Category Archives: Dynamics AX

AXbuild.exe – faster than ever!

Posted on September 12, 2014 by janeteblake

If you thought AXbuild.exe was great in Dynamics AX R2 CU7 – you just wait! Everyone cheered in CU7 when axbuild.exe came out. My own organization experienced drop in AOT compile time at a typical client from 7 or 8 … Continue reading →

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Free book: Building Cloud Apps with Microsoft Azure

Posted on July 31, 2014 by janeteblake

Just got some good news today in my Microsoft Learning email: the above book is available, and for free! I have downloaded and am anxious to read. We all know that we’re heading to the cloud. Microsoft Press/Books Free E-Book: … Continue reading →

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Palle Agermark was kind enough to alert us in reference.html to some new Microsoft documentation at http://www.microsoft.com/en-pk/download/details.aspx?id=17093 .I wanted to note a very interesting tab on that sheet: Tables removed as of R3 Table name AifDataContainerRecurrence CopyOfcustCustomerService_ImportTable CreditCardCustNumber CreditCardMicrosoftSetup CreditCardProcessorsSecurity custCustomerService_ImportTable … Continue reading →

Posted on May 8, 2014 by janeteblake | 4 Comments

Automatically run an AX form on startup

Posted on April 22, 2014 by janeteblake

A client just went live on Dynamics AX this month, so YAY to them! Believe it or not, go-live is not always just pressing a button and sitting back. A few things came up, and I’ll blog them if I … Continue reading →

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Microsoft MVPs announced

Posted on April 2, 2014 by janeteblake

I am so pleased to see the new list of Microsoft MVPs announced. A filter on the technology of Dynamics AX produces 30 recipients of the honors. (22 named individuals and 8 anonymous ones.) I’m thrilled that I’ve met several … Continue reading →

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Guest blog: Security breach in employee attendance

Posted on March 19, 2014 by janeteblake

I am wrestling bears at three different implementation stages, and have not been writing any blogs lately. Fortunately, my coworkers are covering for me again. 🙂 Jesse Higdon recently corrected an issue one of my clients was experiencing: They could … Continue reading →

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Speed up your compiles in AX 2012

Posted on March 6, 2014 by janeteblake

Hope those who are at #Conv14 are enjoying it! In the meantime, I’ll post a tip I got from Microsoft at #AXTech2014 for the rest of us. 🙂 Simple tricks to speed up compilation: for pre-CU7 Single machine deployment Add … Continue reading →

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New and exciting things coming up

Posted on January 31, 2014 by janeteblake

What a great time to be alive! 🙂 – I have a client going live… how exciting for them! Truly, it’s harder than birthing a baby! Although the followup later is vastly different. 🙂 – I am working with a … Continue reading →

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New whitepaper: Financial consolidations and currency translation

Posted on January 27, 2014 by janeteblake

I come from a long line of accountants… I married an accountant… and now my college son is enjoying only one course – guess what it is – accounting, of course! Some of my best friends are number crunchers.   … Continue reading →

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Hot Swapping in Production

Posted on January 16, 2014 by janeteblake

A (repeat of) a word to the wise – with a twist, if you read to the end. One of our clients was getting CIL errors; I don’t have details. It was discovered (I cannot take credit) that the checkbox … Continue reading →

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