What's New in Business Applications and Services

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Major developments for Microsoft’s business applications roadmap since the Sept. 2013 Enterprise Software Roadmap include the following:

Dynamics CRM 2013 became available to both on-premises and Dynamics CRM Online customers in Oct. 2013.
A Dynamics CRM Online update in Oct. 2013 will deliver company and contact information from InsideView, a partner that compiles information from social networks and other sources.
Mainstream support for Dynamics AX 2009 will end Apr. 14, 2015, which is later than originally planned.
Warehouse and transportation software for Dynamics AX were acquired from Blue Horseshoe, a partner.
Dynamics AX CU6 released in June 2013 and includes business process functionality and data integration with Dynamics CRM.
Dynamics AX 2012 R3 is scheduled for the first quarter of 2014 and will include many of the features originally planned for a feature pack in 2013.
Dynamics AX 2015 (Rainier) is scheduled for the fourth quarter of 2014 with management

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