MBS planned updates of most of the products outside of the core ERP suite in calendar year 2004; however, some of these releases have slipped into 2005. The product releases and other planned enhancements that Microsoft has delivered in 2004 are shaded white. Releases that have not yet been delivered are shaded gray. For example, Microsoft has delivered on plans to integrate FRx 6.7 with Great Plains 8.0; FRx 6.7 integration with Solomon is not available since the latter product has not yet shipped. MBS is also considering integration of FRx 6.7 with Axapta following the release of Axapta 4.0, which is scheduled for the second quarter of 2005. Plans for an incremental release of the Retail Management System (RMS 1.3) were scrapped. The next version of the product, RMS 2.0, is scheduled for the first half of 2006.

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