‘Get latest’ failed on a file without permissions

A few days ago I was getting latest changes from VSTS to an AX 7 development box when it failed on a certain (custom) .dll file, because Visual Studio wasn’t able to overwrite the file. I made sure that all AX services are down, but it made no difference. Then I looked at file permissions …

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Preventing users from changing session date (AX 2012)

What if you want to prevent users from going to File > Tools > Session date and time in Dynamics AX 2012 and changing the session date? Usually, every user has access to the form, because the permission is included in System User role. If you go deeper, you’ll find SystemDate entry point in ClientEssentials …

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User account type (AX2012)

A user defined in Dynamics AX 4.0 and 2009 must be an Active Directory user too. This scenario is supported by Dynamics AX 2012 as well, but some new possibilities were added. When creating a new user, you can choose also Active Directory group or Claims user as an Account type. Claims user account type …

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