Install development components

Development components are tools you can use in a development environment. For example, you can use development components to create customizations or extensions to Enterprise Portal and to create advanced production reports for Microsoft Dynamics AX using SQL Server Reporting Services. The development components include the debugger, Enterprise Portal developer tools, reporting tools, and Team Server.

You can install the Microsoft Dynamics AX development components after you have installed the base components and completed the initialization checklist.

Before you install, verify that your domain account has the correct permissions on each computer that you will install on. For more information, see Verify that you have the required permissions for installation.

The following topics are contained in this section.

Topic	Description
Install the debugger	Contains instructions for installing the Microsoft Dynamics AX debugger tool. The debugger provides debugging capabilities for X++ developers.
Install Enterprise Portal developer tools	Explains how to install the Enterprise Portal developer tools. These add-ons for Microsoft Visual Studio allow developers to create new controls or modify existing controls used in Enterprise Portal.
Install reporting tools	Describes how to install the Microsoft Dynamics AX reporting tools. Reporting tools enable developers to use Visual Studio and Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services to create production reports.
Install Team Server	Contains information about installing Team Server. If you develop for Microsoft Dynamics AX in a team environment, you can use Team Server as a central service to coordinate the assignment of unique IDs to objects and labels that developers create.