AX 2012 end of support: who still runs AX in Switzerland?

Swiss companies on the list still on AX with no known migration

47

companies on the list with a migration to Finance & Operations under way or planned

4

companies on the list that have chosen Finance & Operations

77

end of support for the last version, AX 2012 R3

10 Jan 2023

AX has been out of support since 2023

Microsoft ended support for AX in two steps. Mainstream support for AX 2009, AX 2012 and AX 2012 R2 ended on 9 October 2018 and their extended support on 12 April 2022. AX 2012 R3, the last version, lost mainstream support on 12 October 2021 and extended support on 10 January 2023.

Even during extended support, Microsoft only shipped security fixes: no functional fixes and no regulatory updates. Since 2023 there has been nothing at all. See Microsoft’s page on the end of support for AX for the details.

How many Swiss companies still run AX?

As of 2 November 2026, our list includes 47 Swiss companies on Dynamics AX with no known migration. Another 4 have a migration to Finance & Operations under way or planned, and one company is still choosing between Finance & Operations and Business Central.

The version is known for 20 companies on AX or migrating from it: 15 run AX 2012 (including R2 and R3) and 5 are still on AX 2009.

77 companies on the list have chosen Finance & Operations, 4 of which moved to it in the last 18 months. The canton of Zurich alone has 27 of them, more than a third.

Why so many companies stay on AX

Moving from AX to Finance & Operations is closer to a new project than to an upgrade:

• A different architecture: Finance & Operations is built for Microsoft’s cloud, and changes to the standard code of AX have to be rewritten as extensions.
• A different licence model: per-user subscriptions instead of perpetual licences.
• Long projects: often more than a year for heavily customised installations, and the specialists needed are scarce and expensive.

Microsoft provides tools to upgrade from AX 2012 to Finance & Operations, and a migration tool for AX 2009. Some mid-sized companies choose the simpler Business Central instead; others move to another vendor’s ERP.

What it means for partners, ISVs and recruiters

• Finance & Operations partners: every company still on AX is a large project, prepared over several quarters. It pays to be known before the tender goes out.
• ISVs: specialised solutions that ran on AX need a counterpart on Finance & Operations.
• Recruiters: Finance & Operations specialists, technical and functional, are in high demand.

Our NAV/AX migration list includes these companies, with the version and migration status where known. Ask for a free 20-row sample.