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From the Microsoft Dynamics AX Blogs: AX 2012 Org Model; PDAs in Production; Combining File Paths; Collections Management Benefits

by Linda Rosencrance
Contributing Writer, MSDW

AX 2012-Understanding & Extending the Organization Model: In this recent blog post Brandon George points out some great resources around the concept of extending the Organization Model in Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012. He said you can find what he's talking about at this link, Modeling your Organization: Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012, which will take you to a webinar that will give you the feel for the thought process of modeling an organization with AX 2012.

George writes:

When we start to think about extending the organizational model that comes out-of-the-box in AX 2012, there are two common task that are typically done for customers. The first task is around adding custom Operating Units. Microsoft has a done a good job at creating the following walk through.: Walkthrough: Create and Use a Custom Operating Unit Type [AX 2012. I will add that this walk through does leave out specifics, for example if you want the new Operating Unit to appear under the GL > Setup > Organization for management of said new custom operating unit.

You can read the rest of his post here.

With the information George provides, someone familiar with Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 can extend the organization model(s) for a customer, he adds.

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About Linda Rosencrance

Linda Rosencrance is a freelance writer/editor in the Boston area. Rosencrance has over 25 years experience as an reporter/investigative reporter, writing for many newspapers in the metropolitan Boston area. Rosencrance has been writing about information technology for the past 16 years.

She has covered a variety of IT subjects, including Microsoft Dynamics, mobile security issues such as data loss prevention, network management, secure mobile app development, privacy, cloud computing, BI, big data, analytics, HR, CRM, ERP, and enterprise IT.

Rosencrance is the author of six true crime books for Kensington Publishing Corp.