Microsoft - What's New - Technical in Dynamics AX 2012 for Development

Curriculum

Module 1: Overview

Lessons

• Introduction
• New User Interface Elements
• Organizational Model
• Help System
• Microsoft Office Add-Ins
• Work Items
• Document Handling
• Alerts
• Global Address Book
• Code Upgrade

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Describe the new interface elements in Microsoft Dynamics AX.
• Understand how to use the organization model, and its importance in the implementation process.
• Use and update the help system.
• Describe the Microsoft Office Add-Ins in Microsoft Dynamics AX.
• View work items that are based on specific business documents in one location.
• Discuss improvements made to the document handling feature in Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012.
• Understand how to set up alert rules to work across all organizational structures.
• Explain the new features and benefits of the Global Address Book (GAB).
• Understand the code upgrade process.

Module 2: MorphX

Lessons

• Introduction
• Model Repository
• Development Workspace
• X++ Editor
• Label Files in MorphX
• Type Hierarchy Views
• Reverse Engineering Tool

Lab : Management of Models

• Create and Use a Model
• Export a Model
• Delete a Model
• Import a Model

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Demonstrate Models and the SQL Server-based Model repository.
• Discuss the separation of the developer from the application experience as a new workspace.
• Understand the improvements made to the X++ Editor.
• Explain the deployment of label files within a model store.
• Understand how to browse type hierarchies in the application model. This includes table inheritance, by using the Type Hierarchy Browser and Type Hierarchy Context window.
• Discuss the improvements made to the Reverse Engineering Tool.

Module 3: Development with Visual Studio

Lessons

• Introduction
• Visual Studio Tools
• Managed Code

Lab : Visual Studio Tool

• Add a new Model project in Visual Studio

Lab : Managed Code

• Create X++ Object
• Managed Code
• Research Object Relations

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Understand the improvements made to the Visual Studio Tools for Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012.
• Write business logic in managed code and integrate with Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012.

Module 4: Data Access

Lessons

• Introduction
• Relational Modeling
• Date Effectiveness
• Unit of Work
• Data Access Framework
• Eventing

Lab : Create a Date Effective Form

• Create a Date Effective Table
• Demonstrate Date Gap
• Demonstrate Date Overlap

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Understand the features that are introduced in Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 to support the data normalization initiative.
• Discuss date effectiveness and learn how to build date effective forms.
• Discuss the Unit Of Work concept and learn how to enable a group of tables to be treated as a single transaction.
• Discuss the additional improvements made to the data access framework including, Temp DB tables, data caching, query framework, full-text search and effects of disabling tables.
• Explain how the concept of eventing lets the user use a publisher and subscriber model when manifesting changes occurring in the X++ application.

Module 5: Service and Application Integration

Lessons

• Introduction
• Services
• Inbound and Outbound Ports
• Architecture

Lab : Create a Service

• Create the Service
• Create the C# Project

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Understand how services enable clients to interact with and retrieve system information.
• Explain how integration ports help streamlines service deployment.
• Understand the architectural changes in Services and Application Integration Framework (AIF).

Module 6: Enterprise Portal Framework

Lessons

• Introduction
• Deployment and Setup
• Security
• User Experience
• Enterprise Search and Business Data Connectivity Service

Lab : Create a List Page

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Discuss the improvements made for Enterprise Portal set up and deployment.
• Discuss the improvements for Enterprise Portal security.
• Explain the new user experience and additional user control components in Enterprise Portal.
• Understand how the Business Connectivity Services provides an easy way to integrate Microsoft Dynamics AX business data with SharePoint to provide solutions for end users without writing any code.

Module 7: Security

Lessons

• Introduction
• Role-based Security Overview
• Role-based Security Benefits
• Extensible Data Security Framework

Lab : Assign Permission

• Assign security permissions by using the new Role-based Security framework

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Provide an overview for the improvements made to the security framework and explain Role-based Security.
• Discuss the benefits of the Role-based Security framework.
• Describe the extensible data security framework.

Module 8: Workflow

Lessons

• Introduction
• Overview
• Workflow Editor
• Line-Item Workflows

Lab : Create a Work Item Queue

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Explain the improvements made to Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 Workflow.
• Discuss the new graphical Workflow Editor which is used to model workflows by arranging elements similarly to how a business process is graphically modeled using Microsoft Visio.
• Discuss how to implement a line-item workflow.

Module 9: Analytics

Lessons

• Introduction
• Overview
• Development Information

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Explain the high-level improvements to Analytics in Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012.

Module 10: Reporting

Lessons

• Introduction
• Overview
• Development Information

Lab : Create a Simple ReportLab : Create an Advanced Report

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Explain the SQL Server Reporting Services report capabilities in Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012.
• Understand the features added for Visual Studio Reporting Tools for Microsoft Dynamics AX.