Microsoft Dynamics AX Reviews and Ratings

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Application: Accounting
Industry: Consulting, Property Management, E-Commerce
DB: MS-SQL, Oracle
Desktop OS: 2000, XP, Vista
Server OS: Windows 2003, Windows 2000
Pricing: $100,000-$300,000
Version: 3.0

Applications Reviewed : General Ledger, Accounts Receivables, Accounts Payables, Invoicing, Inventory Management, Purchase Orders, Payroll, Job Cost, Fixed Assets, Financial Reporting, Vendor Master File, Payment Selection, Check Printing, Setup, Transaction Processing and Key Technical Features.

Performance Ratings for 1500 Features: Account types, Effective Dates for Accounts, Account Number Capacity, Account numbers, Account Number Validation, Advanced Budgeting Features, Accounts Payable, Vendor Master File, General features, Vendor Purchasing Defaults, Vendor Payment defaults, Default Accounts, 1099 Information, Vendor History

Executive Summary
Microsoft Dynamics AX 4.0 (formerly Microsoft Axapta) is an integrated, adaptable business management solution that allows companies to make better business decisions with greater confidence. Microsoft Dynamics AX 4.0 is a powerful, Java based, Object Oriented, Web-enabled e-commerce ERP solution that supports both Oracle Database 10g and SQL Server 2000 and 2005 databases.
 
Functionally, this product is very strong for midsize and larger companies who need multi-location support, multicurrency/multi-language (e.g. send invoices in different languages) capability, project management tools and CRM functions, among other things.  Microsoft is putting heavy emphasis on Dynamics as a key strategic product line.

Microsoft Dynamics AX 4.0 looks and works similar to Microsoft Outlook, making it easier for the end-user to learn how the system works. For example, links to “favorite” forms and applications can be created by user for quick access from individual screens.

New and improved features of Microsoft Dynamics 4.0 are designed to help increase productivity and help businesses connect to subsidiaries, customers and business partners on a global scale. Enhancements include:

• Application Integration Framework (AIF) to insert business logic from other applications
• Additional functionality around supply chain and service management
• Roles-based functionality to otpimize the end-user experience
• Enhanced business intelligence for better decision making

Microsoft Dynamics AX is designed to scale easily in order to support your growing business. You can add users, additional locations and enhanced capabilities whenever you need them. Microsoft Dynamics AX uses Object Servers, which can be clustered to allow load-balancing and rapid scalability. Just add more servers to the cluster when more capacity is needed. Since all users, locations and processes are run off one database, maintenance and upgrading is usually easier and less expensive compared to distributed systems.

There are 3 distinctions between Microsoft Dynamics AX and the competitive mid-market products:

1. Open Source-code  Using the full access to source code, Value Added Resellers and end users can design vertical or horizontal solutions that are certified and sold around the world and seamlessly integrated. There are already extensive vertical /horizontal products and add-ons ready and certified, and dozens of new ones being developed by thousands of certified 3rd party developers.

2. Multi tier Application Object Server (AOS).  With the N tier architecture, there is no limit on number of users in Microsoft Dynamics AX.  The AOS server can be segmented to serve up parts of the application, facilitating unlimited scalability and thousands of users.  The thin clients can connect to the central product installation over the Internet, and a single product installation can service tens of multiple sites.

3. True Internet interface  The active server pages that power web-sites are created within Microsoft Dynamics AX, similar to regular user screens.  Connected to Microsoft Internet Information Server using COM object technology, Microsoft Dynamics AX comes with an instant Business to Business Customer Self Service web site that is up and running within hours of installation. Adding new web pages allowing business access to all parts of he program or modifying the Self service for consumers is easily done.

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