Considerations for global deployment

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Applies To: Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 R3, Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 R2, Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 Feature Pack, Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012

This topic provides an overview of considerations for global deployment of Microsoft Dynamics AX.

Considerations for Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012

Earlier versions of Microsoft Dynamics AX included country/region-specific or region-specific functionality in the GLS layer. Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 contains this type of functionality only in the SYS layer.

Country/region-specific or region-specific functionality included in the SYS layer

For Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012, the SYS layer includes country/region-specific or region-specific functionality for Australia/New Zealand, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Italy, Malaysia, Mexico, the Netherlands, Norway, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, the United Kingdom/Ireland, and the United States.

For Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 R2, the SYS layer also includes country/region-specific or region-specific functionality for the countries/regions that were in the GLS layer in earlier versions of Microsoft Dynamics AX.

Released languages

Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 was released in US English in all countries/regions, and in the following languages that are specific to a country/region.

Country/region

Language

ID

Australia

English

en-AU

Austria

German

de-AT

Belgium

Dutch

nl-BE

Belgium

French

fr-BE

Canada

English

en-CA

Canada

French

fr-CA

Denmark

Danish

da-DK

Finland

Finnish

fi-FI

France

French

fr-FR

Germany

German

de-DE

Iceland

Icelandic

is-IS

Ireland

English

en-IE

Italy

Italian

it-IT

Malaysia

English

en-MY

Mexico

Spanish

es-MX

Netherlands

Dutch

nl-NL

New Zealand

English

en-NZ

Norway

Norwegian Bokmål

nb-NO

Saudi Arabia

Arabic

ar-SA

Singapore

English

en-SG

South Africa

English

en-ZA

Spain

Spanish

es-ES

Sweden

Swedish

sv-SE

Switzerland

French

fr-CH

Switzerland

German

de-CH

Switzerland

Italian

it-CH

Thailand

Thai

th-TH

United Kingdom

English

en-GB

United States

English

en-US

Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 R2 adds the following languages.

Country/region

Language

ID

Brazil

Portuguese - Brazil

pt-BR

China (PRC)

Chinese

zh-CN

Czech Republic

Czech

cs-CZ

Estonia

Estonian

et-EE

Finland

Finnish

fi-FI

Hungary

Hungarian

hu-HU

India

English

en-IN

Japan

Japanese

ja-JP

Latvia

Latvian

lv-LV

Lithuania

Lithuanian

lt-LT

Poland

Polish

pl-PL

Russia

Russian

ru-RU