Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 Project Management and Accounting Add-in Installation Guide Microsoft Corporation

Published: April 2011

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Microsoft Dynamics AX

Installation instructions

1. Download the Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 Beta Drop (Build 6.0.852.78) from http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=215477&clcid=0x409.

2. Unzip the files into a new folder. This folder is referred to as the AX 2012 Beta Drop folder in the instructions below.

3. Navigate to the AX 2012 Beta Drop folder.

4. Launch, setup and install Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012.

5. Download the Project management and accounting add-in.exe file from http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=215476&clcid=0x409 into a new folder.

6. Extract the files into a new folder. This folder is referred to as the ProjectAddin folder in the instructions below.

7. Click Start, and then click Run to launch a command line.

8. Stop the AOS: Enter net stop aos60$01 on the command line.

9. Navigate to the \ 60\Server\Microsoft\bin.

10. Run the following command:

axutil.exe import /file:< ProjectAddin folder>\ProjectFeaturePack.axmodel /layer:FPK

11. Start the AOS: Enter net start aos60$01 on the command line. 12. Launch Microsoft Dynamics AX. Select Compile and synchronize on the dialog, and then

click OK.

13. Continue with the steps in the initialization checklist.

14. Download the Project Management and Accounting Add-in demo dataset in the 6.0.852.78-contoso-SI-Beta.zip file from http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=215476&clcid=0x409.

15. Unzip and load the dataset from the 6.0.852.78-contoso-SI-Beta.zip file into Microsoft

Dynamics AX.

For information about the current known issues in this release, see http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=213314&clcid=0x409. CONFIDENTIAL - Installation Guide 3