| In this small article we will not make side-by-side | | | | client / SMTP and in integrate with MS Office on the |
| technical specs comparison. We would rather like to | | | | level of COM objects |
| give you opinions from both sides - Microsoft and | | | | - Microsoft Dynamics arguments. At the time when |
| SAP. Both products target mid-size businesses in the | | | | Microsoft Dynamics / Project Green are working to |
| USA, Europe (however Microsoft Great Plains - | | | | enable Microsoft ERP products to work with Microsoft |
| Dynamics GP will be leaving continental Europe market | | | | Office technologies SAP is several years behind in this |
| starting with version 10.0 - somewhere in the year of | | | | direction. SAP is currently contracting Microsoft to |
| 2008, where Microsoft Business Solutions will probably | | | | enable SAP mySAP integration with Microsoft Office. |
| stake on Microsoft Dynamics NAV - again this is | | | | Microsoft has this strong argument against SAP |
| contingent to the progress with Project Green or now | | | | Business One - SAP deploys industry Experts who |
| Microsoft Dynamics project). Let's come to the topic: | | | | are very strong in general ERP/MRP plus probably |
| - Microsoft Dynamics GP strong points. Microsoft, | | | | Business and Industry Vertical Consulting to implement |
| being leader in Operating Systems, Office Products, | | | | ERP from midsize business, where technology |
| and also having such platforms as Microsoft | | | | consulting and expertise come first. The result is longer |
| Exchange, Microsoft SQL Server - can now capitalize | | | | implementation cycle plus complexity with SAP |
| on ERP technology infrastructure, which includes ERP | | | | Business One integration with technology innovative |
| integration: SQL heterogeneous queries, Sharepoint | | | | and legacy products |
| workflows, web portals. At the same time, long time | | | | - SAP Business One Arguments. Microsoft is trying to |
| presence on the market for such products as | | | | trap you to its technical solutions and proprietary |
| Microsoft Outlook gives Microsoft the option to count | | | | technologies. It is enough if we give you excellent ERP |
| on Outlook user experience - Microsoft Dynamics | | | | platform which has good integration tools to Microsoft |
| products will not require user training (from the | | | | Office plus enables some integration with Windows |
| interface intuitiveness standpoint) - Microsoft Dynamics | | | | platform itself - you can use VB.Net or C#.Net (our |
| CRM has Outlook Client, Microsoft Dynamics GP will | | | | commentary - you can have your SAP Business One |
| have tighter integration with Outlook in its version 9.0. | | | | to communicate with outside world with such |
| Making some comments on another Microsoft product | | | | non-Microsoft platforms as IBM Lotus Notes Domino |
| - Microsoft Small Business Accounting - it is integrated | | | | and use Lotus Notes as Document workflow) |
| with MS Outlook, where you can create invoices and | | | | - Additional Microsoft Arguments. There are analytics |
| promote outlook contacts to your MS SBA customers. | | | | out there on the ERP strategic research market who |
| - SAP Business One. This product was purchased by | | | | support Microsoft in the opinion that SAP Business |
| SAP from Israel software development company four | | | | One will need technology advances (such as |
| years ago. The driven reason was probably the need | | | | developing its own Office platform or tighter |
| to go down to mid-size and even small clientele, plus | | | | cooperation with Microsoft Office products) to stay |
| SAP needed such product to be easily adaptable to | | | | current with the ERP market I the year of 2010... |
| Multilanguage and complex international taxation rules. | | | | - Additional Considerations. Of course SAP has |
| SAP Business One has CRM, ERP/Production | | | | additional bells and whistles, such as language switch - |
| modules and technically can serve as ERP/MRP/CRM | | | | you can switch from German, French or Brazilian |
| for manufacturing or servicing subsidiary of large | | | | Portuguese to US English by pressing Cnrtl key |
| corporation. SAP Business One has modern | | | | combination. Microsoft Dexterity was designed in |
| architecture and design and this is what could be a | | | | earlier 1990th and doesn't support such a nice |
| strong point in decision making to select ERP platform. | | | | functionality and Unicode - the question frequently |
| SAP Business One has integration to Microsoft Office | | | | asked by the prospect from China, India and Arabic |
| - it could use email messaging through MS Outlook | | | | World. |