Announcements: Sales Productivity, AX Cumulative Updates, NAV 2015 Release

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It’s an exciting time for Microsoft Dynamics, and I want to draw your attention to three announcements recently made by Microsoft. 

Sales Productivity

October 8th. 2014 a press release announced that we are offering a new Sales Productivity solution that combines Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online Professional with Office 365 and Power BI. The new solution will be offered to customers at a promotional price of $65 for new users and $45 for Existing Office 365 users. Customers can see these price points reflected on our Sales Productivity page  in the US and soon in the rest of the world. 

 

Calls to Action:

  1. Become more familiar with the new aggressive Sales Productivity promotional pricing and start discussing with your customers.
    1. Review the following blog posts: Microsoft – The Smart Choice for Sales Productivity and Announcing Promotion Pricing for Sales Productivity
    2. Visit the Sales Productivity page
    3. Tweet the press release using the links at the top of the press release!

MICROSOFT DYNAMICS AX Cumulative Updates 8 & Lifecycle Services Updates

Microsoft continues its commitment to customer success by continuing our frequent release cadence of Cumulative Updates (CUs) which is comprised of rollups of released hotfixes, regulatory updates and existing business process enrichments. 

  • Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 R3 CU8

In this minor release, planned for Q4 CY2014, we continue investments in retail and supply chain to enable individuals in organizations to engage with customers on their terms across web, social, mobile, and in-store experiences and run dynamic operations that deliver on promises made to customers. 

  • Lifecycle Services

Additionally, we are providing new capabilities in Lifecycle Services [LCS] that could allow customers to expand their operations and grow smartly by taking advantage of the newly added functionality such as the new Methodology integration that includes SureStep, an increase to ~800 documented business processes/flows, and the ability to easily and quickly identify and install relevant hotfixes and regional updates in CU8 to your different Dynamics AX 2012 R3 implementations with the Updates tool.  Every partner with an AX practice should leverage LCS to validate the architecture of their solution. It is an amazing service that allows you to decrease your incidences while increasing the success of your implementation.  For the latest updates on LCS, visit PartnerSource.

 

Calls to Action:

  1. Leverage Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 R3 CU8.
  2. Visit PartnerSource to become familiar with Lifecycle Services.
  3. Tweet the Sales Productivity press announcement expanding the brand and power of Microsoft

 

NAV 2015 Release

Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2015 was released on October 1, 2014!  We are excited for the new functionality and capabilities to serve your customers and prospects. You can download the product here, and you can find all training, technical guidelines, demo and sales resources on the Readiness Page on PartnerSource. 

Calls to Action:

  1. Download Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2015 here.
  2. Understand the power of the Sales Productivity offering with Microsoft Dynamics NAV. 
  3. Tweet the Sales Productivity press announcement expanding the brand and power of Microsoft

 

Questions?

To learn more about current happenings in Microsoft Dynamics, check out the October Edition of the Partner News Update.   If you have any questions or opportunities you would like to discuss, please contact me, your local Partner Sales Executive. 

Best regards, 

The Dynamics Team