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 in 2009 he started his AX-oriented blog artofcreation.be.

I would like to thank everyone involved in the making of this book; coauthor Kenny, everyone at Packt Publishing for the opportunity they have given us, and especially the reviewers for their efforts.

Also, I want to acknowledge that writing a book is really hard, not just for the author, but also for the people around them. I always thought that authors were overdoing their thanking, but I can assure you it's quite the opposite. In that respect, thanks to my family, colleagues, friends, and girlfriend for their patience and support.

Also, a big thanks to the readers of my blog, fellow bloggers, and the Dynamics community.

Kenny Saelen 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 a project for a books wholesale company. Currently, he is working as a technical architect for a worldwide customer implementation with Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012, 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 coauthor 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.