1. www.AXUG.com UBAX04 – Cloud Computing Overview for the Dynamics AX Company

2. www.AXUG.com Introduction Richard Hendricks IT Director, Tanner Companies LLC Established in 1931, Tanner Companies pioneered the concept of selling high-end women's fashions directly to the consumer through a carefully selected and trained network of private wardrobe consultants. Today, the company's signature Doncaster brand has become the industry standard for elegance, style and quality.

3. www.AXUG.com Agenda What is Cloud Computing? SaaS Overview & Examples IaaS Overview & Examples PaaS Overview & Examples Dynamics AX Today and Cloud Computing Future of Dynamics AX and the Cloud Q & A / Open Discussion

4. www.AXUG.com What is Cloud Computing? Cloud computing can be viewed as three separate offerings.: SaaS, IaaS & PaaS. – SaaS – Software as a Service – IaaS – Infrastructure as a Service – PaaS – Platform as a Service Just because it’s on the internet does not mean it’s cloud computing. ie: “CloudWashing”

5. www.AXUG.com What is Cloud Computing?

6. www.AXUG.com SaaS Overview & Examples SaaS is software or services consumed and made use of in a multi-tenant format. Metered use, hosted within the providers data centers. Examples: – Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online – Microsoft Office 365 (BPOS) – Microsoft Online Services – Salesforce.com CRM – Google Apps

7. www.AXUG.com IaaS Overview & Examples IaaS is infrastructure consumed and made use of in a multi-tenant format. Metered use, with finite set resources of hosted virtual images. Examples: – Amazon Web Services – Microsoft Azure VM Role (Runs on Azure PaaS) – OpenStack.org

8. www.AXUG.com PaaS Overview & Examples PaaS is a true platform, with sets of services for relational data / object storage, software runtime and channel / end point connections. Can be multi-tenant or isolated-tenant modes. Examples: – Microsoft Azure Platform – Force.com vmForce Platform – Google AppEngine – OpenStack.org

9. www.AXUG.com Dynamics AX Today and Cloud Computing What can be done today? – Microsoft Dynamics AX on-premise, with services and other cloud based LOB / Composite apps interacting. (Hybrid) – Microsoft Dynamics AX Hosted via IaaS offering through Partner Hosting, Amazon AWS or Azure VM Role. – This is true for Dynamics AX 2009 & 2012

10. www.AXUG.com Dynamics AX Today and Cloud Computing

11. www.AXUG.com Future of Dynamics AX and the Cloud Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 Federated Security Trust Native Integration with.Net 4.0 & Improved AIF means greater possibility for Composite / Mashup Applications Microsoft Dynamics vNext (Educated Guess) 100% SaaS & On-Premise possible, same code base and build for both.

12. www.AXUG.com Q & A / Open Discussion Q & A – open for discussion

13. www.AXUG.com Brandon George Sunrise Technologies, Inc. Brandon.George@SunriseConsult.com