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    Microsoft Moves Dynamics GP 2013, Dynamics NAV 2013 to Windows Azure

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    Pedro Hernandez
    Published June 20, 2013
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      Microsoft is expanding its Windows Azure cloud platform with yet another product within the company’s sprawling business software portfolio.

      The company announced on June 18 that Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013 and Dynamics NAV 2013 enterprise resource planning (ERP) platforms for small to midsize businesses (SMBs) are now available on a cloud-delivered basis courtesy of the company’s Windows Azure cloud infrastructure. The cloud-powered applications arrive more than two years after the company first announced that its Dynamics ERP products slate would eventually migrate toward a Windows Azure-hosted model.

      “Customers can take advantage of easy-to-use, quick-to-implement business solutions from Microsoft with the added benefit of knowing their solution is hosted on secure, enterprise-class cloud infrastructure from a trusted provider,” Paul White, Microsoft’s Dynamics ERP senior director, wrote in a June 18 blog post.

      Going forward, SMBs can opt to deploy Microsoft Dynamics NAV and GP supply chain software as cloud-based applications using Microsoft’s Windows Azure Infrastructure Services. “This means your solution can now be hosted in a secure, private cloud on a Windows Azure Virtual Machine,” White explained.

      Underscoring the cloud’s mobile-enabling benefits, White added that “users can access the solution using Web or desktop clients, either from the office or on the go using mobile devices.”

      However, channel partners shouldn’t fear that Microsoft is cutting them out of the loop, according to White. “It’s important to note that there’s no change in our partner model here, meaning that Microsoft Dynamics GP and NAV continue to be available only through our partners, and not direct from Microsoft,” he wrote.

      The company remains “deeply committed to the industry and regional expertise our partners bring to every customer engagement,” argued White. Partners, he added, bring “customers the broadest possible range of choices in terms of partner selection, pricing and licensing, deployment options, hosting providers and more.”

      Microsoft is also apparently committed to rapidly growing its Windows Azure ecosystem.

      To compete in the growing market for big data software and services, the company released a preview version of its Windows Azure HDInsight Service, a Hadoop distribution, on March 18. Under HDInsight, Hadoop clusters can be set up in minutes, rather than hours or day, according to the company.

      Moreover, it supports a platform that is emerging as the industry standard for big data processing. “Windows Azure HDInsight Service offers full compatibility with Apache Hadoop, which ensures that when customers choose HDInsight they can do so with confidence, knowing that they are 100 percent Apache Hadoop compatible now and in the future,” said Eron Kelly, general manager for SQL Server product management.

      Those moves appear to be paying off.

      June 14 blog post.

      Pedro Hernandez
      Pedro Hernandez
      Pedro Hernandez is a writer for eWEEK and the IT Business Edge Network, the network for technology professionals. Previously, he served as a managing editor for the Internet.com network of IT-related websites and as the Green IT curator for GigaOM Pro.

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