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MBS Exceeds Revenue Expectations in 3rd Quarter

Microsoft Business Solutions exceeds Wall Street (External) revenue expectations.

MBS GAAP Revenue of $216m grew 21% over prior year, beating Wall Street expectations by $5m. The growth was driven by a 28% growth in licence revenue over the prior year.

GAAP Operating Income was a loss of $13m. The quarterly loss was less than budget and represents a $26m improvement over prior year, driven by the increase in revenue.

The full earnings release is included below and all of the related financial materials are available on the Investor Relations website at http://www.microsoft.com/msft/.

Important Microsoft CRM Announcements from Convergence

The following link to Simon Hutson's UK CRM blog highlights some of the important Microsoft CRM announcements from Convergence incuding scheduled release date of the Microsoft CRM adaptors to AX

Microsoft Dynamics AX4 Supported Configurations WhitePaper

Please see the attached for details on supported configurations for Microsoft Dynamics AX4

SQL Server 2005 Report Packs for Microsoft Dynamics Axapta 3.0

Please find below for your information details around the new SQL Server 2005 Report Pack with a specific focus on the pre requisites for Microsoft Dynamics Axapta 3.0. I’ve had a quick look at what is required for Axapta and the pre reqs are as follows (as per the “read me” file after download):

Server:
Microsoft SQL Server 2005
Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services 

Client:
Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 or later
Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 with report designer installed (for uploading or modifying the reports)

The “read me” will walk you through what is required to install and attach the reports to the existing Axapta installation.

If you don’t have SQL 2005 installed, a kernel is available, and here’s the details I’ve obtained on that:

Axapta 3.0 Kernel Rollup 1 supports SQL Server 2005. Download it from: https://mbs.microsoft.com/partnersource/downloads/servicepack/kernelrollup1.htm?printpage=false  

However, Axapta 3.0 Kernel Rollup 1 does not work with Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Analysis Services. If you are running OLAP and reporting with your existing implementation, do not upgrade to Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Analysis Services. SQL Server 2005 databases are supported running with SQL Server 2000 Analysis Services.

8 New/Updated SQL Server 2005 Report Packs – Available Now

As part of the FY06 Business Intelligence Campaign, Microsoft have released eight new SQL Server 2005 Report Packs:

·         SQL Server 2005 Report Pack for SQL Server Integration Services

·         SQL Server 2005 Report Pack for Microsoft SharePoint Portal Server 2003

·         SQL Server 2005 Report Pack for Microsoft Dynamics Axapta 3.0

·         SQL Server 2005 Report Pack for Microsoft Dynamics Navision 4.0

·         SQL Server 2005 Report Pack for Microsoft Dynamics Great Plains 8.0

·         SQL Server 2005 Report Pack for Microsoft Dynamics Great Plains 9.0

·         SQL Server 2005 Report Pack for Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS)

·         SQL Server 2005 Report Pack for Financial Reporting

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=d81722ce-408c-4fb6-a429-2a7ecd62f674&displaylang=en

Microsoft Dynamics AX 4 Laymans Specification Document

Announcing Microsoft Dynamics Snap-ins for Axapta

https://mbs.microsoft.com/partnersource/newsevents/news/newsgeneral/MicrosoftDynamicsSnapLaunch.htm