REDMOND, Wash., Nov. 19, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Microsoft
Corp. on Thursday announced that the next release of its flagship
ERP solution, Microsoft Dynamics AX, will be generally available in
the first quarter of 2016. The new release, architected for the
cloud, brings the power and intelligence of the next generation of
cloud computing in an enterprise-class business application to
people and organizations worldwide.
Microsoft announced that a public preview of the new solution
for customers and partners will be available in early December.
Revealing the new name of the release, Microsoft Dynamics AX, the
company departed from branding that included years or versions of
the product to a simple brand that underscores Dynamics AX is a
cloud-based service that will be regularly updated. The company
will also implement a new, simple and transparent subscription
pricing model to make it easier than ever for organizations to
purchase the solution in a way that helps them grow at their own
pace.
"Our ambition to build the intelligent cloud comes to life with
apps optimized for modern business, like Dynamics AX," said
Scott Guthrie, executive vice
president, Microsoft Cloud and Enterprise. "When you combine the
hyperscale, enterprise-grade and hybrid-cloud capabilities of
Microsoft Azure with the real-time insights and intuitive user
experience of Dynamics AX, organizations and individuals are
empowered to transform their business operations."
This latest release delivers a new, intelligent user experience,
optimized to deliver value to organizations by enabling them to
make smarter decisions faster. It brings proven business processes
to the cloud, which means that the full set of capabilities of this
solution will be available to customers from day one. Dynamics AX
introduces continuous management services that enable the software
to quickly adapt to an organization's business needs. The new
Dynamics AX also harnesses the power of the cloud, giving
businesses and people global availability and scale to work
anywhere, anytime so they can grow at their own pace and on their
terms.
A new user experience to accelerate decision-making
Businesses are looking to empower their people with tools they want
to use and to enable them to make smarter decisions faster. To
enable this, Dynamics AX offers a new user experience that looks
and works like Microsoft Office and delivers deep integration that
seamlessly shares information between Dynamics AX, Dynamics CRM and
Office 365. It gives people near-real-time analytics powered by
Azure Machine Learning with the ability to visualize data through
Power BI embedded right within the application. This gives users
not only the information they need, but also predictive
capabilities built right in the application. Dynamics AX offers a
fully browser-based, new HTML5 client which gives people access to
Dynamics AX across platforms and devices and enables organizations
to extend and build business-specific mobile applications. Based on
extensive usability analysis, the redesigned Dynamics AX brings a
new touch-enabled, modern user interface that uses the principles
of highly visual applications that users expect in consumer
applications to their enterprise business applications.
Quicker implementation and easier management
ERP
systems have traditionally been known for their rigidity,
complexity, and slow deployments and implementations. Dynamics AX
is changing the game in this area with revolutionary new technology
that continuously enhances rather than disrupts business processes
and operations. Bringing forward the breadth and depth of proven
business processes in horizontal and vertical industries, including
retail, manufacturing, distribution, professional services and
public sector, the new Dynamics AX brings the complete capability
of the product to market on day one and uses the cloud to provide
ongoing service and management to adapt to business and industry
needs. The new release also introduces enhancements to Microsoft
Dynamics Lifecycle Services, an Azure-based service that allows for
turnkey deployment with prebuilt, industry-specific solutions
available in the Azure Marketplace and automated setup on Azure,
empowering customers to deploy faster with higher quality. The new
Dynamics AX delivers a more flexible solution architecture that
enables incremental implementations, changes and updates, giving
businesses more agility and faster time to value.
Enabling business through the power of the
cloud
Businesses are looking for flexibility and choice in
how, when, where and at what pace they bring their operational
systems to the cloud. Building on the global Microsoft Azure
platform, with its strong commitment and capability to meet diverse
data locality and data sovereignty requirements, Dynamics AX is
uniquely positioned to meet the needs of global customers. The new
release brings with it the benefits of the cloud that are most
important for business — from simple signup, immediate
provisioning, and built-in high availability and disaster recovery
to elastic capacity to add resources but only pay for them when
they are being used.
The Lotus F1 racing team knows firsthand the benefits of
Dynamics AX. "The beauty of Dynamics AX is that it will help you
make better informed decisions faster, and ultimately increase your
business potential to take business operations to the next level,"
said Thomas Mayer, chief operating
officer, Lotus F1 Team.
More information on Dynamics AX and its capabilities can be
found in a Dynamics AX blog post from Mike
Ehrenberg, technical fellow, Microsoft Dynamics ERP, as well
as a blog post from Christian
Pedersen, general manager, Microsoft Dynamics Marketing. The
following videos and guided tours are also available:
- Deliver amazing customer experiences
- Simplify production floor management
- Gain immediate financial insights
More information is available at
www.microsoft.com/dynamics/ax.
Microsoft (Nasdaq "MSFT" @microsoft) is the leading platform and
productivity company for the mobile-first, cloud-first world, and
its mission is to empower every person and every organization on
the planet to achieve more.
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