Delivering business insight to the office

Following a $9 billion investment, Microsoft says its Dynamics ERP platform now integrates perfectly with its ubiquitous Office platform

Paul Hennessy, Dynamics lead, Microsoft Ireland

As important as ERP is in business, it remains seen as a specialist software product – at least in comparison to desktop productivity apps. With the latest iteration of Dynamics, Microsoft intends to change that perception.

“We have one platform, Dynamics, which is targeted at a number of verticals: manufacturing, retail, government and service. Our objective is to deliver.

“Dynamics is the extension of what we’ve been doing with IT and Office out ...