1. What’s New for Developers in Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 Joris de Gruyter – MVP, MCT

2. Joris de Gruyter Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) in Dynamics AX Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT) for Dynamics AX Microsoft Certified IT Professional (MCITP) in Dynamics AX 10+ years of experience in Dynamics AX Manages Dynamics AX Development Team at Sikich LLP Blog: http://daxmusings.codecrib.comhttp://daxmusings.codecrib.com Twitter: @jorisdg@jorisdg Forums: community.Dynamics.comcommunity.Dynamics.com www.NetComLearning.com

3. What’s New for Developers in AX 2012 Architecture MorphX Reporting Database X++ Services (AIF) Reference Material www.NetComLearning.com

4. Architecture Need-to-know basis www.NetComLearning.com

5. Architecture Model Store Replaces the application files Hosted in SQL “Installation-specific IDs” Models “Compartments” within Layers Multiple models per layer Element can only be in 1 model in each layer www.NetComLearning.com

6. Demo Model(store) architecture www.NetComLearning.com

7. MorphX Our favorite development environment www.NetComLearning.com

8. MorphX Development Workspace vs User Workspace Full window Visual Studio Editor Zoom, line change indicator, line numbers IntelliSense Keyboard shortcuts Code editor add-ins www.NetComLearning.com

9. Demo MorphX – Developer Workspace and VS Editor www.NetComLearning.com

10. MorphX New UX Action Panes (aka Ribbons) New UX flow List Pages (=EP) Detail pages WPF Controls on Forms Events No automatic data binding though Form controls “accessible” Automated testing www.NetComLearning.com

11. Demo UX – Form Types, WPF Controls www.NetComLearning.com

12. MorphX Source control No more Visual SourceSafe TFS integration expanded Work items, branch folders Security Security Keys replaced with Roles / duties / privileges XDS Replaces record-level security Reporting MorphX Reports replaced with SQL Reports www.NetComLearning.com

13. Reporting Did you get the memo about the coversheet on the TPS reports? www.NetComLearning.com

14. Reporting SQL Reporting all the way MorphX reporting still there for upgrades All standard AX reports are SQL Auto-format (security etc) Labels Chart controls on forms (R2) SQL Analysis Improvements Ability to use views instead of queries Deployment easier Date dimensions www.NetComLearning.com

15. Database select * from WhatsNew where Audience == ‘Developer” www.NetComLearning.com

16. Database Full-text search Computed columns on Views Query Range vs Having Included columns on indexes Time-state Partitions vs Virtual Companies vs Global Replacement Keys / Foreign Keys Table inheritance www.NetComLearning.com

17. X++ Or was it X# ? www.NetComLearning.com

18. X++ Minor language changes/additions Eventing + Pre/Post Eventing Attributes No more semi-colon to separate declarations and code! X++ to CIL Interop to CLR vastly improved Visual Studio Projects in AOT Proxies Linq www.NetComLearning.com

19. Demo Visual Studio Projects in AOT www.NetComLearning.com

20. Services (AIF) Because Cloud and Mobile have become more than buzzwords www.NetComLearning.com

21. Services (AIF) WCF! Net.tcp Hosted on AOS Service Azure Service Bus Adapter (R2) Simplified setup Simplified coding SysOperation vs Runbase www.NetComLearning.com

22. Demo AIF Setup and Simplied Coding www.NetComLearning.com

23. Reference Material You look like you need something to read tonight www.NetComLearning.com

24. Reference Material Guides What’s New for Developers http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=24227 New, Changed and Deprecated Features http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=7225 New Feature List for AX 2012 R2 http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=35824 Much more documentation http://www.Microsoft.com/download (search for “Dynamics AX 2012”) http://www.Microsoft.com/download Events, code moves, etc etc Customer Source (Convergence – Tech Conference material) www.NetComLearning.com

25. Reference Material Blogs MSDN – Issues Concerning X++ http://blogs.msdn.com/b/x/ Dynamics AX Musings (New Feature Code Walkthroughs) http://daxmusings.codecrib.com/p/ax-2012-developer-resources.html MSDN Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 for Developers http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh881815.aspx Community Official Microsoft Dynamics (AX) Community http://community.dynamics.com/ax/default.aspx www.NetComLearning.com

26. Thanks For Your Attention! Q&A www.NetComLearning.com

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