Application Integration Framework and Services in AX 2012 discusses and provides information and insight on using Application Integration Framework and services to provide a programming model, tools and infrastructure support for integration of application functionality and data with Microsoft Dynamics AX.

Audience

Application Integration Framework and Services in AX 2012 is intended for partners that sell and implement Application Integration Framework for customers.

The typical individual should have a development background and understand the basic concepts of Application Integration Framework and be familiar with the installation and configuration options in Microsoft Dynamics AX.

Individuals should also have completed the group of Development training for Microsoft Dynamics AX.

Prerequisites

Before reviewing Application Integration Framework and Services in AX 2012, individuals must have:

• Completed Course 80303, Development I in Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 or have equivalent knowledge of topics covered in this course.
• Completed Course 80304, Development II in Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 or have equivalent knowledge of topics covered in this course.
• Completed Course 80312, Development III in Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 or have equivalent knowledge of topics covered in this course.
• Completed Course 80313, Development IV in Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 or have equivalent knowledge of topics covered in this course.

At Training Material Completion

After completing Application Integration Framework and Services in AX 2012, individuals will be able to:

• Identify the high-level features of Services and Application Integration Framework (AIF).
• Discuss integration planning and options.
• Identify high-level flows in Services and AIF.
• Discuss the topology of the Services and AIF model.
• Describe moving service configurations by using integration ports in AIF.
• Discuss the process of change tracking.
• Identify the transforms available for customization in banking.
• Discuss the installation process and the special considerations to be aware of for Services and AIF in Microsoft Dynamics AX.
• Identify the upgrade considerations for Services and AIF.
• Set up batch for AIF and Services.
• Describe the types and options for integration ports.
• Identify the adapters that are available in Services and AIF.
• Discuss the Document Service, Custom Services and System Services Service Types.
• Understand the communication format that AIF uses to transmit data.
• Explain how to manipulate requests in the AIF pipeline.
• Use the Business Operations Framework.
• Describe how services are secured in Microsoft Dynamics AX.
• Call an external service from X++.
• Use the NetTcp adapter to call a custom service.
• Create a new document exchange by using the NetTcp adapter.
• Use the NetTcp adapter to synchronously exchange documents between BizTalk and AIF.
• Create a new document exchange by using the file system adapter.
• Create an MSMQ queue and exchange documents by using the queue.
• Create a reference to the metadata service.
• Call and retrieve data from a metadata service.
• Set up the AIF components for an outbound exchange.
• Create and test an outbound exchange.
• Monitor Services and AIF capabilities.
• Debug Services and identify common errors.