MICROSOFT ANNOUNCES NEW PACKAGE TO EXTEND MICROSOFT DYNAMICS

SAN DIEGO, March 12 /PRNewswire/ --

- Business applications now accessible across a company,
connecting people to processes and information for increased business
productivity.


Today at Microsoft(R) Convergence 2007, Microsoft Corp announced the
upcoming availability of a new offering that will help customers extend the
power, insights and process control of their Microsoft Dynamics(TM)
enterprise resource planning (ERP) applications to all employees via familiar
business productivity tools in the Microsoft Office system.

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This new package, Microsoft Dynamics Client for Microsoft Office and
SharePoint(R) Server, contains a collection of up to 12 self-service
applications that are built into the Microsoft Office release and SharePoint
products and technologies, as well as a licence for the recently released
Office SharePoint Server 2007. These applications, such as Time and
Attendance for Microsoft Dynamics GP, Project Time and Expense for Microsoft
Dynamics SL, Microsoft Dynamics Snap Business Data Lookup for Microsoft
Dynamics AX, and FRx(R) WebPort and DrillDown Viewer(TM), will simplify
access to business information and help connect employees more closely with
their company's business processes. Also included in this new offering are
licensing rights for customers or industry partners to build their own Office
Business Applications, a new category of programs where Microsoft Office
becomes the front end for accessing the back-end ERP functionality of
Microsoft Dynamics.

"This new low-cost package is aimed at helping our customers improve the
situation they face today, where on average 85 per cent of their employees do
not have direct access to critical information, such as data on customers,
costs, orders, and schedules, contained in their ERP application,(i)" said
Satya Nadella, corporate vice president of the Microsoft Business Solutions
Group at Microsoft. "This new offering is another great example of how
Microsoft Dynamics is leading the way in building Office Business
Applications for our customers. It demonstrates Microsoft's vision of
connecting people across a company with the business processes and
information they need to be successful within the context of the productivity
tools they use every day."


Extending Microsoft Dynamics: Platform for Partner and Customer
Innovation

Microsoft Dynamics Client for Microsoft Office also provides Microsoft
partners with a powerful set of tools to offer innovation for customers. The
business productivity capabilities of Microsoft Office SharePoint Server
2007, combined with access rights to the ERP functionality in Microsoft
Dynamics applications, promote partner development of their own Office
Business Applications to meet industry- or customer-specific needs.

InterDyn AKA, a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner, is already working with
customers and realising benefits from unlocking the information in business
applications via Microsoft Office and SharePoint Server. "Our customers are
constantly asking us to deliver applications that are easy to use and fit
with the productivity applications with which their employees are already
familiar," said Alan Kahn, managing partner and co-chief executive officer of
InterDyn AKA. "This new package provides us with a strong incentive to
continue building business applications for Microsoft Dynamics that are based
on Microsoft Office and SharePoint technologies."


Pricing and Availability

This new package has been priced to facilitate companywide deployment.
The pricing for Microsoft Dynamics Client for Microsoft Office and Windows(R)
SharePoint Services is US$195 (US) per user and Microsoft Dynamics Client for
Microsoft Office and SharePoint Server is US$395 per user.(ii) Microsoft
Dynamics Client for Microsoft Office will be available to Microsoft Dynamics
Business Ready Licensing Advanced Management customers. Availability for this
licensing package for new customers will begin in May 2007 with Microsoft
Dynamics GP 10.0, Microsoft Dynamics AX 4.0 and Microsoft Dynamics SL 7.
Availability for Microsoft Dynamics NAV will coincide with the 5.1 release.


About Microsoft Dynamics

Microsoft Dynamics is a line of financial, customer relationship and
supply chain management solutions that helps businesses work more
effectively. Delivered through a network of channel partners providing
specialised services, these integrated, adaptable business management
solutions work like and with familiar Microsoft software to streamline
processes across an entire business.


About Microsoft

Founded in 1975, Microsoft (Nasdaq "MSFT") is the worldwide leader in
software, services and solutions that help people and businesses realise
their full potential.


About Microsoft EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa)

Microsoft has operated in EMEA since 1982. In the region Microsoft
employs more than 12,000 people in 60 subsidiaries, delivering products and
services in 138 countries and territories.


(i) AMR Research, The Enterprise Resource Planning Spending Report,
2005-2006, by Bob Locke, Jim Shepherd and Wendy Davis, November 2005

(ii) Estimated reseller prices; actual prices may vary.


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