Inside Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 R3

Chapter 3. AX 2012 and .NET

In this chapter

Introduction

Integrating AX 2012 with other systems

Using LINQ with AX 2012 R3

Introduction

Complex systems, such as AX 2012, are often deployed in heterogeneous environments that contain several disparate systems. Often, these systems contain legacy data that might be required for running AX 2012, or they might offer functionality that is vital for running the organization.

AX 2012 can be integrated with other systems in several ways. For example, your organization might need to harvest information from old Microsoft Excel files. To do this, you could write a simple add-in in Microsoft Visual Studio and easily integrate it with AX 2012. Or your organization might have an earlier system that is physically ...