Components in the Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 architecture Major Architectural Changes Technical and Functional Architecture Opportunities with Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012

Reference Data Application Primitives Master Data Party Product

Projects Financials CPM CRM GRC HR SCM Inventory

Retail & Distribution Public Sector Services Sector Discrete Manufacturing Process

Party Party Roles Legal Entity

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Clients Servers Tools

Org Model in action Role based security Extensible data security (XDS) Workflow configuration Quick view of Developer Experience

Microsoft Dynamics AX Windows ClientExternal ApplicationEnterprise Portal Pages (Web Browser)Development Tools SQL Server RPC File/MSMQ/ WCF Web Server/Reporting/Integration Farm Integration Host Internet Information Server (IIS) SSRS SSAS HTTP(S) Application Object Server Application Server Functions AOS Services ODBC (SNAC) RPC WCFRPCWCF HTTP(S) File

Windows Server 2008 R2 Windows 7 – client SQL Server 2008 R2 Office 2010 Microsoft SharePoint 2010.NET 4.0 Visual Studio 2010 System Center 2007 SP1 Windows Server 2012 Windows 8 – client SQL Server 2012 Office 2013 Microsoft SharePoint 2013.NET 4.5 System Center

 Latest MS platform support  Global instance  Data partitions  Business Intelligence  …  Regulatory compliance for 11 additional countries  Budget Planning  US Payroll  …  Retail: Omni-channel  SI: Intercompany support  Mfg.: Lean, Process & MRP  Pub Sec: Budget & Payroll  …  InformationSource  RapidStart update  Data import & export  Code analyzer App. Foundation & Framework Horizontal Capabilities Industry Capabilities Lifecycle Services