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As the Microsoft Dynamics product suite expanded its market penetration and influence during 2009, users increasingly agonized about two issues: effective implementation and staying ahead of the product development curve. A review of our most popular articles (in no particular order) during 2009 clearly shows these issues dominating users’ concerns. There were, of course, many more than these ten that caught readers’ attention, but these articles highlight key issues in the Microsoft Dynamics community during 2009.

Four Microsoft Dynamics GP Project Team Blunders and How I Become a Hero

Where do Microsoft Dynamics GP implementation projects go wrong? Le…

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Wondering why the Sharepoint Uninstall Wizard doesn’t delete the databases which were created by the install wizard, Is it a bug?

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With a new year comes a new release of the Sure Step methodology and package from Microsoft.  The new release, Sure Step 2010, brings with it notable additions including:

• New guidelines for the "Certified For Microsoft Dynamics" alignment for VARs deploying ISV add-ons;
• A new Agile Project Type;
• xRM guidance;
• Vertical-tailored pilots for better sales in specific industries like process manufacturing and the public sector. 

Microsoft is also providing a new way to create a SharePoint "project site" for customer implementations.

Though the full details are only available to partners through <a href="https://mbs.microsoft.com/partnersource/communities/consulting/resources/Consulti…

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If you always felt it’s tough to get your arms around
licensing requirements for Microsoft Dynamics and related products, you’re not alone. A new report confirms the challenges.

A Washington-based analyst firm, Directions on Microsoft,
has published a report, entitled "Five Essential Resources for
Microsoft Licensing," to address the nuanced complexities of licensing. As this
issue is an oft-misunderstood sore spot in many departments concerned with
software compliance, the report’s author, Paul DeGroot, research vice president
for licensing and channel programs at Directions on Microsoft, has created a
rubric to circumvent potential fiascos before they arise.

DeGroot’s "Five Essential Resources for Microsoft
Licensing," from the outset, warns …

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Using the Version Control Integration with Team Foundation Server: Brandon George touts the Microsoft product "Team Foundation Server" to help gain control and governance over the development and lifecycle of your AX investment: "One of the topics that a lot of customers need to be really thinking about, and sometimes is not part of the initial project implementation, is Source Control, Version Control — Control over the development of Dynamics AX objects and projects… Team Foundation Server offers different levels depending on the need of the cu…

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As the year draws to a close, it’s time to do inventory closing with
Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009. From an accounting perspective, this means settling
transactions between issues and receipts, as items can be issued at one value and
received at another value. 

While inventory close is no longer required when
using the standard cost method, it is required for other costing methods. 
With standard close, differences between the item’s standard cost (used for
issues) and receipt transactions will post to variance accounts, as determined,
resulting in inventory always valued at the standard cost.

So the following points apply to all costing
methods except standard costing:

• Inventory values are based on the running…

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We have implemented Dynamics AX 2009 EP portal for one of our business. Users log on to the EP to create/edit/view their timesheets. Recently, we got this issue where suddenly the Edit timesheet page got disappeared. Whenever the user goes to view/edit timesheet, the page was blank.

Solution:

a. Checked the Event viewer and security logs but couldn’t find anything.
b. Restarted IIS but with no luck.
c. Restarted AOS, restarted the web server but still the same error persisted.
d. Checked in sharepoint virtual folder and found that the Edit Timesheet.cs (C# page) file was not there.
e. Finally, went to AOT > Web > Web Files > Page Definitions > EditTimeSheetpage and right-clicked to deploy the same to the web server.

This solved the issue, but still wondering how the page got disappeared!

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This comes in handy when you need to check the SQL Server Version, Service Pack which your Enterprise is running, It shows the different versions and sp’s for SQL Server rite from version 6.5 to SQL Server 2008, A handy link to be stored in your favorites and this is the query :

SELECT SERVERPROPERTY(‘productversion’), SERVERPROPERTY (‘productlevel’), SERVERPROPERTY (‘edition’)

You can read more here,

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/321185

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This December 2009 edition of the Microsoft Dynamics AX U.S. Partner Training newsletter offers the very latest training. Highlights include the finalization of the Winter – Spring schedule including new offerings such as the Partner Leadership Workshops, Advanced Sales Workshops, Value2Win! Workshops, the Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009 Upgrade Partner Academy, and new Training & Certification pages on PartnerSource North America. Take a look!
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Please find below the EOC MBS Global Operations Newsletter for December, this document will give you details of program information, launch details, and further operational resources within Microsoft Dynamics.
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