November 2017 – Mohsin Khalid

When trying to install visual studio tools the following error occurs “This installation package could not be opened. Verify that the package exists and that you can access it” This is mostly caused by VS tools folder missing inside the msi folder of your installation setup. If these folders are there then you might have a different issue. To resolve this for R3 builds follow the following blog by Microsoft support:

https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/axsupport/2015/04/21/how-to-slip-stream-ax-2012-r3-cu-8/

After this simply run your installer again and add the visual studio component, worked like a charm for me!

Time taken: 40mins

For transferring demo data into R3 versions of AX 2012 follow the below:

1	Get Demo data package and extract it into any feasible location (Extraction will be large about 15-20GB) Takes 20mins	https://mbs.microsoft.com/partnersource/northamerica/sales-marketing/demo-tools/virtual-machines/AX2012DemoToolsMaterialshttps://mbs2.microsoft.com/ecsts/login?signin=d2d9da3b041f6801aea3fcd9c858595d
2	Get Data transfer tool to transfer package extracted data in AX DB	<<AX2012TestDataTransferTool.zip>> https://lcs.dynamics.com/v2/LocalTools/
3	Import MetaDataXMLGenerator.xpo into AX environment and run the job Take 30mins	This will be found in the Data transfer tools folder you extracted above
4	Copy Metadata file generated as output of the above job to the [Lists] folder in the Data Transfer tool directory	File is mostly generated at the following path C:\Users\mohsin.khalid\AppData\Local\Temp
5	STOP AOS before moving to the next step
6	Open command prompt as admin. Go to directory where Test import tool was extracted. Run the following command Takes hours (2-3 approx.)	DP.exe IMPORT “C:\Users\mohsin.khalid\Downloads\MicrosoftDynamicsAXR3CU8DemoData” MicrosoftDynamicsAx FYI; In above command “MicrosoftDynamicsAx” is your ax db name
	Total time of activity	4 hours approx