The Microsoft Business Solutions Group  has done well with its product line as this Microsoft Dynamics review will indicate. The dynamics group of products includes Microsoft Dynamics GP (formerly Great Plains Software), Microsoft Dynamics AX (formerly Axapta), Microsoft Dynamics SL (formerly Solomon IV),

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Microsoft Dynamics NAV (formerly Navision) and Microsoft Dynamics C5 (formerly Concorde C5). These products all provide applications for enterprise resource planning (ERP) and customer relationship management (CRM). Microsoft has been able to extend its reach with the Dynamics product line with over 300,000 businesses, along with over 10,000 reselling partners worldwide. The product line is also being utilized by a number of municipal governments. Other enterprise software vendors are also using the Microsoft architecture and platforms for easy compatibility.  

The way software is delivered has changed over the years and Microsoft has been keen on staying competitive with its enterprise software which has been well received. It has enjoyed success with its traditional line of products such as Word, Power Point and Excel, and has been able to tweak its Dynamics products to be compatible with them as well. But now, for many small and midsized businesses, packaged software is being replaced with Web-based software as a service (SaaS). Hosted software has become tremendously successful over the past few years and a popular way of accessing software for many smaller companies. Microsoft, as have other software vendors, have acknowledged this trend and offers an option for it with its line of Dynamics products.

This software company’s MS SQL Server, MS Exchange Server, MS BizTalk Server, as well as the Small Business Server, have also been put to use by other software companies. They have been adapted because of easy compatibility with the Microsoft architecture which many businesses are familiar with and makes for simpler integration with other enterprise products, as an Microsoft Dynamics review will indicate. Let’s take a brief look at the line of this vendors Dynamics product line.

Microsoft Dynamics GP (formerly Great Plains Software) - This product is designed with mid-sized and large companies in mind and is an application geared towards business management, in the area of marketing and operations management.

Microsoft Dynamics AX - is an ERP product designed for large businesses and is applicable to management operations and global locations.

Dynamics SL is a design structure for mid-sized businesses and has applications and tools for the management of projects.

Microsoft Dynamics NAV - is an applications tool geared towards specific industry platforms.

Dynamics CRM - is Microsoft’s enterprise product for customer relationship management. this platform is designed for businesses that have locations in a number of countries and includes applications for multilingual support. This product also includes application modules that offer solutions for sales, service and marketing.

Other applications and tools of the Microsoft Dynamics family include the MS Reporter, which is for financials reporting and data management analysis; Microsoft Dynamics POS 2009, which is designed for retail operations and  Microsoft Dynamics RMS, which is a applications platform for  designed for small and mid-sized retailers.

This has been a Microsoft Dynamics review in a nutshell.