Dynamics AX Blog - Dynamics AX 2012 - powershell

If you get a hotfix from Microsoft or a module from a Microsoft partner, you often only get one or more AXMODEL files. And there is often a great desire to know in advance which objects are affected by the import of this file.

Such information can be read with the Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 Management Shell:

Get-AXModel -File 'c:	empdynamicsax2012r3_cl4555332.axmodel' -Details

Here's how it looks:

Manifest                   Summary                    Elements
--------                   -------                    --------
Microsoft.Dynamics.AX.F... {Classes: 3}              {ClassesWHSLoadLineI...