Microsoft Dynamics Partner Roundup: New GISV for rental, fleet management; NAV TFS Integration; AX practice manager; Indian partnership

In this week's Microsoft Dynamics partner news roundup:

• Sycor, Microsoft Ink Global ISV Deal;
• To-Increase Releases TFS Integration for Dynamics NAV
• I.B.I.S Taps Kevin Johnson, to Head Up Dynamics AX Practice;
• Tectura India, Precision Techconet Partner on Dynamics Products in India;

Sycor, Microsoft Ink Global ISV Deal

Sycor, whose Sycor.Rental and Sycor.Fleet solutions are based on Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012, has been invited to join Microsoft Global Independent Software Vendor program.

Upon signing this partnership agreement Sycor becomes one of a limited number of Global ISV Partners worldwide, officials said.

"We are proud to have been invited to join the Microsoft Global ISV program," said Frank Jakobi, Sycor Vice President in charge of the global Microsoft Dynamics AX activities, in a statement. "We will be working even more closely with Microsoft's R&D, product management and product marketing teams in the future, and this is going to add to our ability to offer unparalleled added value to our customers."

To-Increase Releases TFS Integration for Dynamics NAV

To-Increase has rolled out a 30-day free trial for partners interested in better leveraging SCRUM best practices for Microsoft Dynamics NAV.

Microsoft Team Foundation Server (TFS) and Microsoft Visual Studio with Dynamics NAV integration offers a teaming platform for the development of business critical ERP solutions, company officials said.

To-Increase originally developed the solution for internal use and then decided to roll it out as an offering to other Microsoft partners. The solution not only provides integration, but includes a free tested template for NAV Scrum development that extends ...