Catherine Thole
Catherine Thole (McDade) is a Technical Architect at Stoneridge Software. Prior to joining Stoneridge she spent 11.5 years at Microsoft. With over a decade of experience, Catherine has held many different roles, including: Dynamics AX Support Engineer, Dynamics AX Support Escalation Engineer, Partner Technical Consultant, Senior Technical Consultant, and Technical Architect, focusing on the technical aspects of Dynamics AX and Dynamics 365 F&O.
Catherine has expertise in multiple D365 Finance and Operations implementations focusing on code builds and deployments, system administration including DRA configuration, security, performance, and LCS. In previous versions going back to Axapta 3.0 she has experience with Dynamics AX Installations, Enterprise Portal, Reporting Services, Upgrades, Administration – including security, AOS, and performance tuning. She enjoys putting this knowledge to work to solve customer’s business problems and train users. Catherine has presented on a variety of topics at FastTrax, AXUG, and Convergence.
by Catherine Thole | Updated October 17, 2019 | Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations
Microsoft recently changed where Azure databases were stored for many clients which resulted in some confusion about why ‘in non-production’ users had been able to connect to their database, but now couldn’t. Around the same time, Microsoft made a change...
by Catherine Thole | Updated June 18, 2021 | Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations
In the past, a typical Dynamics AX upgrade from one version to the next could take months or years to deploy at a high cost – both financially and in labor hours. In 2018, Microsoft announced an “evergreen” ERP solution – Dynamics 365 Finance and Supply Chain...
by Catherine Thole | Updated November 3, 2020 | Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations, Dynamics AX, Upgrade
Preparing for your upgrade from Dynamics AX to Dynamics 365 Finance and Operations is an integral part of the success of your upgrade project. Completing a detailed project plan is the first step toward moving to the cloud. The plan should be extremely detailed and...
by Catherine Thole | June 23, 2017 | Dynamics AX
Which Microsoft Dynamics AX system logging tables should have a data retention policy? After working with Microsoft Dynamics AX for over 10 years, you start to see patterns in issues that arise. These patterns have become things I look for when analyzing the health of...
by Catherine Thole | Updated January 2, 2018 | Dynamics AX, Performance
When Stoneridge Software performs a Dynamics AX Health Check, we can pinpoint some very tangible items and how they impact your system performance. It’s typically going to be around AX and the SQL side of things. Common areas for improving a Dynamics AX system might...
