Upgrade From AX 4 to AX2012

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Upgrade from Microsoft Dynamics AX 4 to Microsoft Dynamics AX2012Microsoft Dynamics AX is the complete business management solution or an enterprise resource planning solution that integrates

all facets of a business. This is a purpose built solution across five industries, which includes manufacturing, distribution, retail,

professional services and public sector.

Microsoft has recently launched the 2012 version of Microsoft Dynamics AX ERP. A lot of customers and partners are or will

be looking to upgrade to version 2012 from the previous versions of AX. Recently, i was involved in an upgrade estimation from

AX version 4 to version 2012. This customer has implemented AX 4.0 and would like to upgrade to version 2012. The following

are the areas which we recommended the customer to consider, while upgrading to Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012.

Network Requirements Number of transactions per hour Number of concurrent users Number of concurrent Enterprise Portal users Number of remote connections Number of locations Domain Requirements System Requirements

Based on the above mentioned considerations, a comparison chart was prepared. This chart will give any upgrade team a rough

idea about the components that were available in AX 4 and AX 2012. There are some components that have been deprecated in

AX 2012.

System Requirements for

Server Computers

Microsoft Dynamics AX 4.0 Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012

Operating Systems:

Windows 7 Windows XP with

Service Pack 2(Professional, Tablet

PC Edition)Note: Ensure that AX 4.0

ith Service Pack 2 is setup and deployed.

Supported as 32 and 64 bitclients Windows 7Server Operating System:

Windows Server 2008R2

Windows Server 2008+ SP2

Windows Server 2003+ SP2 (Standard, Web,Enterprise, Datacenter)

Note: Ensure that AX 4.0ith Service Pack 2 is

setup and deployed. Supported

as 64bit only

Windows Server 2008R2

Windows Server 2008+ SP2

Minimum Hardware Requirements:

Intel Pentium/Celeron Intel Pentium/Celeron
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family or compatiblePentium III Xeon or

higher processorminimum; 1.1 GHz orhigher recommended

512 MB RAM or morerecommended

1 GB or more harddisk space. Actualrequirements dependon your systemconfiguration and the

applications andfeatures that youinstall.

Super VGA(1024768) or higher

resolution monitor

DVD drive (requiredfor installation fromDVD)

family or compatiblePentium III Xeon or

higher processorminimum; 1.1 GHz orhigher recommended

4 GB RAM or morerecommended for

server/client computers

1 GB or more harddisk space. Actualrequirements dependon your system

configuration and theapplications andfeatures that youinstall.

Super VGA(1024768) or higherresolution monitor

DVD drive (requiredfor installation from

DVD)

System Requirements for AX Components:

The following are the components in Microsoft Dynamics AX 4.0 and Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012.

Microsoft Dynamics AX4.0:

Application Object Server Database Server File Server Reporting Server Business Connector Enterprise Portal and Home Page Analysis Services Extensions Synchronization with Microsoft Office Project Server 2007 AX Client

Microsoft Dynamics AX2012:

Databases Application Object Server Enterprise Portal Enterprise Search Help Server Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Extensions Microsoft SQL Server Analysis Extensions Web Service on Internet Information Services (IIS) Management Utilities Synchronization Service for Microsoft Project Synchronization Proxy for Microsoft Project


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System Requirements for

AX Components

Database Server:

SQL Server 2005,Enterprise Edition withSP2

-or-

SQL Server 2005,Standard Edition withSP2 (32or 64 bit editions)

SQL Server 2012Standard, Enterprise orBusiness Intelligence

Edition-or-

SQL Server 2008 R2Standard, Enterprise or

Datacenter edition.Service Pack 1 isrecommended but not

required

-or-

SQL Server 2008,Standard or Enterprise,with Service Pack1 (Only 64 bit editions)

Application Object Server:

Microsoft .NETFramework 3.0

Windows Installer 3.0

Microsoft .NETFramework 4.0

Windows Installer3.1/ Windows Installer4.0

File Server:

One can install theMicrosoft DynamicsAX application files onany computer that isrunning Windows.

In AX2012, theapplication files is notavailable as acomponent. It is

installed with aDatabase componentcalled Model Storedatabase.

Note:lso ensure that AX supports

Unicode collations that arecase-insensitive, accent-

sensitive, kana-sensitive, andwidth-insensitive. The collationmust match the Windows locale

of computers.

Report Server/Reporting Extensions:

In AX 4.0, thiscomponent is calledReport Server.

SQL Server 2005 Enterprise orStandard Edition + SP2 must be

installed.

In AX2012, thiscomponent is called

Reporting Extensionsand is classified under

the BusinessIntelligencecomponents section.

SQL Server 2012/


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Reporting Serviceswebsite must beconfigured and

completed.

Internet Explorer 6.0,Service Pack 2

-or-

Internet Explorer 7.0

-or-

Mozilla Firefox 2.0

SQL Server 2008 R2 +SP1/SQL Server 2008 + SP2

must be installed.

-or-

SQL Server 2008 R2 withCumulative Update 3 or later.

Reporting Serviceswebsite must beconfigured andcompleted.

Internet Explorer 8.0-or-

Internet Explorer 9.0

-or-

Mozilla Firefox 3.5

Windows PowerShell2.0. Remove

PowerShell 1.0 tomanage components

through PowerShell2.0

The Reporting servicesinstances are not

supported oncomputers where SQLServer 2005 and SQL

Server 2008 areinstalled side by side

Analysis Services Extensions:

The Analysisextensions can onlyrun on 64 bit Operating

System only if noclient activity that uses

AIF or BusinessConnector is run on thesame computer

SQL Server 2012/ SQLServer 2008 R2/SQLServer 2008 AnalysisServices

The Analysis ServicesIntegration is notsupported on

computers whereinstances of SQL

Server 2005 and SQLServer 2008 areinstalled side by side

Application Integration Framework (AIF) Web

Services/Web Services on IIS:

In Ax 4.0, this wascalled AIF Web

In AX2012, this iscalled Web Services on


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Services

.NET Framework3.0/.NET Framework

2.0

IIS 6.0

IIS

.NET Framework 4.0 Web Server Role IIS 7.0/IIS 7.5 Windows SDK

configured to run WCF

Services

Help Server:

This is a componentnot available in AX4.0. This is available ashelp on the AX Client.

Web Server role IIS 7.0 or IIS 7.5 ASP.NET 4.0

Enterprise Portal:

Windows SharePointServices 3.0-or-

Microsoft Office SharePoint2007

SharePoint 2010Foundation

-or-

SharePoint 2010 Enterprise orStandard Edition

SQL Server 2008 R2Analysis ManagementObjects

Enterprise Search:

This component was not

available as a feature out-of-the-box in AX 4.0.

Web Server Role IIS 7.0 or IIS 7.5 Windows PowerShell

2.0

ASP.NET 2.0

SharePoint Server2010 Standard orEnterprise Edition

-or-

Microsoft Fast Search Server

2010

-or-

Microsoft Search Server Express2010

-or-

Microsoft Search Server 2010

Synchronization Service for Project:


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Microsoft ProjectServer 2007

.NET BusinessConnector

.NET Framework 3.0Note:Initialization

Checklist must becompleted before setting this up

.NET Framework 3.5SP1

Microsoft ProjectServer 2010

Synchronization Proxy for Project:

This is not acomponent in AX 4.0

Must be installed onthe same machine asProject Server

Interface.

Project Server 2010setup completed

.NET Business Connector:

Available as COMConnector in AX4.0

.NET Framework 3.5,.NET Framework 4.0

Management Utilities:

Not available in AX4.0

Windows PowerShell2.0

In addition to this, there are 64 bit architecture considerations, too, that one need to take into account. I will cover this in my next

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