Microsoft has taken another crack at evolving its business applications, and this means that corporations could have a more flexible upgrade path as the vendor tries to integrate its wares over the next three years and keep pace with rivals. The news for corporate users is they won't have to rip and replace their current Microsoft Business Solutions applications -- Axapta, Great Plains, Navision, Solomon and Microsoft CRM.
Instead, they will see a series of upgrades that will introduce common features across the platform, including interface design, development tools; and integration points such as SQL Server, SharePoint Portal Server, Office and Longhorn.
Microsoft recently unveiled its new road map at its Convergence 2005 conference in San Diego.
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