Klaas Deforche - Microsoft Dynamics Ax 2012 R2 Services

Klaas Deforche started working as a developer on Microsoft Dynamics AX in 2007 for the Belgian ICT company RealDolmen, primarily working with Dynamics AX 4.0. He gained experience with AX 2009 while working on projects for some well-known Belgian fashion retailers, especially on the integration side of things. He is currently working on AX 2012 projects for customers in the healthcare sector. Klaas likes to share his knowledge with the community, which is why he started his AX-oriented blog artofcreation.be in 2009. This is also why, in 2012, Klaas co-authored the book Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 Services , Packt Publishing , to help spread knowledge on the subject.

Writing this book is a team effort, so I would like to thank everyone involvedco-author Kenny, everyone at Packt Publishing, and the reviewers. Without all of you, this book would not have been possible.

I would also like to thank the readers of the previous edition for supporting us and providing feedback. It has been a great motivation and inspiration for this book. Also, a big thanks to the readers of my blog, fellow bloggers, and the Dynamics community.

Last but not least, thank you my family, colleagues, friends, and girlfriend for their support. The time spent on this book could not have been spent with you, so thanks for your patience.

Kenny Saelen is a Dynamics AX MVP who works for the Belgian ICT company RealDolmen. He started as a developer on Microsoft Dynamics AX in 2004, primarily working on a European customer implementation with Dynamics AX 3.0. At RealDolmen, he gained experience with Dynamics AX 2009 while implementing AX internally, followed by an implementation at a book wholesale company. Currently, he is working as a technical architect for a worldwide customer implementation with Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 R2, mainly working towards integrating Dynamics AX with other technologies such as SharePoint, BizTalk, and AgilePoint. He can be reached through his blog ksaelen.be.

I would like to thank everyone involved in making this book happen, starting with my co-author Klaas, for all the hours we've spent together writing it. Many thanks to everyone at Packt Publishing for the opportunity they have given us, and to the technical reviewers for providing us with the right alternative insights.

Special thanks to my girlfriend and my little son. Writing this book has proven to be much harder than I initially thought, but they have been patiently supporting me all the way.

Palle Agermark has worked as a developer and technical consultant with Concorde XAL and Microsoft Dynamics AX for more than 20 years. Palle has worked for a number of years at Microsoft Development Center Copenhagen, primarily developing the financial, accounts payable, and accounts receivable modules; he has also worked on other things such as the unit test framework.

In 2006, Palle wrote a chapter named Extending Microsoft Dynamics AX for Inside Microsoft Dynamics AX 4.0 , Microsoft Press .

Currently, Palle works for one of Scandinavia's largest Microsoft Dynamics AX partnersEG.

Palle lives in Copenhagen, Denmark, with his wife Rikke and daughter Andrea.

Janet E. Blake was introduced to Axapta 3.0 in 2006 by a friend who promised her that she "would never get bored" and kept that promise. She is now a Technical Solutions Architect on the mcaConnect team. She has two degrees from New York University and spends her free time blogging at http://janeteblake.wordpress.com, searching for AX books, and pondering over her next certification.

Janet was a reviewer for Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 R2 Administration Cookbook , Packt Publishing , which was published in November 2013.

I'd like to thank the authors and publishers for the opportunity to review this terrific book. Also, endless thanks to my colleagues and clients for keeping it interesting and fun!

Mohit Rajvanshy has spent nearly 10 years working on Microsoft Dynamics AX. He started his career working with Microsoft Axapta 3.0 in 2004 and since then, he has continued his professional journey working with various Microsoft Dynamics AX releases. He worked as technical lead and developer, delivering various customizations, upgrades, and integration projects in Microsoft Dynamics AX. He is certified in Microsoft Dynamics AX 4.0 and AX 2012. More details about him can be found at https://www.mcpvirtualbusinesscard.com/VBCServer/mohit.rajvanshy/profile.

Currently, Mohit is working for Avanade Inc. and is based in Seattle, USA. Avanade is Microsoft's largest Dynamics AX delivery partner.

Mohit has a passion for photography (http://www.flickr.com/photos/mohitrajvanshy/) and likes to travel. Mohit also contributes to the Microsoft Dynamics Community via his blog at http://daxer-dynamicsax.blogspot.com/.

Tom Van Dyck is a software engineer and technical consultant for Dynamics AX and is currently working with an MS partner in Belgium. After completing a degree in Computer Science and a few years of Visual Basic, ASP, and SQL programming, he began working with AX in 2004.

Being part of different project teams and building a variety of solutions based on AX Versions 3, 4, 2009, and 2012, he has built wide practical experience for himself.

Tom is a certified professional for AX with expertise in X++ development and a special interest in performance issues and optimization.