Lifecycle Services (LCS) for Dynamics AX 2012 | Projects, BPM, Cloud Hosting, Diagnostics & Upgrade Analysis

This course covers Microsoft Dynamics Lifecycle Services (LCS) for AX 2012, including projects, methodologies, BPM, cloud‑hosted environments, diagnostics, customization analysis, upgrade analysis, license sizing, and support tools.
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Course Length: 04 Hours 01 Minutes 11 Seconds

The paid version of this course contains videos on the following topics:

Overview

Lifecycle Services (LCS) provides a cloud‑based collaborative workspace for managing Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 implementations. This course delivers a complete, end‑to‑end walkthrough of LCS tools including projects, methodologies, BPM, cloud‑hosted environments, diagnostics, customization analysis, upgrade analysis, license sizing, and support.

Projects

  • Organize AX 2012 implementation lifecycle

  • Invite partners

  • Track progress

Methodologies

  • Use Microsoft methodologies

  • Create custom methodologies

  • Track implementation progress

Business Process Modeler (BPM)

  • Create & modify process flows

  • Align AX processes with APQC standards

  • Fit/gap analysis

Cloud‑Hosted Environments

  • Deploy AX 2012 environments on Azure

  • Demo, dev/test, production environments

  • Automated VM provisioning

Cloud‑Powered Support

  • Reproduce incidents on Azure VMs

  • Submit cases with environment snapshots

  • Validate fixes

Configuration Manager (Beta)

  • Copy configurations between AX 2012 R3 environments

  • Requirements: LCS project, diagnostics, DIXF

Customization Analysis

  • Validate model files

  • Identify best‑practice violations

  • Improve code quality

Issue Search

  • Find known issues

  • View fixes, open items, “won’t fix” items

License Sizing Estimator

  • Estimate CAL requirements

  • Model roles & license consumption

RFP Responses

  • Assist partners with proposal responses

System Diagnostics

  • Monitor AX environments

  • Identify performance & configuration issues

Updates

  • Access cumulative update installer

  • Slipstream installation packages

Upgrade Analysis

  • Analyze AX 4.0 / AX 2009 code artifacts

  • Use Rapid Data Collector (RDC)

  • Estimate upgrade effort

Usage Profiler

  • Gather usage data

  • Support hardware sizing & support planning