Microsoft aims for Dynamics GP 2013 R2 in May, GP 2015 in December 2014

Improved features, improved workflow capabilities, and host of new companion apps for are just some of the reasons to be interested in Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013 R2, due in May.

The latest update on the upcoming release came from Dynamics GP product manager Errol Schoenfish, speaking this week at Convergence 2014.

"And if that weren't enough, we'll be delivering Microsoft Dynamics GP 2015 in this calendar year, so think December time frame," Schoenfish told attendees at the Dynamics GP General Session at Convergence 2014 in Atlanta. "So you can look for six-month releases from us now on an ongoing basis to get the features to you as quickly as we can."

MVPs Mark Polino and Mariano Gomez then took the stage to tell the audience about some of their favorite features in Dynamics GP 2013 R2 in sort of a dueling banjos-type presentation.

Azure backups is one feature that Gomez said was "dear to my heart."

"With Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013, now you have the ability to click only one button and have your backups stored directly into the Microsoft Azure storage infrastructure," he said.

Polino, on the other hand, decided to offer a more functional feature.

"You're working with cash receipts and you realize that you don't know what checkbook it went into. Well, the new inquiry window in Dynamics GP now has the checkbook as well so you can now see it all in one spot," he said.

Another of Polino's favorite features related to emailing documents.

"One of the new features is that you can have a different email address for the different documents," he said. "So you can send quotes to one person, and you can send invoices to another."

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