Training for Dynamics AX for Retail in October 2011

Allright, finally we've got the link. You can register for the upcoming training here. It will be taking place in Atlanta, GA from the 3rd till 6th of October. Starts monday morning at 8 AM sharp!

As usual, two days of functionality-oriented stuff and two days of more technical stuff, mixed with more functionality. No programming assignments.

UPDATE: it is actually cancelled. I'll post here when/where is the next one i'm conducting..

Error 12288 An error when connecting to store connect

Captain obvious... AX for Retail's installation documentation mentions that the store connect service should run under a dedicated domain account. Remember this when setting up the store-side Retail store connect.
Also other steps to troubleshoot this errors would include:
1. making sure the store connect service is running at the store side
2. make sure HQ-side computer can resolve the name of the store-side SC server name into an IP address.
3. make sure that you've set up corresponding port numbers
4. make sure that these ports/store connect program are not blocked by the firewall
5. verify that you use/or not "use encryption" at both sides (in HQ and in Store's Retail store connect)
6. also make sure that you have set up IPsecure in case you use encryption

Hope that helps.

Regarding AX2012

Just attended a call regarding future direction of AX for Retail.

It looks like the first release for Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 will retain the same functionality as R2 for AX 2009 with some slight variations in the following:

1. Product structure
2. Retail hierarchy will lose the limitation of 4 levels
3. Organizational structure

Regarding the last one it would make sense that it would drive the data distribution and be used in promotions, but it is too early to tell whether it will.

Again, not all the countries will see AX2012 at the same time, since it does not become available in some market until later.