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AOC MBS Global Operations Newsletter for June 2009

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Please find below the AOC MBS Global Operations Newsletter for the month of June. This document gives you program information, launch details, and further operational resources within Microsoft Dynamics.
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WCF and Sharepoint Certified

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Updates to Certification List:

a. 70-503 TS: Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 – Windows Communication Foundation (WCF)
b. TS: Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 Configuration

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Microsoft Solution Finder

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Use Microsoft Solution Finder to search for solutions that meet your business needs—whether financial, customer relationship, supply chain, or another. These solutions are built by Microsoft Certified Partners and can be integrated with Microsoft Dynamics (formerly known as Microsoft Business Solutions) products. All solutions have been validated by at least two local customer references or by the Microsoft Independent Software Vendor (ISV) solution test. 
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System Center Data Protection Manager Backup Assistance Tool for Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009

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Microsoft has released a Backup Assistant Tool to facilitate the protection of Dynamics AX 2009 data and files with System Center Data Protection Manager.

You can download the tool and a white paper on Partnersource (Partnersource login needed): https://mbs.microsoft.com/partnersource/support/selfsupport/productreleases/ax-scdpm-backuptool.htm

Helmut Wimmer

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EOC Newsletter, EMEA Global Operations Newsletter

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Please find below the EOC MBS Global Operations Newsletter for July, this document will give you details of program information, launch details, and further operational resources within Microsoft Dynamics.
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Microsoft Dynamics AX U.S. Partner Training: July 2009

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This July 2009 edition of the Microsoft Dynamics AX U.S. Partner Training newsletter offers the very latest training. Highlights include “Demo2Win!Workshop for Microsoft Dynamics Partners” and the Discovery2Win! Workshop for Microsoft Dynamics Partners. Take a look!
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Deluxe Partner Rewards Program

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Add value to your customers and earn with the easy to use Partner Rewards Program, a new and improved business check and form Partner Program exclusively for Microsoft Dynamics Partners!
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Running Dynamics AX 2009 on Windows 7 using Windows Virtual XP

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One of the new features in Windows 7 is that it contains a new version of Windows Virtual PC which can be used to publish applications from the virtual guest system to the host system.

To showcase what can be done with published applications on Windows Virtual PC, I was trying to install AX 2009 on the Virtual XP guest and to run it afterwards as a published application on my Windows 7 RC host system.

First, you have to get the Windows Virtual PC Beta installer and Windows XP Mode Beta from here: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/virtual-pc/download.aspx

After installing everything, you will be able to start your Windows XP guest system and start installing the necessary components.
I will not go too much into detail about the installation steps (as this is just a showcase), so here are the necessary steps:

  • Install SQL Server 2008
  • Install Dynamics AX 2009 (AOS, Application Files, Client)
Right now you might think: “Stop! How could you install AX 2009 on the virtual Windows XP guest, it is not joined to a domain?”

Well, that was the really tricky part and as said before, I won’t go into detail and just tell you: it was really hard but I managed to install it.
After everything was installed, AX is shown in the Windows Start Menu under Virtual Windows XP applications:

Now, you can start the virtual AX application and work with it. I imported some demo data which was located on my host machine into the virtual AX application.

As the new Windows Virtual PC is still in Beta, I have to say that although everything works smoothly, sometimes the Virtual application window disappears and you have to restart it from the start menu. After some time, the original window may appear again.
This is how AX 2009 looks like running in a virtual windows XP:

Helmut Wimmer

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Microsoft to Sage Users: You Have a Friend, and Opportunity, with Dynamics

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Microsoft has reacted quickly and publicly to the failure earlier this
month of the largest Sage partner by encouraging Sage users to migrate to
Dynamics products, and prospective customers to select Dynamics.

In a press release, Microsoft said it "invites customers and
partners concerned with the stability of the Sage Software Inc. channel to
consider available alternatives from Microsoft, including Microsoft Dynamics
enterprise resource planning (ERP) solutions. "On July 6, Sage’s largest partner in 2007 and 2008, MIS
Group, suddenly shut down.

According to Crispin Read, general manager for Microsoft
Dynamics ERP,  "Microsoft Dynamics
offers innovative products and strong return on investment, which is exactly
what customers and part…

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Announcing availability of Refresh 2 of the Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009 Demonstration Toolkit

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This Refresh2 image contains a range of new software, updates that the field and partners can use to demonstrate and evaluate Microsoft Dynamics AX 2000. Including but not limited to:
o Lean Manufacturing for Microsoft Dynamics AX2009
o Customer Model Visualization Tool
o Microsoft Dynamics CRM basic installation with Outlook Client.
o Microsoft FRX and Forecaster setup and demo reports with Drilldown.
o Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009 Intelligent Data Management Framework (Beta)
o Microsoft Dynamics Sure Step
o Rapid Configuration Tool
o Hotfix Rollup 2.
o System Center Operations Manager Management Pack updated to RTM.
o Microsoft Dynamics Project Time installation
o Environment Dashboard updated to RTM
o Microsoft Dynamics Mobile “demo” for Mobile Sales setup.
o Demo data updated to current periods.
o Demand Planner 2.0 demo data setup.
o GLS Layer files for Consolidated GLS and EERU on the disk
o Performance tweaks and start up with minimal service state to minimize start up time.
o Additional tools to show web services and office integration
o Demo data change tool for Item names, Customer names and Vendor names

For a quick flash through the changes you can have a look at this video:
http://blogs.msdn.com/lcash/pages/microsoft-dynamics-ax-2009-demonstration-toolkit-refresh-2.aspx

Download – The Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009 Demonstration Toolkit – Refresh 2 is available from this link https://mbs.microsoft.com/partnersource/deployment/documentation/howtoarticles/presalesdemokitmdax2009.htm

The previous version “Refresh1” is still available on Partnersource on this link https://mbs.microsoft.com/partnersource/deployment/methodology/vpc/presalesdemokitmdax2009Refresh1

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