A12 Resources & Updates

Highlights: Agentic Engineering, Business Scripting with full-stack support, Markdown support, ESACA, A12 App Factory, UAA with Personal Access Tokens and OAuth Discovery

Homegrown Access databases still run important processes in many agencies and businesses, often without IT oversight. Learn where they reach their limits and how to replace them in four steps.

Open source, open standards, open licenses: how A12 and CIB seven help public agencies turn processes into fully digital government services without vendor lock-in.

Confidential computing protects data in use. See how public sector agencies can run A12 applications in the cloud without trusting the infrastructure provider.

AI coding agents running on your local machine are a security risk. This article shows how the ESACA sandbox isolates them and keeps credentials out of their reach.

With the June 17, 2026 IT Planning Council resolution, the Deutschland-Stack gained binding force: five core components (Identity and Trust, FIT-Connect, NOOTS, central payment, and central mailbox) will roll out iteratively through 2028.

The "Tax Return via App with One Click" scored a double win at the 2026 eGovernment Competition: 1st place in the public vote and 3rd place in the jury category "Customer-Centric Administrative Processes Reimagined from Start to Finish."

mgm technology partners and IONOS CLOUD are combining A12 specialized applications with sovereign cloud infrastructure to create the "A12 Public Sector Platform" for public sector digitalization, with first production applications planned for late 2026.

Together with the State Chancellery of Schleswig-Holstein, mgm has submitted the A12 project for replacing Access in Schleswig-Holstein to the Open Source Competition 2026. Today the community voting kicks off: every vote counts.

On July 30, 2026, the BMDS (Federal Ministry for Digital Affairs and State Modernization) and DATABUND – of which mgm is a member – signed a cooperation agreement to advance the digitalization of government and public administration by leveraging the expertise of the IT SME sector.

The A12 Release 2026.06 has a lot to offer, with highlights including Business Scripting and the new Plasma Design Kit.

The A12 Plasma Design Kit is a free, open-source Figma design kit built specifically for this context, with more than seven years of real-world enterprise project experience behind it.

With the A12 AI low-code platform from mgm technology partners, the state is accelerating the phase-out of Microsoft Access and the development of modern administrative applications.

Answers to common questions about the A12 AI Low Code Platform — from architecture and licensing to AI integration and getting started.

In the interview, Sergio Lerena, member of mgm's executive board, explains what's behind the open-source decision, what the preparation looked like – and what he hopes for the future of A12.

mgm technology partners GmbH is making the source code of the A12 AI Low Code Platform available from 27 May 2026. The Community Edition is now available on openCode and GitHub.

Highlights: Combination Modeling, SME Global Settings, Flexible Hide Conditions for Dynamic Form Visibility, Refactoring for Document, Overview & Tree Models, Mapping API of the A12 Kernel, A12 Project Template E2E-Tests with Playwright and more.

A fully functional eCommerce application — built entirely model-driven, with zero custom code. See how products, customers, and orders are managed and linked through complex data structures on the A12 AI Low Code Platform.

What is A12 — and why are organizations like Allianz, ELSTER, and Lidl building on it? Get the essentials of the A12 AI Low Code Platform in 100 seconds.

Highlights: Agentic Coding and modeling, Business Scripting, Workspace Conventer, A12 Widgets.

A12 will soon be available as open source. In close coordination between the Bavarian State Office for Taxation and mgm the platform’s source code is being made publicly available.

Digital training position exchange of the chambers of tax consultants — rethinking the recruitment of young talent with A12.

Introduces mgm Project Standards and shows how the A12 Development Platform enables structured, scalable, and sustainable delivery of enterprise software.

Register modernisation networks German public registers to enable the once-only principle. mgm's A12 platform provides the model-driven foundation for implementation.

New features including Helm Maintenance Mode, Dynamic & Interactive Content, New Calendar Widget, Fine-Grained Query API Filtering, UAA Refresh Tokens.

Highlights: Query API for modeling, Additive Models, Dynamic content with Content Engine, Speech-driven A12 Low-Code Forms, Model dialogs with UI Flows.

Introduces the approach of the Enterprise Low Code Platform A12 and how it can be used to build fully integrated, business-critical enterprise applications.

End-to-end digitization with the OZG cloud: a practical report from everyday municipal life and how A12 enables digital administration.

Starting July 8, 2025, einfachELSTERplus makes filling out tax returns easier — with an interactive interview mode built on A12.

A12 enables business units to model data flows independently — without programming, directly in the Simple Model Editor (SME).

mgm technology partners has been awarded a contract for nationwide digitization projects with its A12 development platform.

Highlights: Query API, Transformation & Mapping, Workspace Data, Expanded Theming Configuration, Localization Improvements, AppFactory Update and more.

PDF files are everywhere. mgm's A12 Print Engine generates accessible PDFs automatically — including PDF/A for archiving and PDF/UA.

In Germany, clear rules govern many areas — but not the digital world. Government commitment to digital sovereignty is urgently needed.

Learn how domain experts and developers work together to build tailored solutions — and why separating business logic from technology pays off.

mgm technology partners joins the Open Source Business Alliance, underscoring its commitment to open-source technologies for enterprise software.

Low code and no code — democratisation of IT or shadow IT risk? Olaf Terhorst and Nils Gralfs debate opportunities, risks and governance in the CIO Debate podcast.

DIN SPEC 66336 defines binding requirements for digital administrative services. mgm has been fulfilling its core content for years.

AI is a key technology for process automation. The mgm AI Suite transforms workflows and frees up resources — built on the A12 platform.

The new A12 release 2024.06-ext4 offers extensive developer experience improvements for defining authorization rules in the UAA component.

The A12 Showcases demonstrate how A12 optimizes business processes – from tax calculation to e-commerce. Scalable, efficient, flexible.

Highlights: UAA Plugin for IntelliJ and VS Code, A12 Workflows Supports Composed Data, New Interaction Hint Feature, Support for Double Click Behavior.

Highlights: A12 App Factory, new components A12 Transformer & A12 Mapping, AI Model Gen in SME, Print Model Editor meets SME, Data Services QueryAPI Innovation.

Efficient development and long-term adaptability are key challenges for product teams. How can time-to-market be reduced without compromising quality?

Quality assurance in software development has evolved to the point where system defects can be significantly reduced with the right strategy.

What if testing could become an efficient, cost-saving success factor? A strategic approach to risk-based testing.

Digital accessibility is becoming increasingly important. Companies making their apps accessible comply with legal requirements and increase business success.

Q12-TMT is mgm's new Test Management Tool. An insight into its features and benefits from the development team.

Switching to the Q12-TMT test management system was an important step for our company.

Efficient test management in agile software development: Q12-TMT enables managing test cases with an integrated history and versioning function.

A wide range of web components with consistent Plasma design for business applications on desktop, tablet and smartphone.