AX 2009 and Visual Studio 2010

Out of the box EP Visual studio Add-in (Enterprise portal tools) shipped with AX2009 doesn't work with VS2010. With few simple steps it is possible to make it compatible. AX installer performs validation for VS2008 so all installations steps for Enterprise portal tools have to be done manually:

1. Copy DVD\MSI\EnterprisePortalTools to C:\Program Files\Microsoft Dynamics AX\50\EnterprisePortalTools
2. Rename file Microsoft.Dynamics.Framework.Portal.VisualStudio.2008.AddIn.AddIn to Microsoft.Dynamics.Framework.Portal.VisualStudio.2010.AddIn.AddIn
3. Edit the file: replace VS version 9.0 with 10.0
4. Open VS2010: Tools->Options->Add-in/Macros security and add C:\Program Files\Microsoft Dynamics AX\50\EnterprisePortalTools
5. Open DVD\MSI\Components64\
6. Unpack AxWebProject.zip
7. File ProjectName.webproj is just one bit big. For VS2010 it should be 0: either delete the file and create new one with same name or edit it and delete it's content
8. Pack it back to AxWebProject.zip
9. Create folder My Documents\Visual Studio 2010\Templates\ProjectTemplates\Visual Web Developer\CSharp
10. Copy AxWebProject.zip to My Documents\Visual Studio 2010\Templates\ProjectTemplates\Visual Web Developer\CSharp
11. Create folder My Documents\Visual Studio 2010\Templates\ItemTemplates\Visual Web Developer\CSharp
12. Copy AxWebpartPage.zip and AxWebUserControl.zip from to My Documents\Visual Studio 2010\Templates\ItemTemplates\Visual Web Developer\CSharp
13. Open VS2010 and make sure that EP project template is available
14. To add EP specific Items to Visual Studio's Toolbox, select "Chose items" from the right click menu on VS's toolbox
15. Browse for C:\Program Files\Microsoft Dynamics AX\50\Client\Bin\Microsoft.Dynamics.Framework.Portal.dll