Microsoft on Monday laid out a path to the cloud for its Dynamics ERP at Convergence 2012 conference in Houston. More than 10,000 attendees listened to a keynote address from Kirill Tatarinov, president of Microsoft Business Solutions, that outlined the company’s plans to innovate around Dynamics.
Microsoft announced Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2013 and Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013 will be cloud-enabled for Windows Azure, optimized for small- and mid-size businesses, and generally available in the fourth quarter of this year. The company also reiterated its commitment that the next major release of Microsoft Dynamics AX will evolve as an enterprise cloud service offering from Microsoft.
Mike Ehrenberg, CTO for Microsoft Business Solutions and a Microsoft Technical Fellow, noted that small- and mid-market companies make up the biggest section of early cloud adopters. Microsoft expects that trend to continue.
Starting with Small Businesses
“These companies have sought cloud services because they allow them to scale back on their in-house IT, which is often not a strategic strength of theirs. They tell us consistently how much they value their Microsoft Dynamics partners — depending on them to develop, deploy and evolve their business systems,” Ehrenberg wrote on the Official Microsoft Blog.
“The cloud doesn’t change this, and while cloud delivery will simplify some of the routine tasks of system deployment, it is key to our strategy that our partners remain an essential part of the solution. Our partner ecosystem plays a critical role in delivering cloud services designed explicitly to meet each customer’s unique needs.”
Over time, he added, Microsoft will also add to its current portfolio of cloud services targeted at the upper mid-market and enterprise consumers. All Microsoft Dynamics cloud offerings provide native interoperability with other Microsoft products and services.
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