Fife - Extending Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 Cookbook

Murray Fife is a Microsoft Dynamics AX MVP, a presenter, and an author with over 18 years of experience in the software industry.

Like most people he has paid his dues as a developer, as an implementation consultant, and a trainer. He has a hard-to-find blend of technical and interpersonal skills and spends his days working with companies solving their problems with the Microsoft suite of products, specializing in Dynamics AX solutions.

No ideas are ever created in a vacuum, and there were a lot of people that helped and inspired a lot of what is in this book. Some of the people that I need to thank in particular are Jack Payne, for letting me experiment with coding examples over the many years that we worked together; Larry Farley, for introducing me to Dynamics AX and giving me a whole new world of tools to tinker with; Ryan Kaul, for helping me with my first line of X++ code; Chris Hoer, for showing me all of the ins and outs of Dynamics AX, and for answering all of my many questions; and Andy Vabulas, for supporting me throughout the book.

Angela Buchanan is a Software Developer and Technical Consultant for Dynamics AX. She is currently working as a freelance consultant in the United Kingdom.

Angela began working with AX in 2001, while completing her Computer Science degree at The University of Waikato in New Zealand. After a successful implementation of version 2.5, and later upgrade to 3, the husband and bags were packed up and moved over to England to seek out bigger project challenges, and for a taste of world travel.

Since this move, Angela has worked on many AX implementations, specializing in business solutions design, X++ programming, reporting, and business intelligence. She is a Microsoft Certified Professional for AX: Development, Installation, and Configuration, as well as key modules: Finance, Projects, Production, Trade, and Logistics; and is also a Microsoft Certified Trainer for AX.

A big thanks to the author for all his efforts in writing this book and for inviting me to be one of the reviewers. I've learned lots of useful tricks through the process.

Kamalakannan Elangovan started his career in 2005 as a Technical Consultant in ERP for Sonata, where he played a key role in the development of Business Integration solutions for Microsoft. He later moved on to head the Business Integration Development Team. He spearheaded the development of a commodity trading vertical for a U.K.-based ISV. It is through his experience that Kamal picked up his passion for product development, and this passion has driven his career since then.

In 2008 Kamal joined InnoVites and led their product development team, creating one of the first verticals, such as cable and wires, for Dynamics AX on multidimension industry. Currently, he works with CuroGens, Inc. as a Development Manager overseeing the product development efforts. As a Microsoft Dynamics AX enthusiast and architect, he shares his insights by contributing to the Microsoft Dynamics community through his blog http://kamalblogs.wordpress.com.

I would like to thank Packt Publishing and the author for offering me the chance to review and read this wonderful book. It has been a great learning experience.