From the Microsoft Dynamics AX blogs: Prevent copy/paste; Product management basics; AX 2012 R3 ASync setup; Error applying AX 2012 R3 CU8

A selection of the latest insight from the Dynamics AX blogs:

• How to Prevent Copy/Paste from Grids;
• Product Management in Dynamics AX 2012 R3 Part 1;
• Installing the AX 2012 R3 Async Server to a Clustered SQL Server Environment;
• Visual Studio 2010 Message on Applying CU8 to AX2012 R3

How to Prevent Copy/Paste from Grids

Bertrand Desmarest, a member of the Dynamics AX Support team examines the mechanisms by which an AX user can paste grid data into Microsoft Excel.

For some customers this is extremely useful, but other customers may not want users to be able to do this. The problem is that there is no way to control this functionality through standard Dynamics AX security.

But you can see an example of a customization you can test to block this functionality for all users here.

Product Management in Dynamics AX 2012 R3, Part 1

On his blog, Ali Raza Zaidi examines the two types of product management in AX 2012 - Product and Product Master. Using a master product is more full featured, creating variants using Dynamics AX configuration technology.

In Dynamics AX 2012, the product creation is a four-step process. You can discover those steps, read the rest of the post and see screenshots here.

Installing the AX 2012 R3 Async Server to a Clustered SQL Server Environment

Brian Storie from the Dynamics AX Support team says a while back he had a ...