Table of Contents
By Chris Alliegro [bio]
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The following an excerpt of a Product Roadmap report published by Directions on Microsoft, an independent research firm focused exclusively on Microsoft strategy & technology. More samples of our content, as well as a list of upcoming articles and reports are also available.
- Free! Executive Summary
- Roadmap summarizes current and planned versions of products produced by the Microsoft Business Solutions (MBS) division, including Dynamics AX, GP, NAV, SL, and CRM
- Free! Introduction
- Explains the products covered, the types of information contained about each product, and how the report is organized
- Dynamics ERP and CRM
- Incremental releases through 2007 will bring greater consistency across Microsoft's four enterprise resource planning (ERP) product lines and a Microsoft-hosted customer relationship management (CRM) service
- Consolidation Progress Report
- Originally, Microsoft planned to consolidate its ERP products in a single ground-up rewrite, but partner and customer concerns led it to change this plan
- Supplemental MBS Products
- A dearth of releases among MBS's supplemental product lines could signal a strategy in flux
- New Packaging and Licensing for Dynamics ERP
- Business Ready Licensing eliminates per-module Dynamics pricing and simplifies the Enhancement Plan maintenance contract, but customers may find themselves licensing Dynamics modules that they do not need
- Challenges Ahead
- Microsoft and its customers and partners face risks and challenges as the company moves to rationalize and consolidate its overlapping product lines
- Resources
- Chapter lists Directions on Microsoft articles and reports about products mentioned in this MBS product roadmap, as well as relevant Microsoft Web sites
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