Microsoft Dynamics AX Reviews

Microsoft Dynamics is a tool that we use for both online requirements and customer changes, as well as for development purposes. The main advantage of this tool is that it allows us to take change requests online, which speeds up the implementation process.

The response time of the solution is very good. We can change or take action on change requests very easily and that can be accessed at any time for all users and from all development sides.

I have used the solution within the last 12 months.

The solution is stable.

The initial setup is straightforward. The implementation was completed within one month.

I give the solution a nine out of ten.

As of this time, I have not encountered any areas for improvement for Microsoft Dynamics AX. I have not explored the solution in its entirety.

There are over 500 people using the solution.

I recommend the solution for any organization where Microsoft Dynamics AX meets its requirements.

Microsoft Dynamics AX product is an ERP solution. We provide this solution to three categories. One of them is the supply chain, one finance, and the other, retail commerce. We are implementing the supply chain through a simple warehouse model, which is finance-based. This includes the general ledger and other accounting functions. We are providing solutions for cash registers and E-commerce alongside other back-office solutions.

We currently work with retail companies in Turkey. We have implemented the biggest retail company which are apparel companies and grocery companies. These companies sell 40 products, worldwide. There's a lot of change currently happening in the business. For example, there are lots of new features, new functionalities, and lots of new requests from the business side. Existing local solutions cannot handle this, or change it. All local companies and enterprise industries need new functionality to adapt to the market. Hence, there is a good business case to use Microsoft Dynamics AX. You can expand it with open-source code with the partners. This gives the customers options to extend and manage their business.

Customers want all the business flow to be contained within the application. If they're using a lot of Excel and other documents, in addition to working with several other third-party applications, the problem is that these applications cannot integrate. That's a huge problem for business. It's possible to provide a solution to this by using an interconnected ERP solution with Dynamics. It is possible to interconnect to other products such as SAP, Oracle, and other global ERP types. Microsoft Dynamics AX makes this possible. Dynamics AX provides a lot of functionality. You have all your information to hand in one application. The application provides these values into the accounting application, and the accounting application executes the rest of the workflow. It's completely integrated. This is a huge and flexible design for customers.

Flexibility with how it is used. For example, if you have a specific way of working, Dynamics AX may or may not accommodate that. Although it provides a whole solution you may have to adapt your working methods to suit the product, and not how you would like to work. Sometimes the data forms provided for specific retail applications are not adequate and do not provide enough functions as the product itself is not designed for the retail industry it is mainly designed for automotive companies and distribution companies although Microsoft tried to add a retail element into the system. The product is standardised across industries so it is not a good fit for all types of sectors.

We have been working with Microsoft using this solution for about 12 years. We are a gold partner in Turkey, and we've implemented this solution in Turkey. We have also implemented this solution in Sweden. We support the old versions. The first version we used is the AX 2009 but today we are implementing the latest versions. We prefer to implement the solution in the cloud, although for economic reasons, some customers require the on-premises solution.

Premium support is good for the Microsoft aspect, but cloud support is not quite as good. They usually resolve issues very quickly, but sometimes do not provide key information when it is required by customers. This sometimes leads to clashes between partners and customers, as the partner is acting as first-line support.

The time it takes is mainly due to industry type and customers expectations. Customers often make a big mistake during implementation by not providing business logic upfront when it is required. Once it is known they start to test the application to make sure it is suitable for the business logic. They are in a rush to implement ERP. Some management consulting services companies are ignored during the project implementation. We usually implement Microsoft Dynamics AX within two months. Ultimately, it depends on the customer's expectations, not how can we manage, or design the solution. This can cause a delay in implementation times, and project timelines are increased. For example, in retail, an implementation can take just 2 months or 2 years. Retail business company's logic can be different from each other. The implementation part is easy if you know your business logic but if you don't know, it can take between 1 to 3 years to implement.

In Turkey, implementation has been difficult, as our customers are trying to reduce their IT personnel, and they want to push these services to the partners. This means the partners do not have experienced IT staff to liaise with on the implementations. The partners tend to use senior-level IT personnel working freelance, as it is not sustainable to pay the level of salaries they require permanently.

There are about 50 to 100 users, generally at each company. One of our customers has 200 stores. There's a lot of users when you calculate the number of users at each site. We negotiate licences with Microsoft. Microsoft provides a premium support agreement with partners. It's expensive for my country, Turkey. It's too expensive for customers to take this on themselves. As partners, we will buy this on behalf of the customers and then charge this value for each project.

The solution is good. I would give Microsoft Dynamics AX 8 out of 10.

Of the majority of projects I was involved in, two of them were for retail. They wanted to use it for the POS. One was a distribution company and one was for the production. They were importing and repacking some goods, FMCG goods, and selling them. The product was used mostly in scenarios of that type.

It's good for retail businesses. 

It expands a lot and constantly bringing on new features. It's got a lot of competitive features. 

The stability is okay.

There's a moderate amount of scalability available. 

They've put in asset management, which has been a nice improvement. 

The solution could be simplified and streamlined a bit. 

There should be more clarity and better functionality in the master planning features.

It's not easy to set up.

It would be ideal if the product was priced at a bit less.

The solution in general just needs a few quality improvements. 

I'm finding that often on-premises versions are getting left behind and new features more often are getting prioritized for the cloud. It's my understanding that they are doing this to push clients over to the cloud. 

I've used the solution for four or more years on multiple projects.

The stability is very good for the most part. Business 365 is a better solution on the stability front, however, I can't recall dealing with bugs or glitches and I can't recall it crashing or freezing.

The scalability is okay, however, S4HANA is more scalable than this product. Even with the POS version, if we go above a certain limit, we can have performance issues. The AX is scalable to the mid-level market and mid-level customers. 

The technical support from Microsoft is not bad. Normally, they are cooperative people. Normally in these kinds of software companies, they have their roadmap.  The support is rather satisfactory. We're happy with them.

I have some experience with Microsoft.

The difference between SAP and Microsoft is that, with Microsoft, you have to do more development. In SAP, you do less development. If a company is good with a developer and comfortable with the developer, I would suggest the AX. If they have less IT infrastructure for coding and development, then it might be better to look at something simpler. 

It's not easy to set up. You have to see a lot of things, a lot of setups, to get the hang of it. On top of that, often there are a number of items that the company is not using, and you have to put the defaults in place for that. It's not easy to configure. 

I don't deal with the licensing or pricing side of things, and therefore can't speak to how much it costs or how often licensing comes due. It is likely mid-level pricing - not the cheapest, and not the most expensive. There are other options for smaller-scale businesses such as NetSuite or SAP Business One that likely cost less. 

I work as an implementor and a consultant and I partner with Microsoft and SAP.

In the country I work in, only on-premises solutions are possible. They are not going into cloud solutions at all.

I'd rate the solution an eight out of ten.

If a company has a good development infrastructure, and they have an in-house development team, for smaller software such as SAP Business One and NetSuite, you can go with one developer or fewer developers. However, with AX or Dynamics 365, normally you'd probably be best with three to four developers in-house. 

We primarily use the solution for finance and manufacturing. We use it for sharing and planning. It automates things and helps us make decisions in real-time. 

It helps us handle our finance and manufacturing arms. It allows us to automate certain processes and helps us make better decisions. 

The real-time analysis and information we get are very helpful. 

It helps us with forecasting revenue and analyzing costs.

It's scalable. 

Technical support is helpful. 

The pricing is okay.

Change management could be better. 

We'd like to have more budget-planning features available. 

We've used the solution for ten years. 

The stability is okay. It could be better. I'd rate the stability six out of ten. We've had some issues. It's hard to describe. 

The scalability is good. We don't have any issues with scaling. Around 200 people are using it right now. I'd rate the scalability eight out of ten. We do plan to increase usage in the future. 

We've dealt with technical support in the past, and they have been okay. 

Neutral

The initial setup isn't too difficult. I'd rate the process at a seven out of ten. 

It was deployed in about six months. We had ten staff members that could handle the deployment and maintenance. 

We handled the process with the help of an IT specialist.

The pricing is decent. I'd rate the affordability eight out of ten. However, we did have to pay for the installation and consulting services. 

We did look at other options before choosing this solution. 

I'm a customer and end-user. 

I am not sure which version of the solution we're using. It is likely the latest one. 

It would be helpful if the solution was more localized to align with the business processes in our country. It needs to be a bit more specific to on-the-ground realities in Vietnam.

I'd rate the solution seven out of ten.

We have the following modules: Finance, Purchase, CRM, Treasury, and sales. 

Within our company, there are roughly 15 employees using this solution.

I feel that most people are friendly with this solution. Using it, we can provide quick, thorough, and more effective service to our customers.

The relation between CRM and Sales, that's the main strength of this ERP.

They should include some modules related to solving customer problems or resolving support tickets from our customers — like a help desk for ERPs.

I would like to have more attractive options to migrate our ERP to the cloud. There should be something to motivate us to migrate our on-premises installation into the cloud installation.

I have been using Microsoft Dynamics AX for four years.

We actually have a lot of problems with the stability of Dynamics AX. We spend a lot of time trying to solve bugs and other issues. However, once all of these issues are solved, it's quite stable. 

We spent two or three months trying to identify some problems related to our balance sheets. It wasn't listing our transactions correctly throughout the modules. 

We have not had any issues with scalability because we are a small company. Scalability-wise, it's great.

Out of ten, I would give the technical support a rating of six.

We used to use a different solution, but It was outdated. That's why we migrated to a mobile ERP.

The initial setup was straightforward. Overall, it took six months. 

We deployed everything at once. Our tech team installed everything from the beginning to the end, solving any problems along the way and moving quickly to go live.

We had a training partner and some consultants that guided us in the implementation — only for supervision purposes.

Overall, I believe eight people were involved in the deployment, including one team manager.

I don't know how much this solution costs off the top of my head, but I know that the cloud and SaaS solutions are cheaper.

Overall, on a scale from one to ten, I would give this solution a rating of eight.

My clients' use cases for the product cover domains like retail, manufacturing, IT communications, and HR. 

The tool makes it easier to manage things. 

Microsoft Dynamics AX needs to improve its support and the developer experience. Developing and programming are more complex. Automation and integration with other apps should be simplified. 

I have been using the solution for more than ten years. 

Microsoft Dynamics AX is very stable. 

The tool's capacity is big and can support hundreds of users. 

The solution's deployment is easy and similar to Windows. 

Microsoft Dynamics AX is not expensive. 

I rate the overall solution a nine out of ten. 

We use Microsoft Dynamics AX to manage almost all our processes, beginning from finance to inventory.

Flexibility is the best feature. Because we have the source code, we can develop our ideas. It enables us to develop new functions.

The on-premises and desktop versions are not user-friendly.

The ability to automate certain processes could be added in the next release.

I've been using it for more than 10 years.

It's a stable product.

I'd give scalability a rating of eight out of ten. We have more than 100 end users of this solution in our organization, including a few developers.

The initial implementation was hard and not easy. It took almost a year to implement all of the processes.

It is not the cheapest solution, but it is also not the most expensive one. It's in between and is cheaper than SAP but more expensive than other local vendors. It is worth the cost.

I would recommend using Microsoft Dynamics AX particularly if you have a developer because you will be able to do a lot with it. Because of the flexibility, I would give this solution an overall rating of nine out of ten.

We use it for the basic functions which are required for finance and HR, and that's it.

It depends on how you deploy it and how you implement it, however, from a feature point of view, Dynamics is easy to use and very user-friendly. It has the same UI and is very similar to any other Microsoft product. Features-wise the navigation bar that they have makes it easy for exporting everything to Excel.

This is considered by Microsoft as an older product and unsupported. Microsoft is urging its clients to move to Dynamics 365, which is going to be coming into the pipeline. While it's a great product, we know that there is no support anymore for it.

The most important thing is to have compatibility with the business types. Microsoft is very rich and therefore it's possible for them to ensure it can apply to various areas.

Microsoft needs more presence in our region to help with management and maintenance. 

I've been using the solution for nine years. 

The solution is mostly stable. It depends on your hardware sources much more than from an application point of view. It still requires much better infrastructure resources to be perfectly stable. 

You cannot scale it too much. 

We have about 30 people using the solution currently. 

Microsoft doesn't support it even if you maintain the support fees on a yearly basis. It's at end-of-life. Users need to move to Dynamics 365. 

While the implementation took place before I came on board, my understanding is it takes around six to seven months to get implemented.

We pay a yearly licensing fee to Microsoft. Compared to the other ERPs, the pricing is reasonable.

I'd advise new users to know first, what kind of business they are going to be, in or if that business needs to be running on top of Dynamics or not. If it's finance, then it's fine. If it's not finance, then they need to take something more industrious and geared towards a specific system.

I'd rate the solution seven out of ten.