MSDN Library for Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009

The Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009 SDK includes information about the following topics.

• Getting Started contains information to help you get started with Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009, including scenarios, references, and information about the new features for developers.
• Microsoft Dynamics AX IDE includes information about the integrated development environment (IDE), which is called MorphX.
• Database describes the relational database for Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009.
• Application Object Server includes information about the Application Object Server (AOS), including best practices, security, and how to develop applications for the AOS.
• Forms explains how to create and modify forms.
• Navigation Pages describes navigation pages, which are specialized forms that contain links to other forms, windows, and reports.
• Workflow provides an overview of workflow and describes the development tasks needed to add workflow to a module.
• Reports includes information about creating reports using either the MorphX development tools or the Microsoft Dynamics AX reporting tools for Visual Studio.
• Business Intelligence gives an overview of the business intelligence infrastructure and explains how to work with online analytical processing (OLAP) cubes and key performance indicators (KPIs).
• Menus describes how to create and customize menus and menu items to provide access to forms, reports, classes, jobs, and queries.
• Enterprise Portal gives an overview of Enterprise Portal and explains how to create and modify Enterprise Portal content using the Application Object Tree (AOT) and Windows SharePoint Services, or using Visual Studio and the development framework for Enterprise Portal.
• Integrating Other Applications describes how to integrate Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009 with other systems using the Application Integration Framework (AIF), Business Connector, or common language runtime (CLR).
• Upgrading to a New Version describes how to design your code to make the upgrade process more straightforward and how to create checklists, which are often used during the upgrade process.
• Security includes information about using MorphX to help secure the application and writing X++ code in a more secure fashion.
• X++ Language Programming Guide includes a thorough guide to writing X++ code for Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009.
• Reference contains reference documentation for the tables, classes, functions, and data types.
• Best Practices describes the application development best practices, which are recommended for any partner or user who is enhancing or customizing Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009.
• Glossary and Abbreviations lists some of the common terms and abbreviations that are used in the SDK.

For more developer information and resources, see the Microsoft Dynamics AX Developer Center on MSDN.