My sincere thanks go to all people who directly/indirectly taught, guided, supported, and advised me to build my personal profile; I am doing my best to improve myself. The following acknowledgments are for people who had a massive impact on my career; I'd like to thank all of them, though I cannot thank them enough.

I dedicate this book to the memory of my father and my Uncle, Hamza; both of them invested seed of concepts and beliefs in my brother and me, and now we are harvesting the fruits of this. My father always told me, "I believe in you; when you say you can do, you achieve more than what you target. Just focus." My uncle, Hamza, told me after my graduation, "You just met your lifetime teacher who will guide you through your entire life."

My older brother, Ramy, who inspired me, gave me more than his time, efforts, tons of daily advice, coaching, and led me to the right path. He always supports and encourages me. He is my mentor; Ramy put me on the Information Technology track and gave me the chance to choose the right field to pursue. He helped me finish college and convinced me to attend the first e-commerce seminar in the Middle East; this was the first spark. I consider Ramy as my source of energy.

I would like to thank my mother for her support and prayers.

I would also like to thank my wife, who has given up so much of our personal life during the development of my career; I cannot thank her enough for that.

Thanks to Dr. Salah ElKashef, who is a training and e-learning consultant and founder of ElKashef E-Learning University. Salah is my first instructor who introduced e-commerce to me in 2002 and helped me to become a certified e-commerce consultant before my graduation. He helped me by directing my career to Information Technology management.

I would like to thank Shaimaa Farid, who is an IT administrator at the Alexandria Trust. I have worked with Shaimaa as an application consultant for Microsoft Dynamics RMS; she is the one who provided me with information about the Microsoft Dynamics AX scholarship in 2008. Shaimaa has given me a lot of support and encouragement to focus on my career as a consultant. She is one of the best customer-oriented people I have worked with.

Thanks to Mohamed Samy, who works as a solution architect. He is the one who introduced me to the community as a speaker for Cairo Code Camp; I used to deliver sessions with him as a copresenter, evangelizing Microsoft Dynamics AX and Microsoft Dynamics Sure Step to the Egyptian community. He predicted that I will become an AX MVP. Mohamed is a very talented IT geek with unique creative solutions; I enjoy our community activities together.

I would also like to thank Ahmed Kazem, cofounder and CTO of Lamartica. Ahmed is an artistic developer; he can learn any technology in a very short time. He develops, maintains, and supports my blog technically. I have never met a smart and gifted developer like him.

Thanks to Ahmed Aboulmagd, who is a technical evangelist at Windows Phone Microsoft. Ahmed used to manage and schedule the Microsoft Dynamics AX and Microsoft Dynamics Sure Step sessions with Microsoft Student Partner (MSPs); I believe we did a good job, especially when we saw some students joining that field.

Thanks to Dr. Nezar Samy, Director at Information Systems Department, Nile University. Nezar was my instructor for Information Technology Management Professional Certificate at American University in Cairo: he taught me the role of IT as a business enabler and gave me a chance to improve my presentation skills.

I would also like to thank Chandru Shankar, Manufacturing Industry Director at EMEA MBS Microsoft. Chandru has given me a lot of motivation and support in my career; he is always available to give advice and share ideas; I am very proud to have met a person like him and have him as a family friend. Chandru is my role model.

Thanks to Jason Gumpert, who works as an editor at MSDynamicsWorld.com. I have been working with Jason since 2012 as an author for a feature column for the MSDynamicsWorld community. Jason gave me a chance to develop my writing techniques and style from blogs to articles; I believe my pieces reached more people through his community. He is an open-minded person, who is always open to new initiatives.

I would also like to thank Ashraf Abusen, Group Chief Financial Officer at ASEC Cement. I consider Abusen as my coach who taught me to utilize logical thinking and understand how to build up a practical solution for complex business requirements and streamline this solution with all business divisions. Abusen is a charismatic leader; he has the best skills to build the road map of the ERP solution.

Thanks to Ashraf Aly, Senior Global ERP Director at Ascom. Ashraf is a talented manager who can manage and drive complex ERP implementation; he spotted my skills and gave me the opportunity to utilize my abilities. Ashraf has unique, flexible techniques to deal with stakeholders of any project and achieve the objectives of that project.

Thanks to Julie Gale, who works as a project manager with Microsoft. She helped me learn more about Microsoft Dynamics Sure Step. She also supported me in community activities.

I would also like to thank Microsoft EMEA Global Business Support (GBS). I am very proud to be part of this world-class team; they have always given me a lot of support. I cannot thank them enough for their ongoing support and guidance from management and colleagues. Special thanks to Eva Del Pino Ramirez, Dynamics AX Support Manager at Microsoft, for her continuous encouragement and feedback, which helped me develop my abilities.

Thanks to Microsoft Dynamics Academic Alliance Team and Lyndsey Creamer, program manager/project manager of the Microsoft Dynamics Academic Alliance Team at Microsoft, Jane Birkegaard, senior program manager at Microsoft Dynamics, and Ashley Pecoraro, former program manager for Academic Alliance Team at Microsoft; Lyndsey, Jane, and Ashley gave me a lot of support to be involved in DynnA activities to share my knowledge and experience with DynnA members. They are very open to new ideas and they are willing to help as much as they can.

I would also like to thank Microsoft Dynamics Community Team and Nick Hoban, Sr. Release Manager ECIT at Microsoft; Nick guided me in the right direction to help me share my blog posts with the Dynamics Community.

Thanks to Microsoft Dynamics AX MVPs. They enrich the community with their experience and knowledge on Microsoft Dynamics AX. Special thanks to Brandon George, Microsoft MVP and Director of Business Intelligence at Sunrise Technologies; Antonio Gilabert, Microsoft Dynamics AX MVP and founder of AX3; and former AX MVPs, Fred Chen, technical architect at Microsoft, and Arijit Basu, senior solution architect at Microsoft. They give me a lot of support and encouragement as an AX MVP.