Installation and configuration of AX 2012

Module 1: Overview and planning

Lessons

• Overview
• Server setup
• Domain accounts
• Planning
• Architecture
• Planning hardware and software
• RAID subsystem
• Disaster recovery
• Staff skills review
• Naming convention
• Components

Module 2: Installation

Lessons

• Setup utility
• Install an environment
• Perform a single-computer installation
• Configuration utilities
• Install Microsoft Dynamics AX in silent mode
• Office add-ins
• Initialisation checklist

Lab

• ‍Install a test environment including a database with a model, and an AOS

Module 3: Managing users and security

Lessons

• Security overview
• Authentication
• Adding users
• Adding active directory groups
• Role based security
• Extensible data security framework
• Customising security

Labs 

• Add a user
• Add roles to users
• Add users to roles

Module 4: Services

Lessons

• Services overview
• Administration
• Integration and planning
• Infrastructure and deployment
• Troubleshoot and monitor services
• Security

Labs

• Set up an enhanced inbound port using services
• Install web services on IIS rather than on the AOS

Module 5: Workflow

Lessons

• General features
• Architecture
• Create a workflow
• Graphical workflow editor
• Configure an approval element
• Configure decisions
• Configure a parallel activity
• Configure a sub workflow
• Configure line-Item workflows
• Configure tasks
• Completing a workflow configuration
• Workflow types
• Administration
• Inquiries and reports

Labs

• Configure an approval on a workflow
• Create a new user workflow and add an approval element
• Create a work item queue
• Open the workflow editor
• Modify a workflow to use the work item queue

Module 6: Analitics

Lessons

• Cube overview
• Installation and deployment
• Configuration
• Security

Labs

• ‍Deploying default cubes
• Configuring default cubes

Module 7: Reporting

Lessons

• Overview
• Planning considerations for reporting
• Batch support
• Installation and deployment
• Configure report servers
• Security considerations

Labs

• Setup a report as batch
• Deploy reports

Module 8: Enterprise portal

Lessons

• About enterprise portal
• Installation
• Security and authentication
• Deployment
• Configuration and administration

Module 9: Administration

Lessons

• Model management
• System monitoring
• System administration
• Set Up and manage Emails
• Set Up and manage batch processing
• Set Up and manage alerts

Labs

• ‍Manage models
• Set up a batch job
• Set up an alert rule

Module 10: Organisation model

Lessons

• About Organisations and organisational hierarchies
• Plan the organisational hierarchy
• Working with legal entities
• Working with operational units
• Working with organisational hierarchies
• Organisation hierarchy examples

Lab

• ‍Create new operating units and modify the organisational hierarchy