About the Authors

Klaas Deforche started working as a developer on Microsoft Dynamics AX in 2007 for the Belgian ICT company RealDolmen, primarily working with Dynamics AX 4.0. He gained experience with AX 2009 while working on projects for some well-known Belgian fashion retailers, especially on the integration side of things. He is currently working on AX 2012 projects for customers in the healthcare sector. Klaas likes to share his knowledge with the community, which is why he started his AX-oriented blog artofcreation.be in 2009. This is also why, in 2012, Klaas co-authored the book Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 Services, Packt Publishing, to help spread knowledge on the subject.

Writing this book is a team effort, so I would like to thank everyone involved—co-author Kenny, everyone at Packt Publishing, and the reviewers. Without all of you, this book would not have been possible.

I would also like to thank the readers of the previous edition for supporting us and providing feedback. It has been a great motivation and inspiration for this book. Also, a big thanks to the readers of my blog, fellow bloggers, and the Dynamics community.

Last but not least, thank you my family, colleagues, friends, and girlfriend for their support. The time spent on this book could not have been spent with you, so thanks for your patience.

Kenny Saelen is a Dynamics AX MVP who works for the Belgian ICT company RealDolmen. He started as a developer on Microsoft Dynamics AX in 2004, primarily working on a European customer implementation with Dynamics AX 3.0. At RealDolmen, he gained experience with Dynamics AX 2009 while implementing AX internally, followed by an implementation at a book wholesale company. Currently, he is working as a technical architect for a worldwide customer implementation with Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 R2, mainly working towards integrating Dynamics AX with other technologies such as SharePoint, BizTalk, and AgilePoint. He can be reached through his blog ksaelen.be.

I would like to thank everyone involved in making this book happen, starting with my co-author Klaas, for all the hours we've spent together writing it. Many thanks to everyone at Packt Publishing for the opportunity they have given us, and to the technical reviewers for providing us with the right alternative insights.

Special thanks to my girlfriend and my little son. Writing this book has proven to be much harder than I initially thought, but they have been patiently supporting me all the way.