From the Microsoft Dynamics AX Blogs: Master data sync; RapidStart Tips; Absence/Leave Management; Enterprise Portal with SharePoint 2013

Master data synchronization for AX 2012: Over at the Dynamics AX Blog, Kurt Hatlevik shares some info about a "nice" tool he's working on for Dynamics AX 2012.  It is called ColumbusSync, and solves some data synchronization requirements of larger enterprises.  like easier distribution of master data from a master company to a set of "client" companies. In that way a large set of companies can act as a single enterprise, even though it actually are a set of unique companies, he says.

"What makes this tool great, is that is generic and uses all known relations defined in Dynamics AX 2012," he says. "This means that if you want to synchronize your customers, then all other tables that have a dependency will also be suggested to be included in the synchronization. RecID related relations are also handled. Transactions(like sales orders, inventory transactions etc) are not supported to be included in this tool, and it will not work across partitions."

Although the tool hasn't shipped yet, you can read more about it here.

Setting up RapidStart for AX2012: Tommy Skaue offers some tips about Microsoft Dynamics RapidStart Services on his Yet Another Dynamics AX blog.

The idea of RapidStart Services in a nutshell is to have a web site holding the parameters and data that can be maintained by the customer and the partner. Skaue says it's a great tool for doing implementation projects, but it can also be used for quickly creating a demo or development environment. While the current version doesn't cover all the possible parameters ...