Reflections on Microsoft Dynamics AX
Reflections on Microsoft Dynamics, ERP Projects and Product
Additional Application Disks for Process and Service Industries
It’s been a busy couple of months with EMEA Convergence and other projects. We recently posted a new...
Author: Lachlan Cash Date: 11/21/2009
Additional disks with Refresh 2 and creating your own VMC or VM configuration
When we post the demo VM we include a VMC files because we ship the VM built under VPC2007. In this...
Author: Lachlan Cash Date: 10/19/2009
Password on AX-SRV-03
I had a question from a partner on the password for the AX-SRV-03 VM. So thought I’d re-post a note...
Author: Lachlan Cash Date: 10/18/2009
Processing OLAP Cubes and AX Companies
I’ve had this question a few times from partners so thought I’d post a note. To get updated...
Author: Lachlan Cash Date: 10/14/2009
Demo VM and Office activation
I’ve had a few questions on the Office activation on the demo VM and I’ve posted a few notes on the...
Author: Lachlan Cash Date: 10/08/2009
For the techies Peter and Gustavo’s discussion on Channel9 covering X++ to MSIL
For the developer types among you Peter Villadsen and Gustavo Plancarte from the dev team posted a...
Author: Lachlan Cash Date: 09/10/2009
unzipping the VM files, external disks not formatted for NTFS
There are a few things that can go wrong when unzipping the files for the demo VM. This is one I’ve...
Author: Lachlan Cash Date: 09/04/2009
Lean Manufacturing demo scripts
I had a question from a partner looking for demo scripts for Lean Manufacturing. You can find ones...
Author: Lachlan Cash Date: 08/31/2009
Using workflow on the R2 demo VM
So I had a question that prompted me to remind people about the setup for Workflow. The workflow in...
Author: Lachlan Cash Date: 08/31/2009
Activation of Office on the demo VMs
So this is probably a good sign that the VMs that we ship are used a lot. It seems if you try to...
Author: Lachlan Cash Date: 08/24/2009
Electronic Signature
I had a note from Chuck to remind people about the use of Electronic Signature on the demo VM. You...
Author: Lachlan Cash Date: 08/18/2009
New Lean Manufacturing Book for Dynamics AX
I got an email from Scott Hamilton noting that his new book titled “Managing Lean Manufacturing...
Author: Lachlan Cash Date: 08/17/2009
Word docx files and Partnersource
I’ve had a few questions about getting the release note from the Partnersource page. When you try to...
Author: Lachlan Cash Date: 08/17/2009
Adding your partner solution to the Demo VM
Just back from a couple of weeks off so catching up on some questions. I’ve had a few different...
Author: Lachlan Cash Date: 08/17/2009
Using Project Time Sheets setting up the Period Code
I had a prompt from Jose and Tim in the UK about reminding people about setting up the Period Code...
Author: Lachlan Cash Date: 07/30/2009
Microsoft Demo Showcase Suite Release at WPC2009
It’s been a busy couple of weeks and so I haven’t had a chance to talk about this tool. If you...
Author: Lachlan Cash Date: 07/29/2009
Moving the AX App and DB onto a new VM
I’ve had a lot of questions about what to do with the previous VM when we release a new VM. This has...
Author: Lachlan Cash Date: 07/28/2009
Videos available for download
I’ve had a few requests for information about the videos on my blog. The two main questions are,...
Author: Lachlan Cash Date: 07/28/2009
Syncing AX to Outlook on demo VMs
I’ve had a few questions from partners on what this message means when you try to sync to Outlook...
Author: Lachlan Cash Date: 07/28/2009
Setting up the Dynamics AX demo images in Hyper-V
So I’ve had a few questions for partners and field folks about the move to Hyper-V. There are a lot...
Author: Lachlan Cash Date: 07/28/2009
Inside Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009 Book
The Inside Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009 Book has been available for a a couple of months. This is a...
Author: Lachlan Cash Date: 07/23/2009
ProjPost Class compile error
If you are using the AX 2009 Refresh 2 demo VM you may want to correct a line of code in the...
Author: Lachlan Cash Date: 07/23/2009
FRx Report Manager on Refresh 2
If you want to use FRx report manager on the Refresh 2 image you may get and error message informing...
Author: Lachlan Cash Date: 07/23/2009
Windows 7 and Windows 2008 R2 reached RTM
If you are keen Microsoft blog follower then you will have noted an amazing milestone for customers...
Author: Lachlan Cash Date: 07/22/2009
Setting up external networking on the Demo VMs
I’ve had a few questions that relate to how to use external networking on the demo VMs. In the in...
Author: Lachlan Cash Date: 07/21/2009
Having trouble starting the AOS on the Demo VM ?
If you are having trouble starting the AOS on the demo VMs and get an error something like this :...
Author: Lachlan Cash Date: 07/21/2009
Using document handling to add image in Demo VM
Is you are using the AX2009 Refresh 2 demo VM and are using document handling this note will...
Author: Lachlan Cash Date: 07/20/2009
Default Cubes Advisor Tool for Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009
On the AX2009 Refresh 2 VMs we included the Default Cubes Advisor tool. You can use this to...
Author: Lachlan Cash Date: 07/20/2009
Event Trace Parser for Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009
On the last VM Refresh 2 we include the Event Trace Parser for Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009. This is a...
Author: Lachlan Cash Date: 07/20/2009
Setting up Outlook Sync from Dynamics AX
In the demo VMs you have Outlook installed and connected to a basic email server. This is used in...
Author: Lachlan Cash Date: 07/20/2009
Release of Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009 Demonstration Toolkit – Refresh 2
After a lot of input from the field and partners we have released Refresh 2 of the Demonstration...
Author: Lachlan Cash Date: 07/17/2009
Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009 Demonstration Toolkit - Refresh 2
Launch video for the release of the Microsoft Demonstration Toolkit - Refresh 2 Double click to...
Author: Lachlan Cash Date: 07/16/2009
Dynamics AX 2009 Demonstration Toolkit - Refresh 2 Setup Notes
I recorded this video to give you a quick run down of how to setup the Refresh 2 demo VM. Video for...
Author: Lachlan Cash Date: 07/13/2009
Entering dates (2006) or no access to development in Refresh1 VM
I’ve had a few questions about entering dates in the VM Refresh1 Demo VM that it is defaulting to...
Author: Lachlan Cash Date: 06/29/2009
EP Development on VM – HTTP 401 Unauthorized error
If you doing doing web related work on the VMs and getting an Unauthorized response have a look at...
Author: Lachlan Cash Date: 06/29/2009
Quick update on the Refresh2 VMs
I’ve had a number of partners ask about the Refresh2 demo image. So just wanted to give a quick...
Author: Lachlan Cash Date: 06/29/2009
Project Server Demo Image
The Christophe from the Microsoft Project team have released their demo image for Project Server...
Author: Lachlan Cash Date: 06/23/2009
Demo License Files Extra Bits
I had a few questions about the demo license expiry. You will find the demo licenses for Demand...
Author: Lachlan Cash Date: 06/11/2009
SSRS Report on a Role Center LogonAs Message on Demo VM
I’ve had this question for a while from a few partners and I’ve seen it myself and with the help...
Author: Lachlan Cash Date: 06/08/2009
Expiry of Demo VM
So the 6th of June has now passed and the original AX2009 VM is now over a year old and has expired....
Author: Lachlan Cash Date: 06/08/2009
Microsoft Dynamics AX positioned as Leader in Midmarket ERP Magic Quadrant
The post just went up on PressPass today. “Magic Quadrant for Midmarket and Tier 2-Oriented ERP for...
Author: Lachlan Cash Date: 06/08/2009
Windows 7 Calculator
Ok this one is a something small that I’ve found very useful I don’t know how I’ve done with out it....
Author: Lachlan Cash Date: 06/07/2009
Dynamics AX documentation on TechNet
Our documentation team in Dynamics has been doing a great job at making the the Dynamics AX...
Author: Lachlan Cash Date: 06/07/2009
A couple of notes on using the AX2009 Demo VM Refresh 1
So by now most people have picked up the Refresh 1 VM as the original ones expire tomorrow. I’ve...
Author: Lachlan Cash Date: 06/05/2009
Blog syndication
So my blog just started to be syndicated on to the Dynamics Communities site. You can see it here....
Author: Lachlan Cash Date: 06/02/2009
Creating an Office doc in Document Handling
I had a question from a partner on setting up and creating a Office document from AX. This small...
Author: Lachlan Cash Date: 06/02/2009
Accessing Demand Planner on the Demo VM
I get questions from folks on what password do I need to access Demand Planner on the Demo VM. The...
Author: Lachlan Cash Date: 06/02/2009
RFID Integration
I had a question from a partner about showing the RFID integration AX2009 has with Microsoft BizTalk...
Author: Lachlan Cash Date: 06/01/2009