One of the more confusing things I’ve encountered while working with AX 2012 Retail is the Database Utility. It’s got this wonderful simplistic interface complete with connectivity testing aimed at getting your databases up and running. The unfortunate part is, It doesn’t always work.

Error Message: "All the Identification settings are required."

This silly error message ‘All the Identification settings are required.’ is not very clear when the UI is presented this way.Continue reading