AX 2012 R2 POS Development & Customization | Extensibility, CDX, Skins, Triggers, Services & Payment Connectors

Overview

This course provides a complete, scenario‑based walkthrough of Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 R2 POS development and customization, based on the official Microsoft Retail Development Guide (80585A). You’ll learn how to extend POS operations, customize UI, build payment connectors, modify triggers and services, work with CDX, and deploy retail customizations across stores.

POS Overview

• AX for Retail POS

• Retail components

• POS operations

POS Extensibility Technical Overview

• POS plug‑ins

• Operations extensibility

• Services extensibility

• Trigger extensibility

• CDX real‑time service calls

POS Framework

• POS architecture

• POS core

• Operations

• Transactions

• System framework

• System settings

• Data access

• Contracts

• Services forms

• Skins

• CDX real‑time service

• CDX sync service

• POS databases

• Offline sync service

Development Environment Requirements

• System requirements

• Technical prerequisites

Localization

• POS labels & strings

• Adding/changing labels

• Multi‑language support

Extensibility Best Practices

• Greenfield development

• Brownfield development

• Source control

• Solution configuration

• TFS version control

Logon Extensibility

• Biometric logon

• Biometric plug‑in

POS Themes

• Creating skins

• Color properties

• Launching POS with custom skins

• CDX sync service usage

UI Extensibility

• InteractionDefault service

• Customizing forms

• Background color changes

• Item search form modifications

Trigger Extensibility

• Modify OperationsTrigger project

Services Extensibility

• Modify Z‑Report service

Blank Operation Extensibility

• Setup blank operations

• Add custom logic

Custom Fields on POS Layouts

• Add custom fields

• Modify receipt layouts

Real‑Time Services Extensibility

• RetailTransactionService

• RetailTransactionServiceEx

POS Payment Connector Development

• Create payment connector

• Custom business logic

• Deployment

POS Database Tool Extensibility

• CreateDatabase service

• Extend CreateDatabase service

Testing Considerations

• Testing types

• Challenges

• Best practices

Deployment & Hotfix Update Considerations

• Deployment planning

• Deploy POS customizations

• Merge existing code

• Update non‑database retail components

• Update store databases

• Update CDX real‑time service

Outcome

By the end of this course, you’ll be able to confidently develop, customize, deploy, and update AX 2012 R2 POS solutions across retail stores.