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QuickSwitch for Microsoft Dynamics AX to Dynamics 365 Finance & Operations

Accelerate your move from Dynamics AX to a modern cloud ERP with confidence

Microsoft support has reached its end

Running an unsupported Dynamics AX platform increases security, compliance, and operational risks over time.

Legacy infrastructure slows progress

Rising infrastructure costs and limited specialist support make on-premises AX environments increasingly difficult to sustain.

Business expectations continue to evolve

Legacy ERP systems limit access to cloud capabilities, automation, AI, and continuous innovation of the platform.

Why you should migrate from Dynamics AX to Dynamics 365 Finance & Operations

Organizations running Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009 or AX 2012 face growing challenges from aging infrastructure, rising maintenance costs, and unsupported environments.

QuickSwitch provides a structured path to Dynamics 365 Finance & Operations, helping organizations modernize with greater confidence. According to a 2024 Forrester Total Economic Impact™ study commissioned by Microsoft, organizations adopting Dynamics 365 ERP solutions achieved $8.9 million in productivity gains through streamlined processes and automation, along with $3.9 million in infrastructure and IT operations savings.

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Key Benefits of Upgrading to Dynamics 365 F&O

Dynamics 365 Finance & Operations provides a scalable, intelligent ERP platform that helps organizations improve operational performance, enhance visibility, and prepare for future growth.

Cloud-Ready ERP

  • Microsoft Azure cloud platform
  • Enterprise-grade security
  • Continuous Microsoft updates

Better Business Visibility

  • Unified finance and operations
  • Embedded Power BI analytics
  • Real-time reporting

AI-Ready Business Processes

  • Microsoft Copilot capabilities
  • AI agents for Finance & Operations
  • Intelligent workflow automation

Lower Long-Term IT Costs

  • Eliminate legacy infrastructure
  • Simplify ERP maintenance
  • Extension-based architecture for future upgrades

How does QuickSwitch help?

Modernizing with QuickSwitch enables organizations to:

Process Design

Transition from legacy on-premise ERP to Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance & Operations

Configuration and Customization

Reduce infrastructure and maintenance costs

Insights

Improve financial and operational visibility

Productivity

Modernize customizations using Microsoft's extension model

Productivity

Enable Microsoft Copilot and AI-powered capabilities

Productivity

Adopt Microsoft's One Version update model

Productivity

Improve scalability, security, and compliance

QuickSwitch Packages for Every AX Environment

Every Dynamics AX environment is unique. QuickSwitch begins with an AX Intelligent Migration (AIM) Assessment to evaluate your existing implementation and recommend the most appropriate migration path.

Package

QuickSwitch

10 Weeks

Best For

Organizations using standard Dynamics AX functionality

Includes

  • Standard Dynamics 365 Finance & Operations implementation with no custom code.

Package

QuickSwitch Plus

20 Weeks

Best For

Organizations with customizations, integrations, reports, and workflows

Includes

  • X++ modernization, AI-assisted refactoring, integrations, and implementation support.

Both packages include:

  • AIM Assessment
  • Cloud environment provisioning
  • Master data migration
  • Opening balance migration
  • AI agent configuration (where licensed)
  • Post-go-live support

Our QuickSwitch Migration Methodology

Every QuickSwitch engagement follows a structured implementation framework that helps reduce project risk and deliver a predictable migration experience.

1

Assess and Discover

  • AIM Assessment
  • Environment evaluation
  • Customization analysis
  • Migration readiness assessment
2

Plan and Design

  • Solution architecture
  • Data migration planning
  • Extension strategy
  • Implementation roadmap
3

Build and Migrate

  • Cloud deployment
  • Configuration
  • Extension-based modernization
  • Master data migration
  • Functional validation
4

Validate and Optimize

  • System testing
  • User readiness
  • Go-live support
  • Operational optimization
Customer Impact

Modernizing AX for Operational Scale: Manufacturing ERP Story

A regional automotive supplier modernized its legacy Dynamics AX environment with Dynamics 365 Finance & Operations to improve inventory visibility, reporting speed, compliance readiness, and operational scalability.

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40% Improvement in Inventory Accuracy

Real-time inventory visibility reduced reactive purchasing and improved production planning efficiency.

50% Faster Operational Reporting

Automated reporting eliminated spreadsheet-based consolidation across finance and operations teams.

Reduced Compliance and Upgrade Risk

Extension-based architecture simplified governance and lowered long-term ERP maintenance complexity.

Why LevelShift

Organizations choose LevelShift because we combine Dynamics expertise with a proven migration framework that simplifies ERP modernization.

Proven enterprise ERP

Extensive Dynamics AX and Dynamics 365 expertise

In-Depth Revenue Cloud Expertise

Structured QuickSwitch implementation methodology

Quickstart and Accelerators

Microsoft Cloud and AI specialization

Flexible Delivery Model

Continuous support beyond go-live

Our Perspectives

FAQs

QuickSwitch is LevelShift's structured migration offering that helps organizations modernize Microsoft Dynamics AX and transition to Dynamics 365 Finance & Operations through a predictable implementation approach.
The AX Intelligent Migration (AIM) Assessment evaluates your Dynamics AX environment, customizations, integrations, and business processes to recommend the most suitable QuickSwitch migration path.
QuickSwitch is designed for standard Dynamics AX environments, while QuickSwitch Plus supports organizations with customizations, integrations, reports, and workflows that need modernization.
QuickSwitch supports Dynamics AX 2009 and Dynamics AX 2012 environments, with migration strategies tailored to each environment.
Yes. Business-critical customizations can be modernized using Microsoft's extension model as part of the QuickSwitch Plus offering.
Yes. QuickSwitch includes master data migration and opening balance migration. Historical transactional data can be addressed separately based on project requirements.
QuickSwitch supports configuring Microsoft Copilot capabilities and AI agents where the required Microsoft licensing is available.
Typical implementations take about 10 weeks for QuickSwitch and 20 weeks for QuickSwitch Plus, depending on the complexity identified during the AIM Assessment.

Switch from Dynamics AX to Dynamics 365 with maximum confidence and minimal disruption

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