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Hi there, Just wanted to share my recent experience about configuring Hyper-V and creating a new VM to run Dynamics AX on it. This was done for one of our DEV Environments.
Q What is Hyper-V/Virtualization technology?
A In simple terms, Virtualization enables multiple Operating Systems to run concurrently on single machine. Some of the key benefits which virtualization provides –

• Server Consolidation
• Consolidation of DEV and TEST Environments
• Legacy applications re-hosting… etc

Coming to Hyper-V, it’s a feature of Windows Server 2008 (x64 bit) provided by Microsoft for enabling scalable, reliable and highly available virtualization platform.

To know more about Hyper-V and Virtualization, I would recommend you to go through the below links
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008/en/us/hyperv-faq.aspx
http://www.hyper-green.com/?CR_TC=9OSUHTJ8BB2INOT

Ok, now let me quickly jump to the configuration and setting up of Hyper-V. One of the key pre-requisite is to have a Windows Server 2008 (x64-bit) OS running and configure your BIOS to enable virtualization – I learned this the hard way out , had to spend some time understanding this till I got enlightened from this great blog by Rob who has put up some great videos about How-to Configure Hyper-V and create VM’s. Great work there!

So, once you are on your Windows Server 2008 x-64 bit OS, here are the steps which you need to follow

a. Configure the BIOS for Hyper-V

http://ts2blogs.com/blogs/rwagg/archive/2009/04/13/so-you-want-to-get-started-with-hyper-v-start-here-part-1.aspx

b. Installing the Hyper-V role

http://ts2blogs.com/blogs/rwagg/archive/2009/04/14/so-you-want-to-get-started-with-hyper-v-start-here-part-2.aspx

c. Setting up a Virtual Machine Network

http://ts2blogs.com/blogs/rwagg/archive/2009/04/15/so-you-want-to-get-started-with-hyper-v-start-here-part-3.aspx

d. Creating a VM

http://ts2blogs.com/blogs/rwagg/archive/2009/02/28/how-to-setup-a-virtual-machine-in-windows-server-2008.aspx

So, these are the basic steps you need to follow to configure your Hyper-V and get your first Virtual Machine running. I was lucky as I had already got a pre-configured virtual hard disk running Windows Server 2003. So, I just needed to bring the virtual machine to the network and then start installing SQL and AX on it.

Next – will soon blog about my experience configuring Clustered VM’s. Till then, Happy Virtualizaing…

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Recently, I have been building Dynamics AX 2009 Components topologies for our DEV/TEST/UAT and PROD Environments, and I learnt that following this sequence of

installation might be helpful for all

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A new AX screencasts is now available on Channel9. It shows 10 small demos that will make you more effecient as an MorphX / X++ developer.

Here is the link:

http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/mfp/10-MorphX-tricks-in-10-minutes/

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In today’s economic climate, delivering business value is more important than ever. Attend any of 15 breakout sessions, including ones focused on overall ERP and CRM strategy, one specific to each Microsoft Dynamics product, and many designed for CEOs and sales and marketing professionals. This year, interactive breakout session formats enable you to engage directly with session leaders. Plus, you gain exclusive access to the latest information, insights, and vision directly from Microsoft leadership.
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Check it out!!! WorldWide Release on June 3rd…..

http://www.bing.com/

Microsoft Corp. unveiled Bing, a new Decision Engine. Bing provides customers with an experience beyond search to help make faster and more informed decisions. Bing is designed to build on the benefits of today’s search engines but moves beyond this experience with a new approach to user experience and intuitive tools to help customers make better decisions. It will initially focus on four key vertical areas: making a purchase decision, planning a trip, researching a health condition or finding a local business

· Bing is a decision engine. It cuts through Internet clutter and intelligently displays a range of information to help people make decisions faster.
· Research shows searches are becoming more complex as people use the web for making important decisions in areas like shopping, travel, health and local. Today’s release is a big leap forward in addressing the needs of consumers who require more than simple information retrieval.

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Microsoft Dynamics PartnersAs highly valued members of the Microsoft Dynamics channel, I’d like to inform you of a few important changes taking place within the MBS leadership team effective July 6th. 
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In AX4 we added Unicode support. On one hand it seems like a minor thing, it is just the storage format of strings – on the other hand it literally opens up a new world of opportunities. From a technical perspective it was a major surgical challenge; not many system files remained untouched in the process.

The same is very much true for the effort we have just completed in AX6: We have extended the ID range of concepts such as Classes, Tables, Base Enums, Extended Data Types, etc. from 16 bit to 32 bit. This certainly was a major surgical challenge; most files in the system had to be updated; still from business logic and other consumers it is still just an integer. What about the opportunities? First of all (which is very important here at Microsoft, but of little significance to everyone else) it enables Microsoft to not “run-out-of-IDs” and continue development with without disruptions. Secondly; the wider range gets us one big step closer to solving the ID problem. Now we have a range wide enough to contain solutions from various sources; we just need to figure out how to avoid conflicts between solutions other and already installed bits.

This will be the last sneak-preview for a while. We are now starting a new milestone, and I’ll be back with more once I have more features to describe.  

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Now Let’s Deploy this Application to Cloud. Right click on the FirstCloudApp project and select Publish from the context menu

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Specify a sub-domain for the app. In this CTP, this is hosted on cloudapp.net domain.

Click on Deploy to start Staging

Browse to the path where the package and configuration files were earlier published from Visual Studio. Provide a label for deployment and then click Deploy, This will upload the package and configuration files to Azure Services portal

Now, you can see the status changing from Allocated to Initializing

Now, at this stage both the roles are started.

Now, Click on Sync button to promote the app from Staging to Production

Now, We can see the Production Environment is started and this completes the entire process of deployment. And, voila your application is hosted in the cloud , You can browse the website URL.

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What if I told you that fiscal year 2010 has the potential to be great?
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This June 2009 edition of the Microsoft Dynamics AX U.S. Partner Training newsletter offers the very latest training. Highlights include “Microsoft Dynamics AX – Online Partner Academies” and the Microsoft Dynamics Support Advanced Workshop Series: Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009 AOS Troubleshooting Tips and Techniques. Take a look!
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