The Microsoft Dynamics AX Team focuses on business-application innovation and developer productivity. The program managers, software architects, test architects, software design engineers, and developer leads who helped write this book spanned two continents yet shared a common vision: Deliver as much technical depth and developer-specific guidance as possible in a single reference.

Part I: A tour of the development environment

Fully updated for Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 R3!

Dig into the architecture and internals of Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 R3 - with firsthand insights from the team that designed and developed it. Deepen your knowledge of the underlying frameworks, components, and tools - and deliver custom ERP applications with the extensibility and performance your business needs. Useful for Microsoft Dynamics AX solution developers at all levels, this guide will provide max benefit to those who understand OOP, relational database, and Transact-SQL concepts.

Gain best practices, patterns, and techniques to:

Exploit interoperability with Microsoft Visual Studio tools
Work with MorphX and avoid common pitfalls with code
Use Enterprise Portal with ASP.NET and SharePoint for rich web-based apps
Simplify process automation with built-in workflow infrastructure
See how the runtime implements security and configuration
Design and customize the user experience
Gain greater control over complex batch jobs
Customize the prebuilt BI solution and reporting
Test applications, publish services, and optimize performance