web
You’re offline. This is a read only version of the page.
close
Skip to main content

Announcements

No record found.

News and Announcements icon
Community site session details

Community site session details

Session Id :
Dynamics 365 Community / Forums / Microsoft Dynamics AX (Archived) / Upgrade of AX2009 to A...
Microsoft Dynamics AX (Archived)

Upgrade of AX2009 to AX2012R3 no Development Workspace

(0) ShareShare
ReportReport
Posted on by Sven Joos 811

I am trying to do an upgrade of a 2009 environment to a 2012 R3.

After installing the AOS and other necessary components, I open the first time the client and see the known checklist.

However, I cannot open a development workspace (CTRL+D) even though the licence files have been loaded and I have the correct developer licence.

In a former upgrade (of another customer) from 2009 to 2012RTM, opening the development workspace was possible during upgrade checklist process.

Can anyone tell me what I am doing wrong OR if this behaviour is "normal" for a 2012R3 install/upgrade.

Kr,

Sven

*This post is locked for comments

I have the same question (0)
  • Suggested answer
    rudra Profile Picture
    rudra 6,534 on at

    Hi ,

    You can add the term -development as the last value in the AX32.exe-->properties-->target.

    Also refer below

    msdn.microsoft.com/.../gg846350.aspx

  • LoekW Profile Picture
    LoekW 15 on at

    Hi Rudra,

    I'm sure that Sven is referring to a 'Direct upgrade using the source-to-target model'. After creating the target environment and opening the upgrade cockpit (but before connecting to the source database) he is not able to start a development workspace. I know that upgrading from 2009 to 2012 RTM you could start the development workspace in between. With 2012 R3 this option seems to fail.

    Using the flag -development doesn't solve this one.

    Can anyone help Sven further ?

    Thanks.

    Loek.

  • Suggested answer
    Rob Hensley Profile Picture
    Rob Hensley on at

    Is your license expired?

  • LoekW Profile Picture
    LoekW 15 on at

    Nope, license is valid till 31/07/2014.

  • rudra Profile Picture
    rudra 6,534 on at

    Is your upgrade checklist is completed without any pending task

    also try double check with Ctrl+Shift+W

    One AOS instance or with multiple aos load balancing servers?

  • Sven Joos Profile Picture
    Sven Joos 811 on at

    Hi all,

    thanks for the replies, however all of the options are in place:

    - licence file loaded ok and valid till 31/07/2014

    - also tried the -development option

    However, the list with checks is not finished, but that was actually part of the question.

    In an upgrade from 2009 to 2012RTM, the development workspace was immediately available, even though the list hadn't been completed yet.

    In 2012R3, we cannot access the development workspace.

    So, I was wondering if this is "normal" (in 2012R3), OR if we are doing something wrong.

    Kr,

    Sven

  • Suggested answer
    Kevin Kidder Profile Picture
    Kevin Kidder Microsoft Employee on at

    Hello Sven - the behavior you are seeing isn't what we consider normal, but we have seen it happen before in other support cases. We have a ticket logged to investigate it with the development team currently. We also have seen the following work successfully to launch the developer workspace. With AX 2012 R3 for some reason when in this state, adding the -development option to the command line within a shortcut does not seem to be working.

    However, starting a command prompt as an Administrator and then issuing the command line path from a command prompt does seem to work from our experience. So your command executed within the command prompt would be something like this:

    "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Dynamics AX\60\Client\Bin\Ax32.exe" -development

  • Community Member Profile Picture
    Community Member on at

    Hi Sven,

    Please provide details that which all Dynamics AX component you have installed

    Have you completed the installation of Management utility

    consider installing Debugger also and then check..

    Have you completed the Installation Checklist and Partition Checklist before starting upgarde process.

    Please provide more information.

  • Suggested answer
    LoekW Profile Picture
    LoekW 15 on at

    Hi Kevin,

    You are absolutely right about launching the client in administrator mode. This is the key to open the developer workspace.

    Great work guys.

    Many thanks to all your contributions, this makes my day !!

    Kr,

    Loek.

  • rudra Profile Picture
    rudra 6,534 on at

    Kevin,

    Is it only working through command prompt by run as administrator, i hope then it will also work if we open the AX32.exe file directly with option run as administrator right.

Under review

Thank you for your reply! To ensure a great experience for everyone, your content is awaiting approval by our Community Managers. Please check back later.

Helpful resources

Quick Links

Introducing the 2026 Season 1 community Super Users

Congratulations to our 2026 Super Stars!

Congratulations to our 2025 Community Spotlights

Thanks to all of our 2025 Community Spotlight stars!

Congratulations to the February Top 10 Community Leaders

These are the community rock stars!

Leaderboard > 🔒一 Microsoft Dynamics AX (Archived)

#1
Joris dG Profile Picture

Joris dG 5

#2
Alexey Lekanov Profile Picture

Alexey Lekanov 2

#2
Henrik Nordlöf Profile Picture

Henrik Nordlöf 2 User Group Leader

Last 30 days Overall leaderboard

Featured topics

Product updates

Dynamics 365 release plans