| In around 2003 Microsoft stated about Project Green | | | | Africa, New Zealand, South and Central America, |
| that it will be merging several Microsoft just acquired | | | | including Mexico. Our opinion is the following - Microsoft |
| ERPs, such as Great Plains, Solomon, Navision, Axapta | | | | has to revive GP Dexterity in order to advance GP. |
| into future so-called Project Green, where the best | | | | Dex has now support for Web Services, plus it has |
| features of Great Plains (more likely financials and | | | | window to .Net to use native .Net constructionso GP |
| Payroll), Navision (Manufacturing), Solomon (Project | | | | Reporting. SRS are coming as the replacement to |
| Organization or project Accounting) . In 2005 Microsoft | | | | Crystal Reports, however CR are still strong. In the |
| Business Solutions was renamed into Microsoft | | | | case of both CR and SQL Server Reporting Services |
| Dynamics and its participating ERP/CRM were also | | | | or SRS, you should think about reports business logic, |
| renamed respectively into GP (Great Plains), SL | | | | which is more likely out of the real CR or SRS and |
| (Solomon), NAV (Navision), AX (Axapta) and Microsoft | | | | should stay in SQL Server - Stored Procedures or |
| Dynamics CRM (Microsoft CRM). Since Microsoft | | | | SQL Viewso GP Vista Features. This seems to be |
| Dynamics project was introduced we rather see the | | | | out of synch with initial Project Green plans, however |
| efforts to advance MS Dynamics products ERP and | | | | considering huge time period, since project Green was |
| CRM on its native SDK: Dexterity, CSide, MorphX, MS | | | | deemphasized, such vista features as GP IE similarity |
| CRM SDK, and some attempts to bring these | | | | looks really good and appropriateo Great Plains |
| products to .Net and especially Microsoft Office and | | | | Dexterity Customization upgrade. As PG is still in |
| Vista interface compliance. Where Microsoft | | | | transition, old good-days Dex is a good optiono VBA |
| Dynamics is heading? This is difficult question and we | | | | Modifier. This is COM legacy tool, and if you think about |
| are not Microsoft, but rather independent journalists, so | | | | .Net this is not the one who is .Net compliant, however |
| we will be giving your our opiniono Microsoft Great | | | | COM technology is still a player in Vista, so you should |
| Plains Dynamics GP way. Great Plains Dexterity is still | | | | be OK to deploy VBA with GP Modifier. Good news |
| the core of GP design, plus it stays for GP third party | | | | that Microsoft published the manual on VBA scripting |
| modules - a lot of customers USA nationwide and | | | | for GP 10. |
| internationally, especially in UK, Canada, Australia, South | | | | |