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Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009 Administration

By : Marco Carvalho , Marco Carvalho
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Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009 Administration

By: Marco Carvalho , Marco Carvalho

Overview of this book

Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009 is an advanced Enterprise Resource Planning system, essentially a comprehensive business management solution, designed for midsize and large organizations. Dynamics AX provides a centralized source for business data and enables you to consolidate and standardize your business processes, helping to improve productivity and provide visibility across your organization, for a variety of business needs.This book will enable you to successfully set up and configure Dynamics AX 2009 in your business with clear, practical, step-by-step demonstrations. You will learn how to plan and implement Dynamics AX 2009 efficiently, how to manage the Enterprise Portal, Role Centers, Kerberos Authentication, Workflow, Application Integration Framework (AIF), and much more! Each chapter of the book explores the different aspects of administring and configuring Dynamics AX 2009 to fit any company's needs.The book begins by introducing you to the important process of planning and implementing Dynamics AX 2009, providing the basic components to get you started with your Dynamics AX environment. It then dives deep into the installation of the multi component server of Dynamics AX and how to get it up and running efficiently, specifically the Base Server Components, Enterprise Portal, Role Centers, Kerberos Authentication, Workflow, and the Application Integration Framework (AIF).Other content includes the process of importing data into your Dynamics AX 2009 instance, common user administration functions, and Alerts and Notifications.Finally, the book considers how to enhance your Dynamics AX environment after it has been installed and it is being utilized, from tuning your system to work more efficiently to backing up and maintaining Dynamics AX to make sure you are prepared for worst-case scenarios, enabling you to keep Dynamics AX 2009 functioning at its best.By following the clear and practical steps found in the book, you will successfully master how to administer and configure Dynamics AX 2009 into your company.
Table of Contents (20 chapters)
Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009 Administration
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface

Summary


Setting up Kerberos authentication is not only a secure feature, it is also necessary. Without Kerberos authentication being set up, SSAS reports and SSRS reports will fail to load in the Enterprise Portal. Therefore, Kerberos is essential in order to take advantage of the powerful Business Intelligence capabilities that Dynamics AX 2009 has to offer.

Kerberos authentication setup is by far the most involved process of setting up the Role Centers for Dynamics AX 2009. However, by breaking the process into sections and performing each section individually and confirming that each section was performed properly, it will ensure that Role Centers will operate successfully. Keep in mind that since each server and network may be set up differently, this process may need to be tweaked further.

The licensing scheme of your Dynamics AX 2009 environment will also determine the presentation of the reports displayed. For example, after successfully setting up Kerberos authentication if a report...