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Cumulative Update 8 for Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 R3 now available! 

Cumulative Update 8 (CU8) for Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 R3 is now available on CustomerSource and PartnerSource. CU8 includes many new features, as well as regulatory updates and hotfixes, so check it out! What’s included in CU8 CU8 for AX 2012 R3 includes: New features: CU8 includes several new features that have been made to

AX Content: September release of Lifecycle Services (LCS) 

It’s always fun to watch each month as each Microsoft Dynamics Lifecycle Services update comes out. Some months we have a lot of new features, and some months just a few, but the site continues to evolve rapidly. The September release is now available and contains several new features to help you manage your AX

AX Content: Power BI for Office 365 

Power BI for Office 365 is a collection of features and services that, together, enable you to visualize data, share discoveries, and collaborate in new ways. Familiar tools including Excel and SharePoint form the foundation of Power BI. The value of Power BI is how its features and services work together, and how the insights

AX Content: Cloud powered support 

Microsoft Dynamics Lifecycle Services has a new feature you’ll want to check out: Cloud powered support! Cloud powered support helps you manage support incidents. How it works Cloud powered support lets you create a virtual machine (VM) in Microsoft Azure that has the same hotfixes installed as your local environment. You can reproduce and record

AX Content: Deploy AX 2012 R3 on Azure 

Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 R3 can be deployed on Microsoft Azure! This blog post provides an overview, and points you to TechNet articles that provide the details you’ll need for your deployment. How to deploy To deploy AX 2012 R3 on Azure, you can use Microsoft Dynamics Lifecycle Services. Lifecycle Services is a cloud-based collaborative

AX Content: The Compare Tool works with SSRS reports 

With cumulative update 7 for Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 R2, the Compare Tool has been updated to support comparison of two SSRS report designs. This means that when an updated report is released with a cumulative update or hotfix, you can now easily compare the updated report with your existing report to see the differences

AX Content: Warm up those SSRS servers 

Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services periodically restarts, and each restart clears the Reporting Services cache. After this cache has been cleared, it may take some time for the next report that is run to display. For example, you may have noticed that it takes a really long time for the first report that is run