Getting all the services in a Deactivated status

If (all) the services in AX are not starting, one possible reasons for them to fail when being configured is that the URL registration is done under another user than the current AOS credentials.

Debug a SysOperation class with the Xpp debugger

Implementing a SysOperation class (to build a service) and want to debug the code fast, but unable to, in order to pinpoint any immediate issues in the business logic flow (using the Xpp AX debugger, and not Visual Studio, as you would normally do by following the https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg860898.aspx#Services). Try this:

Check that your AOS services are working

There are times when the services running under AOS are having different issues (wrong configurations, changed settings, etc).

Consume a SOAP webservice without adding a service reference

I needed these days to consume a very simple SOAP web service, but needed to do it directly from code in C#, without using the proxy classes / adding a service reference. Of course, it would have 0been easier, straightforward, etc, but for those who need to adopt (like myself due to certain constraints) this type of implementation, here it is just your basic example:

Using BusinessConnectorNet dll into a WCF webservice

The post may be a little outdated, but I spent several hours today just to recall something I forgot from quite some time ago. (note, this post is referring to the BusinessConnectorNet dll 2009 version, which is built on 32-bit architecture).