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Microsoft Dynamics AX, discontinued

Microsoft Dynamics AX, discontinued
Formerly Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations

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What is Microsoft Dynamics AX, discontinued?

Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations (or Dynamics AX) was an ERP product in the Dynamics family. It has been split into separate Dynamics 365 products to provide more flexibility to customers, allowing users to pay only for the…

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  • Custom reports (14)
    9.0
    90%
  • Role-based user permissions (14)
    7.0
    70%
  • Standard reports (14)
    7.0
    70%
  • Accounts payable (15)
    7.0
    70%
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What is Microsoft Dynamics AX, discontinued?

Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations (or Dynamics AX) was an ERP product in the Dynamics family. It has been split into separate Dynamics 365 products to provide more flexibility to customers, allowing users to pay only for the functionality they need. Microsoft Dynamics AX will reach…

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Features

Payroll Management

Provides for pay calculation and benefit plan administration, in addition to managing direct deposit, salary revisions and payroll tracking.

8.8
Avg 7.2

Customization

This addresses a company’s ability to configure the software to fit its specific use case and workflow.

7
Avg 7.2

Security

This component helps a company minimize the security risks by controlling access to the software and its data, and encouraging best practices among users.

6
Avg 8.1

Reporting & Analytics

Users can report on and analyze usage, performance, ROI, and/or other metrics of success.

8.3
Avg 7.0

General Ledger and Configurable Accounting

Financial management solution, including capabilities for general ledger and configurable accounting

8.2
Avg 7.6

Inventory Management

The ability to track and manage the flow of goods or materials into and out of an inventory.

8.7
Avg 7.9

Order Management

The ability to process orders, and track them from quote to cash.

7.6
Avg 7.8

Subledger and Financial Process

Revenue management solution including capabilities for subledgers and financial processes

8.7
Avg 7.4

Project Financial Management

Project financial management solution including capabilities for project budgeting, cost control, billing and contract management.

8.9
Avg 7.6

Project Execution Management

Project execution management solution including capabilities for project scheduling, resource management, and team member task management.

8.8
Avg 6.8

Grants Management

Grants management solution for higher education, public sector, or non-profits with capabilities for managing financial awards for program and project funding

8.7
Avg 7.6

Procurement

Procurement management solution with capabilities for sourcing, contracting, procure-to-pay and supplier management

8.7
Avg 7.0

Risk Management

Risk management solution with capabilities for managing controls, assessing control effectiveness, certifying controls, and addressing deficiencies

8.8
Avg 6.5

Logistics

Logistics solution with capabilities for transportation planning, transportation execution, trade compliance, customs management, warehouse management and warehouse workforce management.

8.5
Avg 6.9

Manufacturing

Manufacturing solution for managing manufacturing processes and costs.

7.7
Avg 7.5

Supply Chain

Supply Chain Planning solution with capabilities for planning, performance monitoring, change responses and execution.

9.2
Avg 7.2

Product Lifecycle Management

Product Lifecycle Management solution with capabilities for innovation management, product development

9
Avg 7.3
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Product Details

What is Microsoft Dynamics AX, discontinued?

Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations (or Dynamics AX) was an ERP product in the Dynamics family. It has been split into separate Dynamics 365 products to provide more flexibility to customers, allowing users to pay only for the functionality they need. Microsoft Dynamics AX will reach end of support in 2021, and end of extended support in 2023.

Financial tracking and budgeting features are now found in the newly launched Dynamics 365 Finance product.

Supply chain management functionality is now supplied by the newly launched Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management product.

Microsoft Dynamics AX, discontinued Integrations

Microsoft Dynamics AX, discontinued Technical Details

Operating SystemsUnspecified
Mobile ApplicationNo

Frequently Asked Questions

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The most common users of Microsoft Dynamics AX, discontinued are from Enterprises (1,001+ employees).
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Reviews and Ratings

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Reviews

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March 30, 2015

AX Architect and User

Jay Omdahl | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
ResellerIncentivized
Microsoft Dynamics AX is used across various departments with our customers. In some cases there are separate systems for inventory, A/R and the integration and management of bi-directional data is easy to setup and maintain. It addresses costing of inventory, speeds the time to close for the finance teams, and with inter-operability with Office (Word, Excel, Visio) it is fast to train new users.
  • GL and use of dimensions allows for a 'lighter' chart of accounts and dynamic use of data categorizations for reporting and budget control.
  • The entire ERP system is integrated, so Inventory in particular is straight forward to create (items can be inventory, service or BOMs) and the costing options are flexible enough to offer different costing (FIFO, LIFO, Standard...) for different groups of inventory and pricing (cost and/or sales) can be different based on site/WH designation.
  • Cash and Bank management is now an independent module and offers better tools to manage cash flow. This is true for Budgeting as well as this functionality makes setting, managing and updating budgets easy as it works seamlessly with Excel.
  • Data and ERP system updates at the transactional level is less complex as you can export and then import data via Excel into AX as long as your security rights give you access to the tables/data in question.
  • Project service and project accounting is deep in functions as it will work with Project Server, Invoice with time and material or fixed fee projects and works great for projects internal or external in managing/capturing all time for a specific initiative.
  • MRP can be slow to adapt to changes in actual production or supply chain transactions.
  • Setting up number sequences seems a trivial matter, but these numbers ID transactions once they are in the ledger and are key--easy to miss this point in the implementation process.
  • Bank rec being easily automated and able to quickly plug into a bank back end to get data is not the best.
  • Payment processing can be 'clunky' based on checks, ACH, Wires...as some of these items are not triggered out of the box in AX, bur are easily added --talking ACH and Wires specifically.

It is strong tool for manufacturing, supply chain, project services and retail. I would say highly engineered businesses where CAD and unique billing/project types are demanded are tougher to have AX baseline functions work as customers need.

I have seen AX work well in a 'hub and spoke' model where it operates certain business divisions but not all. The integrations and interfaces are easy to set and manage/monitor.

General Ledger and Configurable Accounting (2)
80%
8.0
Accounts payable
80%
8.0
Accounts receivable
80%
8.0
Subledger and Financial Process
N/A
N/A
Inventory Management (3)
83.33333333333334%
8.3
Inventory tracking
90%
9.0
Automatic reordering
80%
8.0
Location management
80%
8.0
Order Management (4)
77.5%
7.8
Pricing
90%
9.0
Order entry
70%
7.0
Credit card processing
70%
7.0
Cost of goods sold
80%
8.0
Payroll Management (3)
63.33333333333333%
6.3
Pay calculation
80%
8.0
Benefit plan administration
50%
5.0
Direct deposit files
60%
6.0
Reporting & Analytics (3)
100%
10.0
Dashboards
100%
10.0
Standard reports
100%
10.0
Custom reports
100%
10.0
Customization (2)
100%
10.0
API for custom integration
100%
10.0
Plug-ins
100%
10.0
Security (2)
95%
9.5
Role-based user permissions
90%
9.0
Single sign-on capability
100%
10.0
Grants Management
N/A
N/A
Project Financial Management
N/A
N/A
Project Execution Management
N/A
N/A
Procurement
N/A
N/A
Risk Management
N/A
N/A
Logistics
N/A
N/A
Manufacturing
N/A
N/A
Supply Chain
N/A
N/A
Product Lifecycle Management
N/A
N/A
  • Clients have seen better cost containment on inventory based on better on hand management and supply chain visibility.
  • Faster closing process for the finance team, where by day 3 of 4 you can generate a trial balance and look to balance ledger to sub-ledger.
  • Better reporting allows for real time analysis and can get to predictive metrics in certain areas.

SAP--there is no way to compare these as SAP is large and complicated as it is not a single integrated system - but many system underneath the GUI / Cover of SAP. No process flexibility that is so needed in our competitive world where global competition requires change at a constant pace in order to compete.

All ERP technologies (SAP, Oracle, QuickBooks, Sage...) and delivery methods (tablet, web, phone) are way behind and most (as in 99%) are not built with a framework to facilitate ease of use. Think about all the 'apps' we have on our phones and that is the direction ERP systems have to head or they will die. AX is already set with a tablet/phone framework and has tools to convert web-parts to phone apps in that there is a wizard to do the conversion for you. That puts this product years if not decades ahead of others in use today.

  • Vendor implemented
  • Professional services company
Trusted Advisors, Junction Solutions
No
Change management was a big part of the implementation and was well-handled
With Trusted Advisors Methodology, the users saw how they can do their jobs rapidly in the system - this allowed for users to see fast and share with others what the new system would do for them.
  • Data cleansing and migration
  • Testing of customizations
Users in some cases were busy and not engaged, so those areas went slower. Configuration by the consultants was good, but at time complicated.
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