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The new release of Rapid Configuration Tool (RCT) for Dynamics AX2009 is now available for download at Partner Source.

The Rapid Configuration Tool is integrated into Microsoft Dynamics® AX and provides key assistance to partners and customers during implementation by providing project management features, easier configuration access, communication support and documentation on how to successfully configure Microsoft Dynamics® AX.

Key features:

• Quick and simplified AX Configuration
• Best Practice documentation for building partner Knowledge Base
• AX2009 Data Import and Export
• Project Management via MS Project Integration and Issue Tracking
• Alerts and Notifications

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Demo Company Overview

The Demo Data set for Microsoft Dynamics® AX 2009 is no longer based on the Global Trade and Manufacturing Company. Based on market feedback we have created a new Contoso Entertainment systems group of companies. It comes with 2 fiscal years of transactional data that enable us to demo our stronger Business Intelligence story and Role Center pages, while allowing us to easily expand the demo data story in future releases as we expand Microsoft Dynamics® AX’s functionality footprint.

Contoso Entertainment Systems (CES) is a home electronics manufacturing, distribution and retail company that includes a Professional Services department. Its headquarters are in the USA with a key distribution subsidiary based in Germany and it works with the relevant currencies. CES distributes televisions, projectors, Digital Video Recorders and Players, and audio receivers. It manufactures speakers and assembles home theatre systems. CES’s customers are primarily based in North America and Europe and include Major Accounts (such as hotel chains), Wholesalers (of differing sizes), Retail stores (that are self-owned and operated), as well an internet storefront.

The legal and physical structure of CES is setup as follows:

·          CEC – Contoso Entertainment Consolidation, based in USA

·          CEU – Contoso Entertainment USA, Headquarters based in USA

o    Site 1: Production of all speakers

o    Site 2: Assembly of home theatre systems and Services

o    Site 3: Production of Standard speakers

·          CEE – Contoso Entertainment Europe, Distribution subsidiary company based in Germany

o    Site 4: Distribution, Assembly and Service of all products

·          CVC – Virtual company that includes table collections from CEU and CEE.

The downloads for Contoso Entertainment Systems demo data offers transactional data for Basic, Administration, General Ledger, Bank, Fixed Assets, Accounts Payable, Accounts and Receivable, Inventory Management, Intercompany, Production, Master Planning, CRM, Project, Expense Management, and Human Resources modules, and is intended to demonstrate these modules’ functionality. It also offers base data (i.e. no transactions) for the Product Builder modules. There is no demo data available for Payroll and Cost Accounting modules.

PartnerSource: https://mbs.microsoft.com/partnersource/support/selfsupport/productreleases/AX2009DemoData.htm

CustomerSource: https://mbs.microsoft.com/customersource/downloads/servicepacks/AX2009DemoData.htm

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