December 21, 2017

    ENAVATE's Health Check vs. Microsoft Consistency Check

    Utilizing Dynamics AX Consistency Check is a helpful, standard practice, but is no longer state-of-the art (best practice) for Dynamics AX systems. 


    Dynamics AX System Check-Up:

    • Standard Practice: Proactively run Dynamics AX Consistency Check at least once per year.
    • Emergency Practice: In-house red-alert; contract for additional POR services or specialist ($$).
    • State-of-the Art (Best) Practice: For preventative maintenance, ENAVATE’s Health Check (AX app) is installed in your system and communicates critical system information to Power BI – 24/7 monitoring!

    24/7 monitoring for your Dynamics AX system is ideal for daily self-checks and cleaning up data for upgrades and migrations to D365.

    Consistency Check versus Health Check

    • Dynamics AX Consistency Check uses the SysConsistencyCheck.kernalCheckRecord () method that iterates through all non-system record files and calls validateField () for making the AX kernel perform a check based on extended data types (EDT) and table relations (maximum 10,000 hits).
    • ENAVATE’s Health Check reviews data integrity and application validation for all standard tables, 3 part modules and customer specific modifications with no maximum limit.

    When compared to Consistency Check, Health Check provides a more accurate, in-depth, and comprehensive picture of the entire AX system. Click here to learn more about ENAVATE's Health Check solution.

     

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    About the Author - Kirk Dennis

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    Kirk is the Sales Lead for ENAVATE's ESOS solution. He has spent the last 41 years in IT Sales and Marketing. Kirk has a Bachelor’s Degree in Philosophy from Wittenberg University.  He has studied Plato’s Universal Forms or Ideas since graduating from college; authored “The Precious Human Soul” (unpublished), and is the Creator of the Chalice Heart Teaching for spiritual education. Follow ENAVATE on Twitter (@ENAVATE) or LinkedIn.

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