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A company wants to upgrade their current AX 2009 system to Dynamics 365. You need to recommend a supported upgrade strategy for code and transactional data for the previous five years. Which two optio
The correct answer is A. Use the Data migration tool (DMT) to move the data from AX 2009 to Dynamics 365. C. Upgrade code from AX 2009 to AX 2012, and then AX 2012 to Dynamics 365.. Microsoft does not support a direct code upgrade path from AX 2009 to Dynamics 365 Finance. The supported code upgrade path requires going from AX 2009 → AX 2012 → Dynamics 365 (C). The LCS Code Upgrade tool only supports upgrading from AX 2012, not from AX 2009, so option B is i
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- AUse the Data migration tool (DMT) to move the data from AX 2009 to Dynamics 365.
- BUse Lifecycle Services Code upgrade tool to directory upgrade the code base from AX 2009 to
- CUpgrade code from AX 2009 to AX 2012, and then AX 2012 to Dynamics 365.
- DUse the Data Import/Export Framework to migrate the data from AX 2009 to Dynamics 365.
How the community answered
(43 responses)- A81% (35)
- B12% (5)
- D7% (3)
Explanation
Microsoft does not support a direct code upgrade path from AX 2009 to Dynamics 365 Finance. The supported code upgrade path requires going from AX 2009 → AX 2012 → Dynamics 365 (C). The LCS Code Upgrade tool only supports upgrading from AX 2012, not from AX 2009, so option B is invalid. For data, the Data Migration Tool (DMT) was specifically built to extract and migrate data from AX 2009 to Dynamics 365 (A). The Data Import/Export Framework (DIXF) in option D is designed for Dynamics 365 entities and does not natively connect to AX 2009 source data, making DMT the correct choice for that legacy version.
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