What did the FP1 release mean for AX? And what is coming next? The R2 release is now weeks away and another major release is on the horizon. Come along to hear about the future of cloud enablement, new implementation strategies and tools, mobile, features and functionality, and industry focuses.
2. Our Agenda
The Year That Was
Roadmap
R2 – What’s Coming?
The ERP Projects of Tomorrow
3. Your presenters
Thomas Hald Doug Daley
Solution Specialist Solution Specialist
Thomas brings experiences from 15 years in IT
related businesses spanning roles in sales, Intergen Sydney
marketing, IT & General management Innovation Strategy and Solutions
Has a real passion for business excellence and Reformed AX Customer
brings a hands on and can do attitude to
business challenges
Thomas has worked with Dynamics AX and
Dynamics CRM for the last 3 & 2 versions as
user, consultant and architect
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5. Bigger Scope
AX 2012 project
teams
Control &
Tools
What can we tell you after a year of experience?
Features Complexity Microsoft Market
Stack Segment
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6. AX 2012 Release Highlights
AX 2012 SQL Server 2012 Rapidstart Data Migration
Released Compatibility NZ & AU Framework
MAR
SEP
JAN
JUL
DEC
FEB
OCT
JUN
2011 2012
Information Source AX 2012 R1 Management AX 2012 R2
IDMF for AX 2012 (Feature Pack) Reporter 2012
Security Modelling Tool
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7. Information Source informationsource.dynamics.com
is a powerful source of knowledge for customers and partners
■ Industry specific and horizontal functionality
■ Application frameworks and lifecycle
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8. IDMF AX 2012 Compatibility
The Intelligent Data Management Framework
■ Dynamics AX System Health Check
■ Database Performance Monitoring & optimisation recommendations
■ Controlled data archiving and purging
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9. SQL Server 2012 Compatibility
Giving AX customers access to exciting new capabilities
■PowerView
■Master Data Services
■Always-On
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10. Feature Pack 1
Even more functionality for AX 2012
■ A single code base for five key industry focusses
■ Retail
■ Public Sector
■ Manufacturing and Process Industries
■ Professional Services
■ Distribution
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11. Management Reporter 2012
Financial Reporting
Management
Reporter 2012
General Ledger AX SSRS AX Financial
Cube Reports Statements Published Financial Reports +
Ad hoc Trail Balance & Published > Collaboration
Analysis Sub Ledger Financial > Ad hoc charting
Reporting Reports > Drill to transaction
AX 2012
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14. The Data Migration Challenge
Normalisation Data Import Excel
Tool Add in
Made the data Became Supported
model more deprecated limited use
complex cases
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15. AX Data Migration Framework Beta
A better solution on the horizon.
Visual Mapping
Templates
Error Handling
Multiple Data Loads
High Performance
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17. Roadmap
10,000 feet overview
December 2012 Calendar Year 2013 Calendar Year 2014+
Dynamics AX 2012 R2 Features packs: Server and service releases
Enhanced BI & Reporting Content enhancements for BI visuals Microsoft online services experience
Data Partitions Master data management Next generation user experience with
Budget Functions HTML5
Regulatory Compliance Functional Enhancements for focus Innovation for focus industries
HR – Employee Lifecycle industries Platform convergence
Retail, Distribution & Manufacturing
Industry Enhancements
Dynamics AX 2012 R2 Dynamics AX ‘7’
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18. AX 2012 R2 – What’s Coming?
...General availability announced for 1 st of December
19. Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 R2
will bring continued improvements across
■ Retail & Distribution: New multi- and cross- channel capability – Retail Omni
Channel.
Industry ■ Service Industries: Enhanced intercompany scheduling of project resources.
Operational
■ Manufacturing: New features for batch sequencing and potency management
and improved product traceability.
■ New budget formulation capability – Improved budgeting
Horizontal ■ Regulatory compliance across 11 additional countries.
Operational
■ Improved employee lifecycle management – HR improvements
Administrative ■ Improved support for a single global instance - Data partitions
Core ■ Enhanced, role tailored BI capabilities – BI improvements
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20. Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 R2 – Data Partitions
Improved support for a single global instance
■ Background - Microsoft Dynamics AX
2012 brought increased efficiency
■ But! … the flipside is …
through:
■ Sharing data across companies means
■ Sharing data across companies
■ Central management processing
■ Product, Locations, Party, etc.
■ Sharing services across companies
■ Sharing services across companies
■ Shared services is not always possible
■ Procurement, Centralised
payments, ■ Separate instances has been required
■ Increased TCO and management cost
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21. Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 R1 – Current State
Improved support for a single global instance
■ This is AX 2012
Retail Distrib. Holding Property
Customers
New Zealand Customers Customers Customers
Vendors Vendors Vendors Vendors
Sales Orders Sales Orders Sales Orders Sales Orders
Shared Application Data
Parties, Products, Locations
Shared System Data
Database Settings, AIF, Batch Jobs
Metadata & Application Code
Dynamics AX 2012 Instance
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22. Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 R2 – Data Partitions
Improved support for a single global instance
■ Clientside config determines partition log
Retail Distrib. Holding Property on.
Customers Customers Customers Customers
Vendors Vendors Vendors Vendors
■ Users can have access to multiple partitions
Sales Orders Sales Orders Sales Orders Sales Orders ■ Users can have different roles in each
partition
Shared Application Shared Shared
Data App Data App Data ■ AX partitions ≠ SQL partitions
Parties, Products, Parties, Products,
Parties, Products, Locations Locations Locations
■ Automated upgrade path for previous
Partition Ops Partition H1 Partition PM versions
Shared System Data ■ But also:
Database Settings, AIF, Batch Jobs
■ Limited intercompany trade between
partitions
Metadata & Application Code
■ Upgrade for AX 2012 R1 is single
partition initially
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23. Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 R2 – Improved BI
Enhanced, role tailored BI capabilities
At a glance: Microsoft Dynamics
AX 2012 db
Data Layer
■ 33 updated Role Centers
■ 15 updated cubes AOS Cubes
■ 4 additional cubes Query Metadata Odata
Service Service Service
■ SQL Power view integration Integration Layer Services XMLA/MDX
■ High speed charting
AX 2012 EP Client AX 2012 Client External
■ KPI focus in Role Centers Role Role
Clients
■ OData provider Centers Centers
improvements Presentation Layer
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24. Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 R2 – Improved BI
Enhanced, role tailored BI capabilities
Odata Service enhanced
AOS Cubes New cubes for: Retail, Inventory
Query MetadataS Odata Valuation, Budget planning &
Service ervice Service Budget control
Integration Layer Services XMLA/MDX
Data Mash- High-speed Chart
Cues & List Ad Hoc Controls
pages Reports ups
ASP.Net
AX Client SQL RB3 Power Pivot
Production & Data Analysis
Analytical Financial
Reports Statements
Mgt. SQL Power View
SSRS Reporter Enhanced New
Tools Tools
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25. Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 R2 – Improved BI
Take aways…
■ R2 brings heavily improved capability on the front end, self service BI capability
■ Through Role Centers
■ Through KPI focus
■ Webparts for PowerView integration into Rolecenters
■ High-Speed Charting
■ Microsoft extends the breadth of the in-built BI solution with R2
… Intergen can help build wider and deeper capability & functionality
Come along to Tim Moles session later today for an deeper dive into Dynamics BI.
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26. Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 R2 – Improved
New budget formulation capability Budgeting
■ Previous versions have focused on budget control and budget control
processing.
■ With Microsoft Dynamics AX R2 budget planning is introduced
■ Orchestrated via workflows in multiple organisation hierarchies
■ Expenses or Revenue
■ Quantities & Amounts
■ Top-down or bottom-up processes
■ Multiple scenarios
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27. Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 R2 – Improved
Concepts Budgeting Cost
Budget
Cost
Project B
budget
Project A Department C
DepC
Consolidated DepC
Cost
Cost Budget
RevdCo
Executive st DepA
Revd
DepB
DepA Cost Cost
DepA
DepB Cost Dep K
DepB Cost
DepD Revd
Dep K Cost
DepC
Cost
Dep…
Dep… Department Budget Plan
DepK
Department Budget Plan Scenario B
Scenario A
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28. Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 R2 – Improved
Bottom up – Revenue Department Revenue Budgeting
Budget
Dep K
$ Rev
DepB
DepA
$ Rev
Revenue $ Rev
Revenue CustGroup
CustGroup B
A DepC
DepC
Department C
$
$
Consolidated
Revenue
Revenue
Revenue
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29. Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 R2 – Improved
Closer to a full budget solution… Budgeting
Total Budget
Budget Entry
Cost Revenue
Department A
Department B
Department A
Department B Budget Control
Department K Department K
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30. Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 R2 – Much more
Other areas in highlights
■ Retail
■ POS Extensibility
■ Multichannel retail
■ HR enhancements
■ Catalog Management and enrichment
■ Requisitions in Master Planning
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32. ERP is becoming the cornerstone of
whole of business transformation
■ Today’s businesses are increasingly agile and driven by the need to:
■ Reduce costs
■ Meet new customer expectations
■ Increase productivity
■ Manage governance, risk and compliance
■ Innovate and grow
■ To achieve these goals:
■ Technology has to be a workloads platform for adoption as required
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33. We know Microsoft is a Platform
ON-PREMISES
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34. ERP = Workloads
Industry Retail Store Retail HQ Manufacturing Distribution
Operational
Workload
HCM Budget SRM Customer
Formulation Care
Horizontal
Operational
Project Expenses Sales Force Marketing
Workload Automation Automation
Administrative Finance HR
Core
Workload
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