Arvid Nielsen Microsoft Dynamics AX Technical Product Manager/Evangilist Microsoft Dynamics AX Global Product Management Microsoft Dynamics AX Technical features now and in the future

Today’s Agenda Enterprise Portal Features of the new client Microsoft Office snap ins Application Integration Framework Integration with Windows Workflow Foundatiom Localization Scalability improvements

Microsoft Dynamics AX 5.0 Other Features Scenario-based dev documentation Discoverability improvements Workflow Enterprise Portal and Client X++ Reporting Developer Documentation Microsoft Project Integration Mobility Solutions End-user configurable Approval-based workflows including audit tracking Task-based workflows Unified worklist ASP.NET portal framework Homepage framework BiDi language support “Top 10” UI improvements DateTime language support Improvements to X++ query (group by, order by) Model-driven cube generation framework Time-zone support for reports Project, task and subtask mapping Actual values for labor, expense and revenue from Microsoft Dynamics AX to Project Enterprise Portal Time Entry application Mobile framework for building mobile solutions New mobile applications

Enterprise Portal.NET Business Connector AX Web Parts WSS Web Parts ISV Web Parts IIS Web Services External Systems AOS Microsoft Dynamics AX DB EP Web Frame work SharePoint DBs

EP4 Developer Benefits Enhanced Web authoring and development experience Reduced development time and cost with out-of-the-box portal services and already available SharePoint web parts for integrating to other systems Drag-n-Drop development Integrated Debugging/Tracing Microsoft Dynamics AX Application Object Tree/SharePoint integration for rapid application development Easy application integration

Web Framework Web FormsWeb Forms List/add/edit/view web UI elementsList/add/edit/view web UI elements Reports/web reportsReports/web reports Reports/chartsReports/charts Web menu itemsWeb menu items URL – link to web pageURL – link to web page Action – Ax classAction – Ax class Web contentWeb content Display – Web formDisplay – Web form Output – Report/WenbReportOutput – Report/WenbReport Web menus Web menus Top/left/box MenuTop/left/box Menu WebletsWeblets Custom web UI elementsCustom web UI elements

Web Pages Form WebPart –Web Content of Display type Report WebPart –Web Content of Output type Menu WebPart –Web Menu Box Menu WebPart –Web menu Generic WebPart –Weblet PageTitle WebPart –Page Definition title property

Enterprise Portal

AX User Experience Today

AX 5.0 Vision

Feature Summary 4/24/07AX5.0 Client Refresh12

Area Page – UX Mockup 4/24/0713

Feature Summary Navigation Shell –Navigation Pane Refreshing coloring, sizing, font Department buttons open Area Pages Navigation Tree shows List Pages –Command Bar Replace shell menu bar and tool bar Re-organize buttons –Travel Buttons and Breadcrumb Bar Tie into Menus 4/24/0714AX5.0 Client Refresh

List Page with Filter – UX Mockup 4/24/0715AX5.0 Client Refresh

Feature Summary List Page –Defined as a form in AOT. Specify grid fields and Action Pane Buttons –Grid displays read-only data –Add/re-order/hide columns as personalization List Page Filter Pane –Quick filter on selected field –Advanced filter uses and/or/operators –Save advanced search as personalization –Load task page filters –App team can define global filters in AOT 4/24/0716

Feature Summary List Page Action Pane –Support main three button styles –Two buttons sources: Application defined and Framework defined –App buttons rendered from AOT List Page Menu Items –App buttons respond to Menu Item MultiSelect attribute –Framework buttons: Create, Edit, Delete, Print, Record Info, Document Handling, Export to Excel –Hot keys from Overview Grid 4/24/0717AX5.0 Client Refresh

Task Page – UX Mockup 4/24/0718AX5.0 Client Refresh

Feature Summary Task Pages –Application windows are SDI –Design time windows are MDI –Move menu bar and tool bar buttons from shell –Menu buttons remain on the right side of task page –Overview tab remains on the form. Could be hidden or auto-navigated around it. Area Page –Used to navigate to Task Pages –Rendered using existing Menus metadata 4/24/0719AX5.0 Client Refresh

Microsoft Dynamics AX countries – 40 languages New regions: China, Brazil and Japan 1000 / 3000 user benchmark Better together with the products you know: Microsoft Dynamics CRM, Office, Windows Improved Business Intelligence Easier to license – More value with Enhancement

Microsoft Dynamics AX A global product Supporting Single instance and multi-regions deployment Localized for 36 countries and increasing AustraliaDenmarkIrelandNorwayThailand AustriaEstoniaItalyPolandTurkey BelgiumFinlandLatviaRussiaUK BrazilFranceLithuaniaSingaporeUSA CanadaGermanyMalaysiaSouth AfricaJapan CanadaHungaryMexicoSpain ChinaIcelandNetherlandsSweden Czech Republic IndiaNew ZealandSwitzerland Brazil Portuguese EstonianIcelandicPolishThai CzechFinnishItalianRussian DanishFrenchLatvian Simplified Chinese DutchGermanLithuanianSpanish EnglishHungarianNorwegianSwedish Countries supportedTranslations supported Multi-site DeploymentSingle Global Implementation