Introduction

The Directions on Microsoft Business Solutions Roadmap summarizes current and planned versions of the main products produced by the Microsoft Business Solutions (MBS) division. The Roadmap provides a single reference for MBS customers and partners, providing answers to questions such as:

• What are the main functions, and target markets, of the main enterprise resource planning (ERP) products from MBS?
• What other products does MBS ship and what do they do?
• Which of these products work together?
• How do these products work with traditional Microsoft products, such as Office and SQL Server?
• What are the release plans for these products over the next several years?
• What is the current status of Project Green, Microsoft’s plan for evolving its ERP product line and moving those products to a common code base?

What This Report Provides

This report supplies information about past product versions and summaries of features and release dates for new and planned product versions. This information can help Microsoft customers and partners schedule migrations, plan evaluations, arrange training, and budget for purchases.