• Microsoft Dynamics AX and the framework of Enterprise Portal provide access to tailored functions regarding the data, reports, alerts, and common tasks. You can personalize your Functions Center to monitor and prioritize tasks based on business needs.
  
• The tasks are presented visually as Document’s Marks that provide information about the workload associated with each activity.
  
• Function centers  can be displayed in a client window or Windows ® Enterprise Portal in Microsoft Dynamics AX using Microsoft Office SharePoint ® Server .**

Options Update

• Upgrade directly from Microsoft Dynamics AX 3.0 or Microsoft Dynamics AX 4.0 to Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009.
  

Unified Communications

• Use present information to collaborate easily with colleagues, business partners, suppliers and customers whose data is maintained in their ERP system.
  
• Send e-mails, instant messaging or call from within Microsoft Dynamics AX .**

User Interface

• Quickly find what you need with an easy navigation based on familiar and intuitive interface of Microsoft Office.
• Use flexible tools for presenting data in an easy and appealing way.
  

Flexible workflow

• Use Windows Workflow Foundation to create business rules and custom workflows, or use templates to automate business processes.

Country-specific functionality

• Expand the functionality that will help meet the specific rules of each country.
  

Ability for multiple locations

• Use the Location of the Inventory application on the system to accommodate scenarios in multiple locations.
  
• Optimize the management of multiple locations with the ability to define different costs, prices and rates of cost categories, to establish predetermined  financial dimensions, sales orders, check delivery dates in different time zones and implement master plans for products of lists of materials (BOM) and routing data for the location dimension.
  
• Obtain access to the various time zones with preferences for date and time fields set at user level.
  

Business Intelligence (BI)

• Select predefined performance indicators based on tasks and monitor critical business processes: all this can be done via the Function Center.
  
• Generate reports in a simple cube with predefined  data adapted to functions.
  Use predefined cubes for Microsoft Office PerformancePoint ™ Server 2007 to propose an effective business strategy, monitor performance and analyze results across the organization.
  
• Look at trends and opportunities to generate standard reports, ad hoc and analytical with SQL Server Reporting Services.
  
• Generate reports and ad-hoc analysis in Microsoft Office Excel ® SQL Server Analysis Server.
  
• Share and modify data by exporting to Microsoft ® Office Visio and Excel, with the ability to use PivotTable ® views.
  

Support for shared services

• Help reduce costs with centralized processing of payments for suppliers and customers. 

Financial management

• Authorize payment in advance of sales orders with credit cards.
  
• Use the functionality of settlement of bills of suppliers in order to charge a purchase order. Create the delivery note for this, save the bill before registering and enter codes for various charges which were not included in the original purchase order.
  

* Enterprise Portal is available only with the Microsoft Dynamics Client for Microsoft Office and, therefore, requires the Advanced Management version.
** The use of instant messaging or VoIP phone service requires the purchase of services or additional components.