Dynamics AX Infrastructure and Server

Troubleshooting orphaned sessions and SPIDS in Dynamics Ax

After my last post was published I got some questions on how orphaned SQL processes (SPIDs) are cleaned up in Ax when an AOS or client crashes. A simple answer to that would be that the behavior is different depending on what crashed and what that process

Troubleshooting blocked SPIDS in AOS

In this blog post I will provide some details on how the AOS server manages it SQL connections and some tips on troubleshooting blocked connections in the database. All of my description is based on the SQL Server backend but similar techniques are applicable

Dynamics Ax 4.0 Session Types

In this blog post I will provide details on the management of the various user sessions inside the Dynamics Ax server (AOS). I will use the Online users form as a reference to provide context to the material provided below. I hope to provide answers to