Hi, and welcome to the course on architecture in Dynamics AX. Hello. My name is Mark White, and I'm a Dynamics AX training specialist at RSM. I have extensive experience in custom development as well as reporting and business intelligence with Dynamics AX. So let's get started by reviewing the objectives. In this course we'll review the features of Microsoft Azure. We'll then review the AOS and the database. Next we'll explore the Dynamics AX client as well as the development environment in Visual Studio. We'll then discuss Lifecycle Services, or LCS. We will take a look at creating a trace and examining the Trace Parser tool. We will review batch servers, and finally we will highlight the reporting, BI, and office integration components.