action – Ax classAction – Ax class

• Web contentWeb content

• Display – Web formDisplay – Web form• Output – Report/WenbReportOutput – Report/WenbReport

• Web menusWeb menus

• Top/left/box MenuTop/left/box Menu• WebletsWeblets

• Custom web UI elementsCustom web UI elements

Web Pages• Form WebPart

– Web Content of Display type

• Report WebPart– Web Content of Output type

• Menu WebPart– Web Menu

• Box Menu WebPart– Web menu

• Generic WebPart– Weblet

• PageTitle WebPart– Page Definition title property

Enterprise Portal

AX User Experience Today

AX 5.0 Vision

Feature Summary

4/24/07 AX5.0 Client Refresh12

Area Page – UX Mockup

4/24/07 13

List Page with Filter – UX Mockup

4/24/07 15 AX5.0 Client Refresh

Task Page – UX Mockup

4/24/07 18 AX5.0 Client Refresh

Microsoft Dynamics AX 4.0

• 36 countries – 40 languages

• New regions: China, Brazil and Japan

1000 / 3000 user benchmark

Better together with the products you know: Microsoft Dynamics CRM, Office, Windows

Improved Business Intelligence

Easier to license – More value with Enhancement

Microsoft Dynamics AXA global product

• Supporting Single instance and multi-regions deployment• Localized for 36 countries and increasing

Australia Denmark Ireland Norway Thailand

Austria Estonia Italy Poland Turkey

Belgium Finland Latvia Russia UK

Brazil France Lithuania Singapore USA

Canada Germany Malaysia South Africa Japan

Canada Hungary Mexico Spain

China Iceland Netherlands Sweden

Czech Republic

India New Zealand Switzerland

Brazil Portuguese

Estonian Icelandic Polish Thai

Czech Finnish Italian Russian  

Danish French LatvianSimplified Chinese

 

Dutch German Lithuanian Spanish  

English Hungarian Norwegian Swedish  

Countries supported Translations supported

Multi-site DeploymentSingle Global Implementation