Microsoft Dynamics GP Roadmap Through To 2016
One of the advantages of dealing with an enterprise focused software company, like Microsoft, is that they try to be transparent about the direction of future development and regularly produce roadmaps for their products to allow partners and clients to plan ahead.
To this end, at the recent GPUG Summit 2011 in Las Vegas, Nevada, Microsoft announced an updated roadmap for Microsoft Dynamics GP with details of releases through to GP "15" in 2016 (screenshot courtesy of Microsoft Dynamics GP MVP Mariano Gomez, the Dynamics GP Blogster);
Microsoft Dynamics GP "12", due for release in 2012, includes a Silverlight based web client, multi-tenancy architecture, enhanced integration with Office 365, Payables remittance reprint (without reprinting the cheques), SSRS as an alternative to Report Writer and Fixed Assets batches which allow depreciation figures to be reviewed before posting to the GL, amongst other enhancements.
Unlike Dynamics CRM and Nav, Microsoft do not intend to provide a cloud hosted solution for Microsoft Dynamics GP and have instead opted to enable partners to provide a hosted solution to their clients using the multi-tenancy architecture, which allows reduced hosting and SQL licensing costs, and web client which allows any Silverlight enabled web browser to access and run Microsoft Dynamics GP (custom screens will also be available in the web client).
According to the roadmap for Microsoft Dynamics GP "14" and "15", development will continue down the route of enhancing the UI and simplifying the deployment and operational workflow.
