For Partners, Value of Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013 and Office 365 Coming Into Focus

With the release of Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013, Microsoft and its reselling partners have redoubled their efforts to sell the vision of a more robust, cloud-based business solution that includes Microsoft Office 365.  And Dynamics GP resellers are finding that the latest messaging to accompany the technology appears to be telling GP customers and prospects a compelling story.

According to Mariano Gomez, Microsoft MVP and EVP of Midmarket Solutions at IntellPartners LLC, the release of GP 2013 brings with it not only improvements to Office 365 integration, but a new, more cohesive message for Microsoft Dynamics GP partners to communicate to customers and prospects.

One of the interesting new highlights of the Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013 feature set is its integration with Exchange Server - whether on premise or in the cloud with Office 365.

"Before, you had to send emails from Microsoft Dynamics GP via Microsoft Outlook and that sort of defeated the purpose of integrating with Microsoft Exchange Online - a part of Office 365. Now, with direct integration from within Microsoft GP 2013, you don't have a need for an email client application between the ERP and your Exchange Server, whether on premise or in the cloud. This opens up, from an architecture and systems maintenance and support perspective, a better use of Exchange Online without having an intermediate email client application to make that connection," Gomez explains.

Hersch Patel, Director of Consulting Services at Socius, said some of the market segments Socius is targeting for the cloud opportunities offered by Dynamics GP 2013 ...