Microsoft Dynamics Partner Roundup: CRM dashboards; NAV 2015 win; AX data exchange; Retail fashion hire

In this week's Microsoft Dynamics partner news roundup:

• Azure-Powered Pipeline Advisor for Dynamics CRM;
• Data Exchange Studio for Dynamics AX
• PackPost Upgrades to Dynamics NAV 2015;
• K3 Retail Hires Fashion Tech Guru;

Halo Releases Azure-Powered Pipeline Advisor for Dynamics CRM

Halo has just released Pipeline Advisor powered by Microsoft Azure, its latest application developed specifically for Microsoft Dynamics CRM customers to provide highly targeted sales KPIs and metrics on demand.

Four analytics dashboards provide more focused views of the sales pipeline - Bookings Forecast, Pipeline Risk, Revenue by Employee and Employee Scorecard - with more views and reports coming, according to company officials.

With Pipeline Advisor users don't have to manipulate CSV files or database extracts to combine entities within Dynamics CRM. Pipeline Advisor connects seamlessly to any Dynamics CRM instance to analyze and report on sales data with greater focus and relevance, officials said.

"As intensive Dynamics CRM online users ourselves, Pipeline Advisor has filled a clear gap in the Microsoft product offering, providing much needed visibility into the sales pipeline and employee performance," said Keith Peterson, CEO and President of Halo, in a statement.

Axiopea Rolls Out Data Exchange Studio for Dynamics AX

Axiopea Consulting, a team of Microsoft Dynamics AX developers in Minsk, Belarus, has released the Dynamics AX integration solution Data Exchange Studio (DES.

Although transferring heterogeneous data is a common challenge for Dynamics AX specialists, DES aims to handle robust data transfers with fast set up and easy management of the integration interfaces, company officials said. The solution features tools, ...