The Story of AX and NAV (And a bit of CRM too)

Introducing

Microsoft Dynamics

Dynamics ERP

The Agenda

1Dynamics CRM and ERP

2AX and NAV

3Roadmap

Dynamics CRM and ERP

Microsoft’s Dynamics product stack

1

Dynamics Products

Dynamics AX

Dynamics CRM

Dynamics GP

Dynamics NAV

Dynamics SL

Dynamics Products

2 AX and NAV How it started

A little History

1990’s AX

• 1998 - Axapta 1.0 for US and in Denmark by Damgaard A/S

• November 1998 - Axapta 2.0, more European countries,

• 1999 - Axapta 2.0, first 3-tier version with AOS

1980’s / 1990’s NAV

• 1983 – PC&C, later Navision Software in Copenhagen, PCPlus (single user)

• 1987 - First version of Navision (client/server application over LAN)

• 1990 - Navision 3.0, DOS• 1995 - Navision

Financials 1.0 (accounting and ERP), Windows 95/NT, other European countries

• 1997 – CRM module

2000’s AX

• 2000 - Axapta 2.1, first Web tool (CSS / Customer Self-Service)

• 2001 - Axapta 2.5, Navision-Damgaard, CRM, CG and Product builder

• 2003 - Microsoft talking about Project Green - initiative to merge Navision, Axapta, Great Plains and Solomon into one system by 2012

• 2006 - Dynamics AX 4.0, .NET Business connector, XML

• 2008 - Dynamics AX 2009

2000’s NAV

• 2000 - Microsoft 2000 Certifications, Navision Software a/s and Damgaard A/S merge to NavisionDamgaard A/S

• 2001 – Navision Attain 3.0• 2002 - Microsoft acquires

Navision A/S, Microsoft Business Solutions

• 2005 - Microsoft Business Solutions becomes Microsoft Dynamics, 4.0 release

• 2007 - Microsoft stopped talking about Project Green, 5.0 release

• 2008 – Dynamics NAV 2009 – released

Current AX

• 2011 - Dynamics AX 2012, new UI, Sharepoint 2012 integration, industry-specific solutions• Process Manufacturing• Professional Services• Public Sector

• 2012 - Dynamics AX 2012 Feature Pack (Retail solution)

• AX 2012 R2 is due to ship in late 2012

Current NAV

• 2010 – 2009 R2 was released, incl. integration between CRM and NAV

• Due every day – NAV 2013

3 Roadmap The Future

What’s next

We’ve seen this – it is all about Integration ,User Experience, Productivity, new Platforms

NAV Roadmap

Some examples of mobile Platforms

Mobile

? Questions?Let’s talk about the future sessions!

ERP in the User group!

See you next Month!Thank you!