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Microsoft Dynamic AX 2009 : .NET Business Connector - Introduction

6/16/2013 5:10:39 PM

.NET Business Connector for Microsoft Dynamics AX is a versatile platform component that you can use to build software applications that interact deeply with both the data and the business logic residing in Dynamics AX 2009.

Several example scenarios demonstrate the variety of potential uses for .NET Business Connector. The managed classes used to build applications are described, and code examples are provided to illustrate their usage. The following new features of .NET Business Connector in Dynamics AX 2009 are introduced, and changes to the existing functionality are explained:

  • Support for cross-company queries

  • Changes in the process hosting in .NET Business Connector

  • Licensing changes that affect .NET Business Connector

  • The ability to pass .NET objects to Dynamics AX via .NET Business Connector

  • The capability to register managed callbacks through .NET Business Connector

Integration Technologies

Integrating enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems with other systems within and beyond an organization is a common requirement, and Dynamics AX provides a variety of ways to implement such integration. Figure 1 shows all the integration components in Dynamics AX 2009.

Figure 1. Integration components in Dynamics AX 2009


All the integration components interact with Dynamics AX through the Application Object Server (AOS). Dynamics AX 2009 supports a three-tier architecture (earlier versions supported both a two-tier and a three-tier architecture), which means that the integration components can interact with Dynamics AX only through the AOS. The majority of the integration components use the .NET Framework in some way, which is a reflection of Microsoft’s goal to make it easier for developers to use the .NET platform to develop solutions.

.NET Business Connector enables you to develop managed applications by using the .NET Framework and a CLR-compatible language to integrate with Dynamics AX. In Figure 10-1, the arrow from the .NET Framework to .NET Business Connector shows that the managed applications interact with Dynamics AX through .NET Business Connector. The most general-purpose integration component in Dynamics AX, .NET Business Connector is particularly appropriate for developing custom applications that require a large degree of flexibility and control over implementation.

You can also use the Application Integration Framework (AIF) to integrate Dynamics AX with other applications through standards-based interfaces and XML-based message exchange. AIF is built on top of the Microsoft technology stack; it supports publishing Dynamics AX services through various transport technologies, such as synchronous Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) Web services and asynchronous technologies (Microsoft Message Queuing [MSMQ], Microsoft BizTalk Server, and direct XML file exchange), for external service clients to consume. You can jump-start your integration projects with any of the 56 Dynamics AX services that ship with Dynamics AX 2009 or the AIF wizards that help you create new services. You can also use the AIF to send business documents from Dynamics AX to external locations. Finally, AIF helps you integrate external Web services—whether they are deployed in your company’s intranet or on the Internet—with your Dynamics AX application by consuming these Web services directly from X++.

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