The Microsoft Dynamics NAV team just wrapped up a great week meeting with partners at the Directions EMEA conference in Poznan, Poland (Oct. 8-10). This fantastic annual event is community run and has now grown to over 1,100 attendees! This year we had more than 80 Microsoft team members on hand to run workshops and sessions on Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2015, meet with partners, and plan together for the year ahead. We had a similar contingent of Microsoft team members on hand at the sold-out Directions US event in San Diego (Sept. 14-16).

Here are a few of our favorite pics from the Microsoft keynote sessions in Poznan:

Wayne Morris, Corporate Vice-President of Microsoft Dynamics, talks about the key role Microsoft Dynamics NAV plays within Microsoft Business Solutions

Directions EMEA attendees on their way to the opening keynote

Paul White, General Manager of Microsoft Dynamics, thanks partners for a year of significant growth in the Microsoft Dynamics NAV business

Marko Perisic, Principal Program Manager of Microsoft Dynamics, and the program management team demonstrate the new capabilities in Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2015, including new tablet apps with touch-optimized user experience

Another full house of Microsoft Dynamics partners at the Directions EMEA keynote

All photos courtesy of the Directions EMEA Organizing Committee.

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Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2015 is now available worldwide, offering significant new capabilities to help small and midsized organizations grow their businesses in a mobile-first, cloud-first world.

Microsoft Dynamics NAV is a business management solution from Microsoft that is quick to deploy, easy to use, and has the power to support your business ambitions. New capabilities in Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2015 include:

• Tablet and touch-optimized user experience enabling SMB customers to access their company data and processes regardless of location or what device they choose to use. With this release, new Microsoft Dynamics NAV tablet applications are available now from the Windows, Apple, and Google app stores.
• Faster access to information that matters with personalized home pages that let users view their most important business data and key performance indicators in a glance. Sophisticated color coding and live data help users prioritize actions and stay productive.
• Radically simplified invoice design and production through new interoperability with Microsoft Word. Power users can now create customized, branded invoice templates on their own in Microsoft Word without having to engage a technical consultant. 
• Additional optimization to deploy in the cloud on Microsoft Azure and with Office 365 to lower costs, increase flexibility, and boost employee productivity.

Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2015 also helps customers collect cash faster and spend less time managing it with new capabilities for electronic payments and automated account reconciliation. These enhancements include a new Bank Data Conversion Service delivered on Microsoft Azure by AMC Consult A/S that enables automated processes for electronic payments, payment reconciliation and bank account reconciliation right within Microsoft Dynamics NAV.

Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2015 also offers enhanced upgrade tools to help partners significantly lower the cost and time required to move customer implementations to the current version of Microsoft Dynamics NAV.

Customer and partner feedback from the early adopter program has been highly positive.

“The new tablet and touch functionality has increased usability and has made it much easier to train people and get them using ERP. Now when one of our team members is out with a customers, they can give them real time information using the tablet app. It is more personal, it is more interactive and you can share it – and hand it over to the customer. It is a much more collaborative experience,” said Gary Smith, COO of Bounce Foods UK.

Be sure to follow the Microsoft Dynamics Blog for more information on Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2015, and for updates from the sold out Directions EMEA 2014 partner conference October 8-10 in Poznań, Poland.

Partners can access readiness resources and download Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2015 on PartnerSource.

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Microsoft Dynamics SL 2015 and SL 2015 Web Apps are now available!

This release builds on the solid momentum we’ve seen since launching Microsoft Dynamics SL Web Apps earlier this year and supports the cloud and mobile needs of our SMB customers. Microsoft Dynamics SL 2015 further reinforces our deep commitment to offering SMB customers and partners a business solution from Microsoft that is quick to implement, easy to use, and with the power to support your business ambitions.

Microsoft Dynamics SL 2015 adds significant new capabilities, including:

• New Web Apps
  • Empower project role users to work from anywhere and on any connected device with new Web Apps for: Project Time Entry, Project Expense Entry, Project Approvals, Project Maintenance, Project Analyst and Quick Query features
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  • Microsoft Dynamics SL 2015 Web Apps replace current Business Portal project features 

     

• Project enhancements

• Project Multi-Company processing, reporting and security enhancements
• Project Multi-Currency support for project specific currency
  
• Financials & System-wide enhancements

• Improved reporting experience, including creation of refreshable Excel worksheets and pivot tables
• Financial enhancements to help make processing easier, including:
  • Receivables Invoice preview
  • Automatic 1099 Vendor backup withholdings
  • Payroll process enhancement

     

• Business solution from Microsoft

• Continued support for viewing Microsoft Dynamics SL data in Business Analyzer on tablets and mobile devices
• Interoperability with Office 365
• Ability to deploy in the cloud on Microsoft Azure

Partners can access more information about the release on PartnerSource. Customers can learn more on the Microsoft Dynamics SL product site.

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