Microsoft Confirms Dynamics AX Compatibility with Windows 7

Moving an ERP system to a new operating system is, by its very nature, fraught with peril.  But upgrading to Windows 7 won't be a problem for Microsoft Dynamics AX customers because Dynamics AX 4.0 and AX 2009 are compatible with Windows 7, as well as with Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2, according to a blog posted on October 7 by the Microsoft Dynamics Sustained Engineering team.

"This is particularly important for AX because it's a product that customers and partners carefully customize to their business processes," said Rob Helm, an analyst at Directions on Microsoft in Kirkland, Wash. "And once they've got it working they let it run for quite awhile, so it's quite likely that customers would like to move clients to Windows 7 without necessarily upgrading their Dynamics AX installation because of the risk of an upgrade of that particular application."

By supporting Windows 7, even in the older version of AX 4.0, Microsoft has made it possible for customers...