2. A sampling of what’s new in R2

4.  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

9. R2 supports the latest Microsoft stack

14. - AX 2009 - AX 2012

16. Empower holding company subsidiaries Share IT infrastructure across independent businessesAchieve strict data isolation across businessesReduce TCO for managing IT infrastructure

19. Metadata is common across partitions No partition specific customizations The same application code runs in all partitions License and Configuration Keys are shared across partitions Enabling or disabling a configuration key affects all partitions Named user licenses are calculated per principal, i.e. AD User, regardless of the number of partitions they have access to Default Partition and Company A default partition named “Initial” is always created for each AX instance The DAT company exists in every partition. It is automatically created when a new partition is created. A company with the same name can exist in multiple partitions

20. AX Users are defined per-partition Within a partition a principal can be associated with one AX user Each user has a “default” partition associated with them The principal that creates a new partition automatically becomes the ‘Admin’ user in that partition AX user IDs other than Admin and Guest are unique across partitions Role definitions are shared across partitions User to Role assignments are per-partition Organizations (e.g. departments, cost centers, etc.) and hierarchies are defined within a partition User-Role-Organization assignment is per-partition Users are only allowed to log into partitions that they have access to Intended partition is specified at session creation time via client configuration If no partition is specified then the user’s default partition is chosen

22. 45 Home page +12 AX 2012 Out of the box Role centers in R2 15 +4 AX 2012

23. New New enhanced enhanced New cubes in Retail, inventory & budgeting

24. NewEnhanced New enhanced New

25. +R2

26. Budget Control Budget planning Inventory valuation Retail +R2

30. Payroll Administrator Payroll ManagerHR Assistant Compensation and Benefits Manager Release earning statement lines Edit earning statement lines Review earnings Enter manual earnings (exceptions) Generate earning statements Hold earning statement lines Print/review benefit register report Manual edits Print/review tax register report Submit for payment Print/review payment register report Print pay statements Generate benefit vendor invoices Generate pay statements Post to General Ledger Hire worker Configure position Assign position Assign fixed compensati on plan Enroll in benefits Setup worker bank accounts Configure worker taxes Enter employee leave Enroll in benefit accrual plan Define pay cycles and pay periods Define Earning Codes Define Benefits Define benefit accrual plan Define Schedules Define tax regions

40. Configure & Deploy Setup & Parameter Data Master & Reference Data Business Processes Add-on Solutions Modified Processes Vertical extensions Design & Extend

43.  Quarterly release cycle of new configuration content and enhancement