UNLIMITED COMPANY ACCOUNTS in MS Dynamics

UNLIMITED COMPANY ACCOUNTS

The Microsoft Dynamics AX Base Package comes with three company accounts:

• A demo account, which can be used for testing and training purposes (note that testing can also be performed safely by duplicating the application and database)

• A DAT account, which is used to store non-company-specific data such as user permissions

• A company data account, which contains all the business information that will be used by the Microsoft Dynamics AX solution

Each additional company account enables you to host a separate set of data for each of your business units or clients. When a transaction is made in one company account, it will not affect the data in any their company account. Also, multiple company accounts enable customers to build a separate data set for each of their business groups, plants, or offices.

Even though the data in each company account is kept separate from other company accounts, it is possible for different accounts to share data tables, such as ZIP codes, exchange rates, or customer and vendor data. This reduces the amount of redundant data that needs to be stored. If desired, transactions can also be made between company accounts.

Data Storage and Security

• Company accounts enable separate data sets to be stored within the same database

• Separate company accounts can be modified independently—transactions in one account do not affect the data in separate accounts

• Domains support user access to multiple company accounts (see Domains on the following page)

Benefit statement:

Separate company accounts let you divide up your business data to support separate business groups in your company. You can also use company accounts to host sets of data for other companies. With company accounts, Microsoft Dynamics AX can store unique data sets in one installation and enable those separate sets to interact with common tables. This maintains the data integrity of each account and can reduce TCO for your company.

Key questions:

• How do you host separate client accounts?

• How do you build and work with separate data sets for different internal business groups, plants, or offices?