Convergence 2008

Well, another Convergence has come and gone...

New and cool ways to build applications, but unfortunately I'm stuck with 3.0 for the foreseeable future. Lots of new enhancements in Ax 2009 and lots of sessions on them, but I also picked up many frustrations being vented from users about their 3.0 implementations. The usual blocking, performance, and bug related issues that we all know and love on our 3.0's. I heard from so many developers, and business folk alike, that even the simplest of tasks can seem impossible.
Some feel like MS is rolling away into the sunset sometimes, leaving them with an incomplete application and an upgrade path... Not true!

Axapta 3.0 and Visual Studio are the only tools you need to create a limitless amount of new technology solutions targeted at some of the coolest platforms. Maybe not out of the box really, but thats what we developers do. Well, that and complain about it...

How do I know?
This is what my MS team did with no Axapta knowledge before 2 years ago..
Implement 800 seats.
Integrated to 4 external applications.
Integrated ONBASE document imaging and Bar Coding.
Integrated Voice Transcription and Adaptation into Ax Projects.
Developed 3 CF.NET C# applications targeted at over 150 employees on a wireless infrastructure.
Implemented B2B integrations with ADP HR / Payroll Systems and the State of Florida DMV.
Developed a service controller to manage the code promotion process.
Extended the entire Ax data structure into an object model with code generation.
The list is still growing, but basically, we haven't found anything we can't do yet.


Why did I just start this blog now?
I've been busy, but this last Convergence just convinced me there is a huge need for what I know and I think I can help many that are in the same boat we were when our C# shop made the commitment to Microsoft Axapta.

My talents are in the foundational aspect of extending Axapta, but the last 2 years have forced me into knowing quite a bit about x++ and MorphX too.

If anyone has specific question, please email me, but in the meantime, my next posts will be concentrating on showing you how to get Axapta portable through the use of data layers, base, and object models.

You have to do that right, before you can do anything else.

Thanks,


H