Microsoft Great Plains and Microsoft CRM both use MS SQL Server 2005 or 2000 databases, GP has eConnect tool, which covers MBS owned GP modules: GL, SOP, POP, PM, RM, Payroll

This small article is targeted to Microsoft Dynamics GP audience.  Recent Microsoft marketing move from Microsoft Business Solutions to Dynamics means Project Green wave 1 progress.  This will mean increasing role of XML web services enabled as connectors to eConnect or Integration Object SDK. 

Combining Microsoft Business Solutions Great Plains ERP with non-Microsoft Business System or CRM: Lotus Notes Domino, Oracle, DB2

As Microsoft Business Solutions partner, supporting clients and prospects (including so-called orphans), we would like to review (however it might seems to be too retrospective, when everybody around are talking about Microsoft Dynamics GP/NAV/AX/CRM/SL

Microsoft Dynamics ERP products family includes both Great Plains and Microsoft CRM, so it is initial good sign for you if you are making MRP research for your company.  Let’s take a look at additional features of Microsoft Dynamics products and try to compare and figure out trends

Microsoft Great Plains is becoming more and more popular and we see new purchases among midsize and large corporations, where, in our opinion, Microsoft SQL Server DB administrator position is a must.  If you are database administrator and you are part of the decision making team, purchasing Microsoft Business Solutions Great Plains for your corporation, we would like to set your expectation on the level of SQL knowledge, skills and experience needed to support Microsoft Great Plains in-house

Microsoft is currently on the way to release Microsoft Dynamics CRM 3.0.  Current version is MS CRM 1.2.  Why Microsoft Business Solutions skipped one version (2.0 or  the like)?  One of the Microsoft answers was – version 1.2 had too many new features (as developers we may guess – MS CRM SDK redesign – some functionality was deprecated – joke – of course MS CRM 1.2 is very impressive progress comparing to the pioneer – 1.0), so 1.2 was playing the role of skipped 2.0.  This article is targeted to IT departments who do self-implementation and self-customization and we’ll try to give you the info on new release, which is expected in December, 2005.

Microsoft Dynamics GP ERP is good platform for integration with your current and legacy applications: ecommerce, CRM, EDI, Microsoft Access and even non-Microsoft platforms, such as Oracle, Lotus Notes Domino, MySQL/PHP, DB2.  

Apple’s almighty iPod has yet another competitor - Microsoft’s Zune Media Player. You had to have seen it coming - Bill wasn’t about to let his old friend Steve monopolize a market. That was supposed to be Microsoft’s thing. Sure, the iPod is at the pinnacle of its dominion now with many a diehard follower, but this won’t be the first time Microsoft makes a late challenge...

Any one who attains a Microsoft certificate will be known as an MCP or Microsoft Certified Professional.

Earlier this year MSN rolled out a great search engine and now Microsoft has fundamentally revamped its reference products. By committing itself to this overhaul, Microsoft embraced reality: nine out of ten children (between the ages of 5 and 17) use computers (USA figures) - and 85% of these get their information online.

Microsoft CRM, also referred as Microsoft Dynamics CRM has for now pretty long career path since 1999.  So far MS CRM proved to be excellent solution for companies with the offices located in various business metros and needing web based coordination. 

Since the time, when Great Plains Software Dynamics Corporate ERP and MRP application was acquired by Microsoft, newly formed Microsoft Business Solutions (initially Microsoft Great Plains Business Solutions) turned to the natural route of driving out non-Microsoft OS and DB platforms. 

Microsoft Dynamics GP 9.0 has multiple improvements and “Project Green” innovations.  One of the new key words, Microsoft Business Solutions people like to introduce and increase the frequency of using is eConnect

Microsoft Business Solutions Great Plains is very popular ERP/MRP applications in the USA, Canada, UK, Australia, New Zealand, Middle East, South Africa, Latin America.  Considering high number of new Microsoft Great Plains partners and the desire to subcontract occasional customization, integration and reporting projects, we would like to advise you on Microsoft Great Plains subcontracting guidelines, based on our experience in dealing with Great Plains VARs

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