What’s New in AX 7

Microsoft Dynamics AX 7, also known as “Rainier,” promises to impress AX users by delivering a new platform for deployment on premise, as well as in public and private clouds. In a nutshell,Dynamics AX 7 will focus on offering users exactly what they need, when they need it, while providing more insight in business processes.

According to Dan Brown, Microsoft Dynamics AX R&D’s general manager, Dynamics AX 7 will make available new key elements, including:

• a new browser-based interface, which will replace the current Windows Client; this basically means that Dynamics AX capabilities will be available via new “work spaces,” promoting remote access across a variety of device platforms for enhanced collaboration; 

• superior user experience that will be delivered via the context-sensitive Windows 8 framework, based on the HTML5 technology;

• first-class lifecycle management offered by Microsoft partners for Microsoft Dynamics AX 7 currently in production on Azure; deployed based on a single-tenant model, AX 7 will use Azure IaaS (infrastructure as a service) and SQL Azure’s DaaS (database as a service), which perfectly fit the needs of most AX users, especially in terms of scalability and disaster recovery.