MODULE 5: DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENT

REQUIREMENTS
Module Overview
This module will explain the development environment requirements.

Objectives

Explain the development environment requirements.

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Development Environment Requirements

System Requirements
The development environment that is shown the following table assumes that all
the components are installed in single box. If you are installing each component
on different boxes, then refer to the AX2012 System Requirements document for
detailed information.
Components
Operating System

Requirements
Windows Server 2012 Standard Edition or
Datacenter
Edition
Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard Edition,
Enterprise Edition, Web Edition, or Datacenter
Edition
Windows Server 2008 Standard Edition, Enterprise
Edition, Web Edition, or Datacenter Edition, with
Service Pack 2 (Only 64-bit versions of Windows
Server 2008 are supported)

Processor

Intel Pentium/Celeron family or a compatible

Pentium III Xeon or larger processor. We
recommend a processor speed of 1.1 GHz or larger.
Important:
Microsoft Dynamics AX is not supported on Itanium
64-bit processors.

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RAM

We recommend 4 GB or more of RAM for server

computers.

Hard disk space

Minimum 80 GB

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Software Requirements
Components

Requirements

Application Object
Server (AOS)

NET Framework 4.0, with the hotfix

from Knowledge Base article 2390372,
(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/239
0372).
SQL Server 2008 Native Client

Notes
Install SQL Server Native
Client on the AOS server
if the AOS server is
separate from the
database server.
You must install the SQL
Server 2008 version of the
Native Client, even if you
are using SQL
Server 2012.

AX Client

.NET Framework 4.0

Debugger

No additional software requirements

Visual Studio and Tools

Windows PowerShell 2.0

Visual Studio 2010, Professional
Edition, Premium Edition,
Ultimate Edition, or Team Edition,
with Service Pack 1

.NET Business Connector

Visual Studio 2012 can be

installed side by side with
Visual Studio 2010.
However, Visual Studio
2012 is not supported for
Microsoft Dynamics AX
development.

No additional software requirements

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Components

Requirements

Database

Microsoft SQL Server 2012, Standard

Edition,
Enterprise Edition, or Business
Intelligence Edition. Service Pack 1
(http://www.microsoft.com/enus/dow
nload/details.aspx?id=35575) is
supported. However, it is not required.
or
SQL Server 2008 R2, Standard Edition,
Enterprise Edition, or Datacenter
Edition. Service Pack 1
(http://www.microsoft.com/download
/en/details.aspx?id=26727) and
Service Pack 2
(http://www.microsoft.com/enus/dow
nload/details.aspx?id=30437) are
supported.
Service Pack 1 is required if you are
installing
Reporting Services extensions.
or
SQL Server 2008, Standard Edition or
Enterprise Edition, with Service Pack 1.
Service Pack 3 is supported. However,
it is not required.

The Retail module in

Microsoft Dynamics AX,
Retail POS, Commerce
Data Exchange: Synch
Service and Real-time
service, Retail Store
Database Utility and
Retail SDK

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Notes
By default, SQL Server
2012 is supported with
Microsoft Dynamics AX
2012 R2. To use SQL
Server 2012 with an
earlier version of
Microsoft Dynamics AX
2012, you must install
Microsoft Dynamics AX
hotfix 2680186
(https://mbs2.microsoft.c
om/Knowledgebase/KBDi
splay.aspx?scid=kb;enus;2680186).
Only 64-bit versions of
SQL Server are supported.
For the minimum
hardware requirements
for SQL Server, see
http://www.microsoft.com
/sql/default.mspx.
In a production
environment, we
recommend that you
install the latest
cumulative update for the
version of SQL Server that
you are using.

Application Object Server (AOS), OS

and other components are mentioned
earlier in this document.

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