Could it have been a divine message? Last week I was at the Directions North America 2016 Conference in Arizona to attend the sessions related to the new offering, Microsoft’s first ERP SaaS offering to be launched soon. As if to make sure the Microsoft partners in attendance get the point that big changes are on their way for their industry, the last afternoon of the conference we were hit by a 4,000 foot tall dust cloud that rolled across the desert plain enshrouding everything in its path between the San Tan Mountains and the Estrella Mountains. Like this massive dust storm, ERP cloud solutions are going to affect how all organizations function and how they deploy CRM and ERP solutions.
The changes on the horizon with Microsoft’s CRM/ERP solutions involve the product launch of . This will be Microsoft’s first true ERP SaaS offering, although Microsoft CRM Online has always been a true SaaS solution. Also, Dynamics CRM will now be marketed more like a role, suite or module of the overall Microsoft Dynamics 365 offerings.
Here is what both Microsoft Dynamics 365 editions will encompass:
· to create the Microsoft Dynamics 365 Enterprise edition” and will “allow customers to license Dynamics 365 by application (Financials, Operations, Sales, Marketing, etc.).” The Dynamics 365 For Marketing offering details haven’t been announced yet, but check out this recent about a new relationship with Adobe.
· includes Dynamics 365 for Financials (based on Microsoft Dynamics NAV), CRM functions, and eventually the Dynamics 365 For Marketing (new offering mentioned above). Dynamics 365 For Financials was pre-released as . This is a cloud only offering and will not be available as an on premise solution. Although Dynamics 365 for Financials is based on the popular Microsoft Dynamics NAV solution, it is not your father’s NAV. Some new functionality has been added to the solution and it has been optimized for small to medium sized enterprises. To see a trial version of this the Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Financials, visit .
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by The TM Group
