| In September 2005, Microsoft renamed and integrated | | | | organizations and no competitor comes close yet |
| its ERP products - Great Plains became Microsoft | | | | compared to this application. |
| Dynamics GP, Navision is renamed as Microsoft | | | | • Microsoft Business Solutions or Microsoft |
| Dynamics NAV, Axapta became Microsoft Dynamics | | | | Dynamics Great Plains bought the Navision Software |
| AX, Solomon is now tagged as Microsoft Dynamics | | | | around the year 1984. The fundamental idea of |
| SL and Microsoft CRM is now known as Microsoft | | | | Navision is in its database proprietary platform, C/SIDE. |
| Dynamics CRM. The idea is to unify all future products | | | | Before the Navision software was purchased by |
| under the Microsoft Dynamics name. | | | | Microsoft, it has its own design, work plan and |
| In getting all the MRP system merged into a unified | | | | marketing strategies that became successful in both |
| name, there are some applications that should be | | | | American and European markets. Navision is flexible |
| taken as base and there are some that needs to be | | | | enough to work with any business whether it is |
| phased out. To be able to identify which is which, here | | | | intended for small to upper mid-market. When |
| is some basic information on some of the Microsoft | | | | Microsoft bought Navision, they started offering it in |
| ERP applications. | | | | Eastern Europe and even in Brazil where it is said to |
| • Version 3.0 of Microsoft Dynamics CRM is one of | | | | have over a hundred implementations as of 2005. |
| the most abreast application with regards to other | | | | • Microsoft Dynamics Great Plains today is a far |
| Microsoft innovations such as the Active Directory, | | | | cry from its original platform. Versions 5.5 to 7.5 are |
| XML Web Services, MS Exchange and MS CRM | | | | already available for Ctree and Pervasive database |
| SDK. Recent development has MS CRM 1.2 and 3.0 | | | | platforms. Version 8.0 is now available on MS SQL |
| integrated with Microsoft Dynamics Great Plains 7.5 | | | | Server. The Microsoft Dynamics Great Plains is |
| and 8.0. | | | | offered mainly in English speaking countries such as |
| • Project driven organizations will be better off if | | | | the USA, Latin America, Canada, UK, Australia, New |
| they use Microsoft Dynamics SL or Microsoft | | | | Zealand South East Asia and some parts of South |
| Dynamics Solomon. This ERP is modeled for such | | | | Africa. |