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The question
is one that often comes up when users of Microsoft Dynamics NAV get together:
How committed is Microsoft to the NAV application? A subset: Might NAV be absorbed
by Dynamics AX?

The question
came up again at the Town Hall general session of the Dynamics NAV User Group gathering, Forum 2010.
According to Greg Goldkamp, a Microsoft marketing manager,  the question may  persist because of different perceptions users
have of NAV and AX. Dynamics NAV has more of a partner orientation, while AX "is
an industry platform," and has specific industry vertical packages.

Goldkamp
added, "I don’t think there is any concern of NAV going away."

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The upcoming new version of Microsoft Dynamics AX, known now as AX 6, will be announced next
spring, and be generally available during the third quarter of 2011.

Pepijn
Richter, a Microsoft product marketing manager, said at the AX User Group
Summit 2010 that Dynamics AX 6 will add a new vertical specialty–AX for Public
Sector–to the four existing verticals, which are services, manufacturing, retail, and
wholesale.

The emphasis
of Dynamics AX 6 will be "on simplifying the application life cycle," Richter
stated. For example, it will upgrade both online and offline, to improve the
efficiency of the upgrade process and reduce downtime necessary for testing.

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version of AX "will take…

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This is a three part series post on technology evaluation which talks about

a. Why Microsoft Dynamics AX has been selected as the ace in the Dynamics ERP lineup?

b.  Part 2 talks about the 8 previous generations of Dynamics AX

c. The latest offerings from Dynamics AX in technology and functionality space

• Simplicity improvements to the user interface (UI) and functional enhancements focused on specific industries such as retail, media, and entertainment, and public sector 
• Software plus services will be another major theme, whereby multi-channel commerce and payment services and Microsoft’s Azure Services Platform-based Web storefront (sites) capabilities will be enabled in the cloud
• Microsoft provides customers with options to enable Operations 2.0 with Microsoft Dynamics AX as the core solution for process standardization, and Microsoft SharePoint 2010 for process innovation and entrepreneurship. The customer can choose to deploy Dynamics AX in a two-tier ERP model as a modern ‘Operational ERP’ fully integrated with its legacy headquarters (HQ) “Administrative ERP” solution, or even go a step further and replace its legacy “Administrative ERP” at HQ with Dynamics AX.
• Best Features of Microsoft Dynamics AX
• Limitations of Dynamics AX

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Microsoft
Dynamics AX will offer a connector with Dynamics CRM before the end of this
year, and a new release of AX for Retail.

The discussion
about the connector linking Dynamics AX with CRM, long on the wish list of many
AX users, occurred at the <a href="/Microsoft Dynamics AX will offer a connector with Dynamics CRM before the end of this year, and a new release of AX for Retail. The discussion about the connector linking Dynamics AX with CRM, long on the wish list of many AX users, occurred at the AX User Group Summit 2010. According to Pepijn Richter, a Microsoft product marketing manager, the connector “supports about ten business scenarios…It will give you a bi-directional interface, with AX being in the lead.” It will support CRM on premises and CRM onl…

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GS Partners With Profitbase to
Bring Integrated Business Intelligence to Retailers

Computer Generated Solutions Inc. (CGS) has
formed a strategic alliance with retail technology provider
Profitbase to provide retail companies with business intelligence
solutions for Microsoft Dynamics AX.

The
partnership will enable CGS to offer Profitbase Retail Business Intelligence
Solution to the retail industry, the companies said.

The
relationship with Profitbase will improve CGS’ retail offering by enhancing the
Microsoft Dynamics AX for Retail reporting capabilities and delivering a truly
integrated view of store operations, according to the companies.

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Microsoft
Gold Certified Partner Blue Horseshoe
has launched TRAX, Transportation for AX, to help organizations take control of
their transportation plans in order to remain competitive.

Blue
Horseshoe said it developed a solution built on the Dynamics AX platform that aggregates
and consolidates transportation data, providing "one version of the truth," so
companies don’t have to access separate systems or use paper-based processes to
get the information they need.

TRAX, is
a module solution that embeds advanced transportation planning and execution
capabilities into a company’s new or existing Microsoft Dynamics AX system.
TRAX offers a global enterprise transportation solution so companies can
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As Convergence 2010 Europe opens today with the Microsoft Dynamics
CRM 2011 beta release now in the hands of enthusiastic Dynamics partners and a
scheduled release due by the end of 2010. In today’s keynote address, corporate
vice president of Microsoft Business Solutions Kirill Tatarinov announced
forthcoming promotional pricing for Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online.

Microsoft will offer a new global launch promotion for Dynamics
CRM Online at a price of $34 (€31) per user, per month for the first 12 months
of service; this pricing will be available to new customers from launch until
June 30, 2011.

According to Dynamics CRM General Manager Brad Wilson, competing
on price is just one element of Microsoft’s strategy. "We’re trying to
take point of v…

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A video on Retail for AX from Griffiths

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISIXWAgU8Dk

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