Dynamics Ax Performance Team Blog

We have made minor but important modifications to the Database Configuration settings, which are still posted under March, 2008 archive. The archived posting includes the most current recommendations. We've also posted a Microsoft Word version of the...

In Dynamics AX 2009, if you use Microsoft SQL Server 2005 as the database, you should create RecID index on a table if the table has CreatedDateTime field and/or ModifiedDateTime field. When you Insert into a table with CreatedDateTime field on SQL...

We have released the RTM version of Event Trace Parser Tool for Microsoft Dynamics AX (aka TraceParser). You can download the tool from CustomerSource or PartnerSouorce . The Event Trace Parser for Microsoft Dynamics ® AX is a user interface and data...

We have released the Benchmark Toolkit as an Open Source Project on CodePlex. You can use the Benchmark Toolkit to stress and performance test your AX application or custom classes. The Benchmark Toolkit comes with a predefined set of 12 scenarios such...

Trace Parser has been updated with some new user-friendly UI changes as well as stability improvements. Please give it a try from either Partner Source or Customer Source . You will need an account to download. Please post any issues or feedback and...

One of the most important aspects of writing managed code that interacts with AX through the Business Connector is cleaning up objects. Each AxaptaObject and AxaptaTable must have dispose called on it before going out of scope, or we’ll leak the object...

NOTE: This section has been updated to include special considerations for running SQL Server on Windows Server 2008. We have also modified our recommendations for setting Auto Update Statistics Asynchronously to FALSE from TRUE. Tempdb database...

Welcome to the Dynamics Ax Performance Team's blog. We're putting together a team introduction and hope to have it posted within the next week or so. The first entries will discuss SQL Server 2005 configuration and Best Practices for Dynamics Ax, but...