Sad news today. Last night, Microsoft colleague and first class blogger David Boschmans passed away. He was working for 3 years in our office as Developer Platform Advisor. His last blog entry dates from July 3th... In the few occasions I had the chance...

The new service pack for Microsoft Dynamics AX 4.0 has been released, with the very original name SP2. Some of the highlights are: · Support for 15 different new document AXDs in the Application Integration Framework. · Updates and bug fixes to functionality...

I've been getting some questions lately on the new Quick Reference Guide for AX 4.0. Well, you can find it on Partnersource (if you have access of course).

There's a great feature in AX4.0, namely the application integration framework. The great thing is it can connect to virtually every other environment. Especially if you hook it up to Biztalk (2006 in this case). On Partnersource , there's a great document...

We just released a huge extension on the help system for Microsoft Dynamics AX 4.0 SP1. This update contains: · 355 new online help topics · 596 new form help topics · 152 new developer topics We now deliver a list of changed and updated topics with...

There is a great newsletter you can subscribe to if you are a Dynamics AX partner. Just go to Insights on Partnersource and flag the global AX partner newsletter. Coming to your inbox monthly.

If you are a partner for Microsoft Dynamics AX and you want to keep up to date with all the latest and greatest information on AX, download the new screensaver from Partnersource . It will automatically download news feeds from Partnersource and bring...

The process for developing, building, and releasing application hot fixes and updates will fundamentally change from Microsoft Dynamics AX 4.0 SP1 onwards. The hot fix layer files will be made cumulative in the sense that previous fixes will be included...

The Belgian government changed the layout for the VAT forms (starting Jan 2007). We have modified our reports in AX. You can find them here .

Hurray, hurray, this is what we've all been waiting for. I still remember my initial talks on this a few years ago when I said: "Mark, we need a book from MS Press on AX to be taken seriously!". "Great idea", he said... And now, it's here. And what a...

It's been a while since my last blog posting, but I've been extremely busy with the local launch of Microsoft Dynamics AX 4.0. Maybe I'll elaborate in a next post on this. But for now, let me share this link to the first benchmark on Microsoft Dynamics...

This is for the people that are used to working with AX 3.0. We just released the Microsoft Dynamics AX 3.0 Inventory Closing Rollup 2. The intention of the release is to improve the user experience of partners and customers, and consequently further...

Yesterday at TechEd 2006, Ray Ozzie (Microsoft's CTO and coming man ;-) ) announced the general availability of Microsoft Dynamics AX 4.0, a whole mouth full to say Axapta. It has some great stuff in, like the AIF or Application Integration Framework...

As time draws closer to the biggest milestone in the (short, but wonderful) history of Microsoft Dynamics AX , my nerves are rising as well. In a few days, (if all goes well), we will RTM Microsoft Dynamics AX 4.0. RTM is a Microsoft term for Release...

Ever wondered how to install your Dynamics application with regards to internet facing topologies? With the new Perimeter Network Configuration Wizard that was announced in January, you'll be guided. Built and shipped by a small focused team, the application...

People often ask me when support is going to end for existing versions of AX (formerly Microsoft Business Solutions-Axapta, formerly Navision Axapta). You can find the dates on the support lifecycle site of Microsoft or directly for AX here .

Some time ago, I posted an article on the launch of Microsoft Dynamics Snap , a sandbox on www.gotdotnet.com . But it was all in English, so here's a document that explains how to make Snap "worldready" in other words: adapted to the different languages...

Convergence is (finally) over. After 7 long days of content, meetings, socializing and walking several miles (the Dallas Convention Centre is HUGE), it is good to be home again. 7000 people attended which makes it one of the largest Microsoft events in...

Today, we kicked off Convergence 2006 in Dallas, Texas with a keynote by Jeff Raikes . Tomorrow Billg will be in town to present his view on things. There will be some cool demo's (what would you expect ?). Also today, we showed for the first time...

A new guide has been posted to partnersource for installations on up to 250 users with the current release of Microsoft Dynamics AX 3.0. Read it AND use it!

Still a lot do and lots of things coming up. I will be hosting a breakout session during Dev / IT Pro Days on the 8th of March in Ghent, and then on March 9th, we'll launch Microsoft Dynamics CRM (also in ICC Ghent). It won't be your average product demo...

A few days ago, we announced a shared source project on GotDotNet.com. There is a sandbox created for Microsoft Dynamics with already 4 snap-ins available (one for CRM and 3 for AX (or Axapta)). They are so cool. Go check them out on http://codegallery...

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When Axapta, now Microsoft Business Solutions–Axapta (now part of Microsoft Dynamics), was released in 1998, it brought an exciting new object-oriented technology within reach of midsize companies that needed a powerful, scalable business management suite...

It's that time of the year again. Dev/IT Pro Days are around the corner. This time, it takes place in ICC, Ghent. Some great speakers and great content. I'm giving a session on integrating Microsoft Dynamics with other applications. You can find the abstract...