Dynamics AX 2009 Impact Analysis Tool (IAT)

The Dynamics AX Sustained Engineering blog, has a new entry as of Friday, which is highlights the new release of a Dynamics AX 2009 Impact Analysis Tool (IAT).

The direct blog post can be found here.: Release of Dynamics AX 2009 Impact Analysis Tool

From the blog post.:
"The Dynamics AX 2009 Impact Analysis Tool (IAT), is a one stop tool for analyzing the impact patches before they are applied to a Dynamics AX system. The IAT will analyze, code compare and cross-reference, the impact of patch across all layers. Previously, this functionality did not exist in a combined tool in Microsoft Dynamics AX, this made it more time consuming to assess the full impact of a patch, before it was applied to a system."

The following is a direct link to the white paper and X++ framework download.:
IAT pre-requisite framework (KB974255) and whitepaper

PartnerSource or CustomerSource is required to gain access to this new release.

This tool will be very handy for patch and upgrade help. A compare will take place, and is used to generate Impact Object Analysis, to help you identify better what will be affected, how it will affect your given instance, help you create a plan for doing a correct patch upgrade.

Highly recommended that your VAR helps you with this, for already existing customers of Dynamics AX.




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