Great Plains to be re-branded Microsoft Dynamics GP

Microsoft Business Solutions-Great Plains will become Microsoft Dynamics GP as Microsoft moves to align their Business Solutions products. This initiative will commence as of Version 9.0 of Great Plains which is due for release in Q4, 2005.

Microsoft is announcing Microsoft Dynamics™, the new brand of financial, customer relationship and supply-chain management solutions for small and midsize businesses, large organizations and divisions of global enterprises. The new brand will replace Microsoft Business Solutions going forward and represents Microsoft’s strategy to align its products with its research and development roadmap, formerly referred to as "Project Green," which centres on a people and process-centric design approach to deliver breakthrough innovation in two significant release waves.

This first wave of major releases under Microsoft Dynamics will share common client technology that focuses on a role-based user experience with deep integration to Microsoft Office. Future waves of Microsoft Dynamics releases will focus on common server technology, including a common process model that combines the best business processes from each of the releases.

This iterative approach for introducing Microsoft Dynamics into the installed base is what customers are looking for: a staged migration that preserves their existing investments while receiving the benefits from Microsoft's significant investments in research and development.