Enterprise Portal Development

Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009Diwakar Bedekar (diwakarb@microsoft.com)

04-28-09

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Developer experience• Efficiently create rich web applications utilizing Standard

Microsoft development tools, programming languages and design patterns– Visual Studio , ASP.net/C#

• Rapid Application Development – Wide array of controls and options available• ASP.NET controls• EP Controls ( List / Form / Look up etc..)• SharePoint Web Parts• Third Party ASP.NET controls• User Controls• Custom Controls

• Easy to Customize and Maintain

EP Architecture• Similarly to Desktop Ax 2009 Portal builds on

the rich Ax programming model and data binding

• It exposes the rich Ax Metadata Binding • It uses the full flexibility of ASP.NET (code and

markup)• It uses the dynamic customization and

personalization of SharePoint• It unifies ASP.NET, SharePoint and Ax Metadata

in the AOT

Advantages Over X++ Web UI Framework

• Unlimited UI capabilities• Responsive/Interactive UI using AJAX• Easy to extend / Customize and use

custom/third party controls• Managed code development• Powerful out-of-the-box controls• Performance / Scalability• Plug-n-Play Web Parts

Advantages over traditional asp.net solutions

• Built in Data Binding for extensibility• Rich out of the box UI controls• Built in Security Check , formatting and validation for Rapid

Application development• Native Ax support such as Field Groups, Ax user language

setting, EDT that seamlessly bridges Ax to the Manage world of programming

• Session/Context mgmt/Connection to AOS• Easy to call X++ business logic• Stateless programming model support built into the framework• Record Context / Encryption

Useful LinksEP Quick starts http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/axcodesa

mplesEP Screen casts http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamic

s/ax/cc507280.aspx

Solutions Monkey blog http://blogs.msdn.com/solutions

EP team blog http://blogs.msdn.com/epblog

EP SDK doc http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa855178.aspx

Channel 9 Video http://channel9.msdn.com/showpost.aspx?postid=405045

EP Training ( Partner Source) https://mbs.microsoft.com/partnersource/communities/training/trainingmaterials/student/course80015.htmEP Benchmark ( Partner Source) https://mbs.microsoft.com/partnersource/deployment/documentation/benchmarks/ax2009epbenchmark.htm

Demos

• Demo 1 - Show Customer Information on EP• Demo 2 – Build Custom Filtering• Demo 3 – Use Template Fields & Custom

Bound fields• Demo 4 – Use Standard Asp.NET Chart Control• Demo 5 – Use SilverLight Chart control• Demo 6 – Create a Edit form.

Customer/ Partner Ask

• Lets us know – – Type of application you are building or planning to

build in EP– Topics you would like us to cover in future

webinars, blogs or code samples etc.• Send me you Name, email address & the

above details - diwakarb@microsoft.com

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