Where is the Microsoft Dynamics ERP Cloud Strategy Headed?

January 25 2013

The Microsoft Dynamics ERP product team pushed two major releases - Dynamics GP 2013 and NAV 2013 - and one minor (but still pretty major) one, AX 2012 R2, in the final two months of 2012. For some ERP watchers, these releases  were more notable for what was

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mdoerner@watserv.com's picture

A major component of any large scale ERP implementation are the integrations between the various touch points. If a major connection fails there are significant ramifications to the ERP system as a whole. For instance; the system is adversely effected if shipping details do not get imported correctly. This is just one of the reasons that ERP cannot be installed and forgotten. Azure deployments will likely be very attractive to smaller implementations.