Talk:Microsoft Dynamics AX/Archives/2014

What is this?

Sorry... what is this again? Ta bu shi da yu 10:19, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Hi, Do you mean what is Axapta? Harish Mohanbabu 09:17, 25 June 2005 (UTC)

I have the same question, what IS Axapta. When I come to Wikipedia I usually find, in part, an understandble basic definition. If one is here I did not find it.64.252.131.176 (talk) 12:51, 4 August 2008 (UTC)

Answer: "Microsoft Dynamics AX is one of Microsoft’s enterprise resource planning software products. It is part of the Microsoft Dynamics family." First line on the page btw. And then, you should lookup enterprise resource planning.--Gatesasbait (talk) 14:43, 5 August 2008 (UTC)

this article is not good. It says nothing about what this product is, just talks about where it was made. Someone re-write this please... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.14.226.49 (talk) 04:37, 17 January 2011 (UTC)

Absolutely agree. Only I.T. professionals will understand this article. As a layman, I remain none the wiser. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.171.162.109 (talk) 10:13, 7 December 2011 (UTC)

I too wondered what this is and was disappointed with the article. I ran across Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 for Developers while searching for documentation on detail of the COM type library system. While AX 2012 was unrelated to what I was looking for I was curious as to what it was and came here. The Microsoft Dynamics article has a better explanation:

Microsoft Dynamics AX (formerly Axapta) - multi-language, multi-currency enterprise resource planning (ERP) business software with comprehensive global business management features for financial, human resources, and operations management as well as additional industry capabilities for retailers, professional service industries, financial-service businesses, manufacturers, and public-sector organizations.

That looks like it came from a marketing blurb but at least it gives a hint as to what "AX" is though is not a fully understandble basic definition good for Wikipedia.

I also noticed quite a bit of overlap in the description of "AX" as in their description of Microsoft Dynamics GP on the Microsoft Dynamics article. I suspect AX and GP were overlapping/competing products. Microsoft bought both companies along with others and folded them into the Dynamics family. Those businesses that used Great Plains' accounting package likely now use Microsoft Dynamics GP and those businesses that used Axapta's accounting package now use Microsoft Dynamics AX.

This overlap seems to be confirmed by Google. Enter 'Axapta vs' in the Google search box but don't press <enter>. The suggestions are axapta vs sap, navision, oracle, great plains, me, gp, dynamics, nav, epicor, jde. Axapta, Navision, and Great Plains / GP are now all under the Microsoft Dynamics umbrella. Articles on the Internet comparing AX/NAV/GP include [1] and [2]. --Marc Kupper|talk 21:56, 23 July 2014 (UTC)