Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009 Application Integration Framework(AIF) Benchmark

Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009 Application Integration Framework Benchmark

Microsoft Dynamics AX Application Integration Framework Benchmark exercises Core Sales Order processing thru Invoicing and GL Creation thru posting with high degree of scale

In June 2008, Microsoft Corporation conducted the Microsoft Dynamics® AX 2009 Application Integration Framework (AIF) benchmark to measure the performance and scalability characteristics of Microsoft Dynamics® AX 2009 in a simulated distribution scenario. This benchmark exercised core Accounts Receivables scenario involving sales order creation thru AIF and invoicing of sales orders thru batch jobs. It also exercised core General Ledger scenario involving journal creation thru AIF and posting of journals thru batch jobs. The scenarios generated load on Application Object Server (AOS)—in this benchmark, each AOS instance was hosted on a separate server. In a Microsoft Dynamics® AX system, the AOS processes business logic in communication with clients and the database; the database server provides data to the AOS.

For more information and download please check the following link AX 2009 Application Integration Framework Benchmark

Microsoft Dynamics Snap sample applications for Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009

Release of Microsoft Dynamics Snap sample applications for use with Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009

These samples show the potential of integrating the 2007 Microsoft® Office system with Microsoft Dynamics® AX by providing functioning end-to-end capabilities in source code form. Partners and customers can build on these samples and use the techniques they employ to build solutions that access the data and processes in Microsoft Dynamics AX from the productivity and collaboration tools of the Microsoft Office system. Two snap applications are now available with Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009:

This release contains the following snap-in applications for use with Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009 and Microsoft Office 2007.

Offline Expense - This snap-in enables expenses to be entered in Excel while disconnected from the corporate network, and then posted to Dynamics AX at a later time. This snap-in uses WCF-based services and LINQ to retrieve data from Dynamics AX, and uses the Application Integration Framework, or AIF to send business documents to Dynamics AX.

Business Data Lookup (BDL) - This snap-in enables information workers to access data from Dynamics AX from within Excel, Word and Outlook. This snap-in is an upgrade of the BDL snap-in that was distributed with Microsoft Dynamics AX 4.0.

These applications require .Net 3.5, Microsoft Office 2007, Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 and Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009. Each snap-in contains a document describing the basic architecture, functional footprint, and deployment steps for exploring the sample code.

For more information and download please check the following link Microsoft Dynamics Snap for Dynamics AX 2009

Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009 Service Pack 1

During EMEA Convergence, the release of Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009 SP1 was announced. You can see the announcement of SP1 availability on the Microsoft Dynamics AX Landing Page on PartnerSource.

Similarly, you can see the announcement on the Microsoft Dynamics AX Landing Page on CustomerSource.

With the download of Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009 SP1 the following materials will be made available:

– Service Pack 1 Downloadable Package

– Downloadable Package for Updated Help Files*

– Release Notes (List of known issues)

– Updated What’s New Document – A section on SP1 is added

- Service Pack 1 Install Guide

For further details on SP1 please take the links to PartnerSource and CustomerSource announcements.