Application Integration

Companies can use Microsoft Dynamics AX AIF to integrate and communicate
with external business processes and partners through the exchange of XML over
various transport media. AIF supports business-to-business and application-toapplication integration scenarios.

In addition to the AIF, Microsoft Dynamics AX includes several system services
that include a Metadata service and a Query Service. System services are WCF
services that are included with Microsoft Dynamics AX; clients can use these
services to interact with and retrieve system information. 

To integrate Microsoft Dynamics AX with other systems inside and outside the
enterprise is a common requirement. You can leverage AIF by activating the
exchange of data through formatted XML, which is referred to as a document.
Each document contains data and business logic. Documents are based on a
document class and are defined by using Microsoft Dynamics AX. In addition,
you can also use AIF to customize existing documents or to create your own
documents.

Microsoft Dynamics AX ships with over 70 standard documents that support
common business processes. For more information about the standard
documents, refer to the topic "Documents that Ship with Microsoft Dynamics
AX" in the Microsoft Dynamics AX SDK Help. For developer information about
how to create new AIF documents, refer to the topic "Creating New Documents"
in the Microsoft Dynamics AX SDK Help.

Regards,
Hossein Karimi