Dynamics AX TAP Knowledge Transfer Wave 2

Application Integration Framework (AIF) Config and Admin Dean Wierman Lead Program Manager Microsoft Corporation

Agenda Overview Web Service Configuration Async adapters

Microsoft Dynamics AX 4.0 Application Integration Framework (AIF) New XML based integration framework Business-to-Business (B2B) collaboration Application-to-Application (A2A / EAI) integration Document-oriented interfaces Extensible X++ framework

Business Scenario Customer Supplier Microsoft Dynamics AX Price List Price / Discount Agreement Sales Order Purchase Requisition ASN Sales Invoice Purchase Invoice Picking List Microsoft Dynamics AX Packing Slip Warehouse Management System

Adapters and Transaction Types Adapters - Asynch (File System, MSMQ, BTS 2006, Synch (WS (Web Service – Outbound))) Send Documents Receive and Create Documents Respond to Read Requests Web Service Interface Request Documents from Axapta Submit Documents to be created in Axapta Note: Update and delete is not supported out-of-the-box in this release

Outbound Document Flow

Inbound Document Flow *

Dynamics AX Web Services Standards WS-I Basic profile 1.1 compliant XSD version 1.1 WSDL version 1.1 SOAP version 1.1 and 1.2 One web service per document class One method per action Consumed in InfoPath Visual Studio Other applications and custom clients

Dynamics AX Web Services What happens when a request is received? Web method accepts incoming document Document is passed to the Process.dll as xml for further processing in the request processor

Web Service Configuration Walk Through

Configuration Steps Install AIF Creates virtual directory, create local group and creates file share. Reboot so that new group membership takes effect or add network service to the share and directory Create Application Pool in IIS (or via Computer Management) Default settings with *domain* user account Add domain account to IIS_WPG group on local machine running AppPool Create website in AIF Create Local End Point Represents installation

Configuration Steps Create App Pool on DynamicsWebService and add previously created App Pool Integrated AuthN In Actions, select the Scan and Register button Enable the desired Actions Generate Web Services Go to Administration->Security->BC Proxy and enter domain credentials Test the Web Service

Configuration Steps Create Endpoint No constraints Define AX user for endpoint Define Action Policy Add Action which endpoint is allow to access Define Data policies which apply Select fields which the endpoint is allowed to see or set

Create InfoPath Form Patrick Nelson Software Development Engineer - Test

Async Adapters Create Transport Adapter Create Channel

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