Microsoft Dynamics AX uses many Microsoft products and technologies. You will require a wide range of information technology skills and knowledge to implement the Microsoft Dynamics AX application and leverage all the features that fully utilize the technology platform.

Prerequisites for system administrators

System administrators preparing to deploy Microsoft Dynamics AX should be familiar with general industry practices regarding reliability, scalability, availability, performance optimization, and security and monitoring of network infrastructure and applications. Installation of the base Microsoft Dynamics AX components, including the Application Object Server (AOS), database server, application file server, and the Microsoft Dynamics AX client, requires an understanding of the following Microsoft platforms and technologies:

  • Windows server operating system used to deploy the Microsoft Dynamics AX server components

  • Windows client operating system used to deploy the Microsoft Dynamics AX Windows client

  • Microsoft .NET Framework

  • Windows Server Terminal Services, if required

  • Advanced network management in a Microsoft Windows Active Directory environment

The following table describes necessary skills and knowledge required to deploy particular components of a Microsoft Dynamics AX implementation.

Microsoft Dynamics AX component

Skills and knowledge required

Database server

  • Microsoft SQL Server or Oracle Database Server administration

  • Relational database infrastructure planning, including sizing the database infrastructure

  • Performance optimization and monitoring of a database server

  • Database backup and recovery

Reporting and analysis extensions

  • Microsoft SQL Server Analysis Services

  • Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services

  • Internet Information Services (IIS), Web sites, virtual directories, application pools, and Web services

  • Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5, ASP.NET

Enterprise Portal

  • Internet Information Services (IIS)

  • Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services (WSS) or Microsoft Office SharePoint Server

  • Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5, ASP.NET

  • Creating and managing Web sites, Web services, virtual directories, and application pools

Application Integration Framework (AIF)

  • Internet Information Services (IIS)

  • Microsoft BizTalk Server, if you need to integrate Microsoft BizTalk Server with Microsoft Dynamics AX

  • Microsoft .NET Framework, especially Windows Communication Foundation if you are using AIF services

  • Integration concepts such as enterprise application integration (EAI), business-to-business (B2B), and synchronous and asynchronous transports

  • Creating and managing Web sites, Web services, virtual directories, and application pools

  • Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5, ASP.NET

  • Microsoft Message Queuing (MSMQ), if you are using MSMQ

Workflow

  • Internet Information Services (IIS)

  • Microsoft .NET Framework, especially Windows Workflow Foundation

  • Creating and managing Web sites, Web services, virtual directories, and application pools

Synchronization service and synchronization proxy used for Microsoft Office Project Server 2007

  • Deploying and managing Windows services

  • MSMQ

  • Project Server 2007

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