Microsoft Dynamics AX - Overview

Amer Dalain
March 13, 2010
 Over $2.5B in acquisitions
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 Top 5 Microsoft R&D spend on business applications

 25 years of Biz Apps Experience
 300,000 Customers / >10,000 Partners
Broad business management suites including
financial management, supply chain
management and customer relationship
management functionality

A complete CRM suite including sales force

automation, marketing and service management

Small business financial management

Retail management and point of sale
Integrated contact management, accounting and
online services packaged with
Microsoft Office
 Microsoft Dynamics AX At a Glance
Microsoft Dynamics AX Business Process Coverage

Manufacturing Project Distribution

Accounting

Enterprise Human Financial

Portal Resource Management
Management
Customer Supply Chain Business
Relationship Management Analysis
Management

COMPLETE / SCALABE/GLOBAL SOLUTION

Designed for midsize & enterprise organisations:
200 – 7500 employees
Industry focused solutions 11,800
Wholesale/Distribution
Process & Discrete Manufacturing 11,100 h
Services w t
o
Retail
2500+ Partners in over 40 countries
5,000+ er Gr
Available in 36 countries & 40 languages including bi-directional stom Jun 2009
language support Cu
4 development centres globally Dec 2008
May 2005
 Long-term Commitment

AX ‘8’
AX ‘7’
Continued innovation
targeted at mid-market

AX ‘6’
with particular focus on:
Continued focus on
AX 2009

Simplifying
Application Lifecycle Simplicity
Simplifying Application More Industry Productivity
Lifecycle functionality Dynamics User
Enhance Financial More deployment Experience
Role Tailored UX Capabilities Leadership
flexibility
Global Enterprise Enrich Industry Platform Microsoft technology
Best Practices in More Software +
Capabilities Services scenarios Time-to-Value
Compliancy Business Processes
Software + Services
Self-Service BI

MAJOR RELEASES

2008-2009 2011-2012 2014-2015 2017-2018

SERVICE PACKS/MINOR RELEASES

Additi Additi Additi Additi

onal onal onal onal
SP’s SP’s SP’s SP’s
RTM RTM RTM RTM
 2009 SP1 + Target Releases
Roadmap of Innovation
AX 2009

AX ‘6’
Role Tailored UX Project Tim e Process Indust ries Simplicity
Global Ent erprise Environm ent al Professional Financial Excellence in
Capabilit ies Dashboard Services Global Organization
Lean Manufact uring Excellence in Business
Com pliancy End-t o-End Ret ail
Localizat ions: Practices
Managem ent Solut ion (TBA) Increase Industry
East ern Europe,
Ad-hoc Self-Service Russia, Brazil, Microsoft Dynam ics Footprint
BI Saudi Arabia, Online Connect Software + Services
Hebrew language
Business Process Innovation

2008 2009 2010 2011

IT Operational Efficiency
Throughput Support for: Management Pack for Simplified
performance x6 Microsoft SQL System Center Implementation and
Batch process engine Server 2008 Operations Manager Deployment
Improved upgrade Windows 2007 IT User productivity
tools Essential System Center Data enhancements
TFS Version control Business Protection Manager Scalability and
Server 2008 2007 Backup Performance
64-bit support Assistance Tool
Windows 7 enhancements
Intelligent Data
Windows
Server 2008 Management
R2 Framework
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Who Uses Microsoft Dynamics AX?.....
Small Businesses Midsize Companies Large Enterprises
Customer Model
Role Tailored User Experience

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Role Tailored User Experience

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Multi Site

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Compliance Portal
What Makes Microsoft Dynamics AX Exceptional?
Any Program Written in
Microsoft Windows

User Interface
Programming Language Forms Web Reports
Connector

Connector
Business

Business
COM

.NET

Classes
Integration Framework

Project

Business Logic
Manufacturing Distribution
Accounting

Web
Services Enterprise Human Financial
Portal Resource Management
Application

Management

Customer Supply Chain Business

Relationship Management Analysis
Management

Composite Application
Tables
A Milestone for ERP solutions…...
1 Global capabilities
Shipment Carrier Integration
Balanced sheet posting of Fixed price Time Zone support
Centralized Payments Ledger Account Categories Project Control Reverse Financial Entries
Packing slip based invoices Activation of Refill Pallet Transport
Purchase Requisition
Centralized Cash Receipts Miscellaneous Charges Returns management
Hierarchical activities Multi Site Costing Multi Version Item Costing
Streamlining Picking Process Purchase Requisition Additional Financials Dimensions Cash Advance Requests
Intercompany allocations Integration with MS Project Server 3-way matching
Service Order Gant ChartCompliance Center Service Consumption Reporting
Centralized Customer Statements Budget Revision History
EliminationsEnterprise model Workflow
Global Address Book Project price groups 30+ Role pages User-defined project stages

2 Record scale and performance

Dynamics AX 2009 benchmark transactions
Throughput Scalability faster with compression on SQL Server 2008

3 Setting the bar in innovation…

RoleTailored UX Unified Workflow RealWorld
Communication SOA

+ + + + ‘etc’
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