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Microsoft?Dynamics?AX Flexible Solutions with Microsoft?Dynamics?AX Application Object Server Technology White Paper How businesses can use Microsoft?Dynamics?AX Application Object Server technology to develop and implement flexible and scalable solutions that use standard PC and network technology and standard Microsoft operating systems for both clients and servers. Date: April 2006 /dynamics/Table of Contents Client/Server Technology: Some Background 3 Microsoft?Dynamics?AX Application Object Server 3 Application Object Server Technology 3 How AOS Differs from Microsoft Terminal Server 3 AOS and Windows Network Load Balancing 3 Sizing, Performance, and Scalability 3 Providing Connectivity in the AOS Environment 3 What to Choose 3 Small to medium-sized company, single and multi-site 3 Medium to large-sized company, multi-site 3 Large to very large-sized company, multi-site 3 Benefits of The Microsoft?Dynamics?AX Application Object Server 3 Summary 3 Contact your Partner 3 About Microsoft?Dynamics 3 Client/Server Technology: Some Background Client/Server technology has become available as a result of the development and successful implementations of distributed computing environments that use personal computers in Local Area Networks (LANs) and/or Wide Area Networks (WANs) together with separate database engines. In the past three decades, companies had few options when it came to implementing, running, and maintaining a software solution. With complex infrastructures and limited access to public networks, the only solution was to implement software on a mainframe computer and use dumb terminals as the user interface. In the 1990s a new technology came to life: client/server architecture that was based on intelligent terminals and central servers. Intelligent terminals were the answer to the growing need for Graphical User Interfaces (GUIs) and integration with software (like Microsoft? Office tools, e-mail, and other applications) created by various vendors.