Integrating with Dynamics AX

Integrating w/ Microsoft Dynamics AX

Thomas Due Kay

Program Manager

Microsoft IT

Ren Dnweber

Developer

Microsoft IT

Introducing Microsoft Dynamics AX

Integrating with Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012

How to build integrations with Microsoft Dynamics AX

How are we leveraging Dynamics AX at Microsoft

Question and closing

Agenda

Introducing Dynamics AX

A business solution for global enterprises that supports industry-specific and operational business processes, along with comprehensive, core enterprise resource planning (ERP) functionality for financial and HRM. It empowers your people to anticipate and embrace change so your business can thrive.

Economy

Geopolitics

Technology Cloud

Business Success Demands Change

People

The Greek philosopher Heraclitus said, Change is the only constant But what we are now seeing is that change is actually accelerating. Specifically, we expect change across 4 key vectors:

THE FIRST AREA IS PEOPLE For the first time, the new generation is one that has grown up always connected, and always on-line. They enter the workforce approaching technology with brand new attitudes, skills and expectations.

They expect solutions to be instant on. This is really the mindset of, theres an App for that. Solutions must be super easy to find, fast to install, and super, super easy to use. The On Button is going to be new manual.

Always online They expect to be able to access information from any device, as often as they want, no matter where they are. More often than not, this includes their personal devices!

Social You and I are of the same generation, Guy. While were still hip and use social tools , we still spend a lot of time meeting face-to-face, doing phone conferencing, and sending email. The new generation interacts more and more via Instant Messaging, tagging, video conferencing, and through venues similar to Facebook.

A lot of very interesting data support this:

One of every three college students and young employees believe the internet is as important as air, water, food, and shelter!

46-percent say that their laptop is the most important technology in their daily lives

Seven in ten Facebook users, and 68-percent of all Twitter users have friended or are following a coworker or a boss.

SECOND CHANGE IS ECONOMIC. 2009s DOWNTURN WAS A BIG UPSET

There is likely going to be fewer budget dollars in the IT department more decision power moving into LOB EXAMPLE:

Gartner Group put an article out on this. It predicted that by 2017 the CMO will likely have larger IT-budget than the CIO!

Secondly, we see an increased focus on Time to Value customers want to make sure they do not end up in more prolonged projects, and have consultants occupy the office for months before value is delivered.

The third thing is Paying for use no more paying for stuff that is not being used (aka shelfware) or used only rarely when the budget is tightened this is where many CIOs will go to find room.

Finally - instead of replacing the entire solution first focus on updating areas where the most value can be derived, then address other areas later we refer to this as Evolution vs. Revolution .

The third is GEOPOLITICAL: The business world getting flatter.

Disruptions in one part of the world that previously took time to spread, can now ripple quickly through connected supply chains to impact local markets, and business decisions in the very short term.

Successful businesses must therefore react with increasing speed to these changing conditions, and must balance a growing number of factors in managing their operations today and looking for new opportunities tomorrow.

The last area is that of TECHNOLOGY change cloud is emerging as the most significant technology shift in a generation, but thus far we have only seen a fraction of the value captured.

The cloud is advertized everywhere in the airport, driving down the highway. Its touted as the be-all-end-all, but its not being utilized to its fullest capacity.

The initial approach from many vendors has been to rush to offer the application in a hosted setting. Much focus is placed on muti-tenancy versus actual customer benefits.

These are important, but it is increasingly clear that cloud offers a lot more than just a way of deployment. Cloud represents the ability to solve problems that previously businesses just couldnt address.

Such as :The ability to capture and analyze vast amounts of data (Big data). For example determining the impact your latest campaign has had in the Twittersphere.

The ability to spin-up new computing environments and scale them seamlessly no more waiting around for hardware to turn up.

The ability to easily connect with the world everything is already on the internet.

And the ability to access systems through a multitude of different devices as long as they are connected via the web.

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The information herein is for informational purposes only and represents the current view of Microsoft Corporation as of the date of this presentation. Because Microsoft must respond to changing market conditions, it should not be interpreted to be a commitment on the part of Microsoft, and Microsoft cannot guarantee the accuracy of any information provided after the date of this presentation. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION.

6/13/2013

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KT CeBIT 2012

Business Workloads

Horizontal Operational Workloads

Industry Operational Workloads

Administrative Core Workloads

Finance

HR

HCM

Project

Budget Formulation

Expense

SRM

Sales Force Automation

Marketing Automation

Customer Care

Retail

Service

Manufacturing

Distribution

Enterprise

Infrastructure

Enterprise Architecture

Enterprise Application

Horizontal Operational

Industry Operational

Administrative Core

Microsoft Infrastructure

Development tools

MorphX

Dynamics Infrastructure

App Server(s)

AOS Services

Integration host

File system

MSMQ

WCF adapter

Productivity Apps

Microsoft Dynamics AX | At-a-Glance

Retail | Manufacturing | Distribution | Services Industries | Public Sector

Retail

Point of Sale (POS)

Centralized store management

Omni-channel management

Order management |payment processing

Merchandizing and catalog management

Manufacturing

Lean, process and discrete manufacturing

Product configuration

Shop floor management

Sales, service & marketing

Sales force and marketing automation

Lead and opportunity management

Sales and case management

Service management

Microsoft Dynamics CRM connector

Procurement and sourcing

Direct and indirect procurement

Purchase requisitions

Supplier relationship management

Vendor self-service portal

Supply chain management

Inventory management

Multisite warehouse management

Order promising

Distribution planning

Quality management

Project accounting

Project accounting and invoicing

Grants management

Project cost control

Work breakdown structure

Interoperability with Microsoft Project

Financial management

General Ledger

Accounts receivables and payables

Commitment Accounting

Cash and bank management

Business intelligence

Standard and analytical reports with Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services

RoleTailored, pre-defined data cubes

Dashboard views with KPIs

Self-service reporting

Human capital management

Core Human Resource Management

Talent management

Workforce management

Travel and expense

Shared services and consolidation

Budget planning and control

Compliance management

Timing:

Key points: Fixed assets

Script:

More information:

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Integrations comes in many shapes & forms

Focusing on the right integrations across the application portfolio increase business value, drive visibility and effectiveness, and decrease operational cost structures.

Integration types:

Business data

Application workflows

Foundational/basic technologies (SQL, BI, Windows, Azure, SharePoint, etc.)

User productivity tools (Excel, Word, Power View, Bing maps, )

Development technologies (Visual Studios, VSTF, MorphX)

Microsoft IT Access Strategy

2012 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Microsoft, Windows, and other product names are or may be registered trademarks and/or trademarks in the U.S. and/or other countries.

The information herein is for informational purposes only and represents the current view of Microsoft Corporation as of the date of this presentation. Because Microsoft must respond to changing market conditions, it should not be interpreted to be a commitment on the part of Microsoft, and Microsoft cannot guarantee the accuracy of any information