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A company is upgrading their AX 2012 R3 environment to Dynamics 365 Finance. The company plans to upgrade the data store by using a phased approach. You need to define the strategy to migrate master…

The correct answer is D. Data Import/Export Framework. Migrating master data and opening balances from AX 2012 R3 to Dynamics 365 Finance in a phased approach is best handled by the Data Import/Export Framework (DIXF).

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Question

A company is upgrading their AX 2012 R3 environment to Dynamics 365 Finance. The company plans to upgrade the data store by using a phased approach. You need to define the strategy to migrate master data and opening balances. Which tool should you recommend?

Options

  • ABusiness process modeler
  • BUpgrade analysis
  • CCombine XPO tool
  • DData Import/Export Framework

How the community answered

(15 responses)
  • A
    13% (2)
  • C
    7% (1)
  • D
    80% (12)

Why each option

Migrating master data and opening balances from AX 2012 R3 to Dynamics 365 Finance in a phased approach is best handled by the Data Import/Export Framework (DIXF).

ABusiness process modeler

Business process modeler is an LCS tool used to document and align business processes with standard process libraries, not a utility for migrating data records.

BUpgrade analysis

Upgrade analysis is a code-level assessment tool that evaluates customizations and metadata for compatibility with the new version, not a data migration mechanism.

CCombine XPO tool

The Combine XPO tool is used to merge X++ code project files from multiple developers into a single package, and has no function in data migration.

DData Import/Export FrameworkCorrect

The Data Import/Export Framework (DIXF) is the native Microsoft tool purpose-built for structured data migration in Dynamics 365 Finance, using data entities to map and load master data records and financial opening balances. It supports a phased migration strategy with built-in staging, transformation mapping, and error validation at each step.

Concept tested: DIXF for phased master data migration from AX 2012

Source: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/fin-ops-core/dev-itpro/data-entities/data-import-export-job

Topics

#Data Migration#Dynamics 365 Finance Upgrade#Data Import Export Framework#Master Data Migration

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