Microsoft Dynamics AX
Content Microsoft Dynamics AX helps enterprises make decisions quickly with access to real-time insights and intelligence on nearly any device, anywhere. It enables businesses to transform their processes faster so they can innovate and get quick time to value to stay ahead of the competition. It gives businesses the flexibility to grow at their own pace through the choice and flexibility of the cloud, allowing them to scale their operations globally to meet business needs. In this booklet, you ll learn how Dynamics AX can help you work better to get more done using the flexibility of the cloud and the decision-making power of real-time insights. 02
04 06 Deploy How You Want Migrate and Integrate with Confidence 08 10 Enable Greater Collaboration Get Easy and Real-Time Access to Analytics and Insights 12 14 Access Information across Devices Upgrade and Redesign Business Processes in a Predictable Way
Deploy How You Want Sometimes you don t want a choice. You don t want to have to choose between an on-premises or cloud solution; between prioritizing future growth or present business; between planning for the most users, the least, or somewhere in between. Dynamics AX lets you have it all. Microsoft Dynamics AX is the first Enterprise Resource Planning solution built for the cloud. Use the power of Microsoft Azure and an on-premises deployment of Dynamics AX to find the perfect balance in a hybrid solution fit for your needs. 04
Migrate and Integrate with Confidence Growth can happen without growing pains. Dynamics AX helps eliminate the headaches of optimizing your business, allowing you to keep things running and take advantage of the latest technologies without interruption. You can upgrade existing systems, connect with a modern integration platform, and enable a mobile workforce all while minimizing downtime, disruption, and infrastructure changes. 06
Enable Greater Collaboration Your business is made up of a lot of moving parts. But when different departments are using different solutions, it becomes nearly impossible to run your business as one well-oiled machine. Dynamics AX is the unifying solution your employees will want to use. A familiar user interface similar to Microsoft Office will increase user adoption and lower the learning curve. With Skype for Business and Office 365 integration, in a fully browser-based package, your teams can take advantage of real-time communication and collaboration, virtually anywhere, on virtually any device. Take advantage of the Office 365 single sign on experience to lower barriers in utilizing the power of Dynamics AX. Get your departments on the same page with Dynamics AX. 08
Get Easy, Real-Time Access to Analytics and Insights Make more informed and smarter decisions through deeper and quicker access to business insights. Dynamics AX with Power BI integration helps you securely connect to your data through easy-to-use dashboards, interactive reports, and natural language queries. With compelling advanced visualizations and in-memory capabilities, you can improve productivity through operational insights and have data-driven conversations with your peers around business processes. Dynamics AX offers pre-built content packs targeted towards insights to monitor financial performance, retail store performance, inventory cost management, practice management, and much more. You can also customize reports for your own business needs by mashing up Dynamics AX with data from other sources. Get the in-depth business insights you need, when you need them. 10
Access Information across Devices Dynamics AX is redefining productivity on-the-go. Your teams can access business-critical information on virtually any device or platform with a fully browser-based HTML5 client. Dynamics AX provides access to the information you need specifically based on your role as well as the task at hand through predefined workspaces so you can manage your assets and processes quickly. All information relevant to your job is available when and where you need it. 12
Upgrade and Redesign Business Processes in a Predictable Way Stay flexible and agile with the latest technology at your fingertips. Dynamics AX enables incremental implementations, changes, and updates. It also automates updates, code merging, and testing through Microsoft Dynamics Lifecycle Services. With predictable, easy deployments, your teams stay productive and your business isn t at risk from outdated systems. Run your business on the latest technology with Dynamics AX. 14
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