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Hi, I am including some links to very important blogs for AX MSDN AX Developer Center Dynamics AX Sustained Engineering blog Dynamics AX Performance Team Blog Microsoft Dynamics AX UK Blog Dynamics AX Global Support Blog Microsoft Dynamics AX Support Dynamics AX In the Field Supply Chain Management in Dynamics AX All recent news around Dynamics ERP BlogTalkRadio from PFE Dynamics AX Build numbers Dynamics Latam Microsoft SQL Server Team Blog  Regards Hitesh

Hi There, Here are links to some exciting new features coming in Visual Studio 2013- There have been added improvements in the editor for not only making writing the code easy but also a feature called Code Map which allows visualization of code and helps you to understand complex code with more ease. However Code Map is not available in all SKU's. 1.  http://blogs.msdn.com/b/visualstudio/archive/2013/07/15/visual-studio-2013-new-editor-features.aspx 2. Code Map -  http://blogs.msdn.com/b/visualstudioalm/archive/2012/10/26/introducing-code-map-in-visual-studio-2012-update-1-ctp.aspx http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Visual-Studio-2012-Premium-and-Ultimate-Overview/Visual-Studio-Ultimate-2012-Understanding-complex-code-with-Code-Map-ENU Regards Hitesh

 So what a day, spent about half my weekend trying to install AX 2012 reporting services extension installed on my machine which had SQL Server 2008 R2 with SP2. The trouble started when I found out that AX 2012 Reporting Server Extensions (RSE) cannot be installed on SSRS in SharePoint Integrated Mode. The solution was simple to use reporting services configuration manager and recreate reporting databases in native mode. However I wasn't aware I had this option till I spoke to my colleague (after I had already uninstalled SSRS from my VM - argh). I then installed Reporting Services however it was not patched with SP1 and SP2. So AX installer recommended me to install Sql Server 2008 R2 CU3. However this did not work for me as I got a message saying that no instances or shared components found upgradeable. I ran the Sql Server 2008 R2 SP1 and got the same error. I was lost and confused how to patch this component only. After a lot of other attempts I finally ran ...

When you have just installed AX or got a backup of the AX database from someone, you may not be able to log on to Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012. A following error message may be displayed Please click here to read the complete post

I am trying to collate learning resources for Dynamics AX 2012 and thought i will collect them in this post which could be useful for a wider audience    1. PartnerSource - This source from Microsoft itself is critical to  learn about new happenings in the AX world. 2. MSDN - it is one of the best source for all content and can be your starting point for learning AX Functional Starting Point-  Introduction to Microsoft Dynamics AX functionality Technical -  Microsoft Dynamics AX Developer Center Especially refer the How Do I videos section of the above URL.  3. InformationSource - If you have access to InformationSource  https://informationsource.dynamics.com/   which is currently available to selected customers/partners, it is certainly a good source for learning more about AX  4. Blogs List- There are a number of blogs available on the web. A list of some are available at this link-  https://community.dynamics.com/...

If you have Windows 8 Pro or EnterPrise and need to use Hyper-V on your machine look no further. In this post I will explain how you can start using Hyper-V up on your machine but before I get into the usage instructions I would like you to read the below link to understand how you can enable Hyper-V on your machine http://www.techrepublic.com/photos/use-windows-8-client-hyper-v-to-set-up-a-test-machine/6387407?tag=siu-container;thumbnail-view-selector Once you have enabled Hyper-V and created a Virtual Machine the next step is to be able to access this VM seamlessly. The way you can achieve this is listed below- Goto Hyper-V Console and click on Virtual Switch Manager Select the network type as Internal and click Create Virtual Switch. This network switch enables your guest Virtual Machine to communicate with the host machine. Next run ncpa.cpl in your host machine's run window. Right click the Internal network adapter and click properties. Double click on...