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T p 10 R n t Upgr d t M cr t D n m c G

The New way To Do BUsiNess:

Microso t is committed to your business success. We invest in consistent, easy-to-implementupgrades so that you can make the most o your investments—and put the latest technologyinnovations to work or your organization. Microso t Dynamics ® GP 2010 improves your currentsolution with new ways to enhance insight, simpli y business processes, and build relationshipsthat connect people, in ormation, and systems.

1 D l v r t r cc tp r n l z d n g t.Role Centers include personalized dashboardsand KPIs, with drill-back capabilities that letpeople move rom a high-level view downto a speci c source record. Without the need

or a ull user license, you can give peoplequick, portal-based access to reports andorganization-wide insight, saving time andmoney. Employees have the reedom to usetheir pre erred devices and applications,including Microso t ® O ce Excel® , Microso tO ce Outlook ® , and mobile devices, to workwith the Microso t Dynamics GP in ormationmost relevant to their roles.

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Microso t Dynamics GP goes well beyond basicreporting with the tools people use every day.You can now trans orm sales strategies withadvanced analytics such as predictive modelingand shopping basket analysis, all in amiliarExcel ormats. More than 220 re reshable Excelreports can include multiple data sources;you can also use the Report Builder to quicklycreate an analysis rom scratch. This latest

release also automatically connects Microso tDynamics GP data with Excel through built-indata connectors—there’s no need to juggleapplications.

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sQL s rv r.Do you need targeted in ormation or speci caudiences? Along with Excel, you can work withmore than 90 built-in Microso t SQL Server ® Reporting Services reports. And as with Excel,you can build reports rom scratch and usemodels that ensure reports are intuitive anduser- riendly. Options or simpli ed, yetsophisticated reporting include built-in tools orcreating SQL Server views that link Microso tDynamics GP, ISV, or custom applications.

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nd pr n l m.Microso t Dynamics GP is already wellknown or rich integration with Outlook andMicroso t O ce Word. We’re enhancing thatconnection so that people can quickly createcustomer and vendor- acing documentsusing Word orms. From within Outlook, theycan also send batch and individual e-mailmessages or invoices, orders, and checkremittances. The result? People get morework done in less time—and the work looksmore polished and pro essional.

“Together with Microsoft Dynamics GP 2010, we are building a better future,a more secure business, and a better way to keep our business runningmore ef ciently.”

— Phil Hodges,IT Director,Clean Burn

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p r n l z d xp r nc .People can tailor their dashboards and actionpanes with lists that give them the precisein ormation they need or their roles and lineso business, whether they’re getting it romcustomized locations within Microso t DynamicsGP or rom other data sources. And since ourgoal is to make it easier to do business, li sts canbe set up to lter out in ormation that’s notrelevant to the task at hand.

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n rm t n.Stop the rustrating need to hunt downcustomer and vendor data stored in multiplesources, such as Microso t O ce Access ® andExcel. Without writing new code, administratorsor power users can create a light businessapplication in Microso t Dynamics GP. All thatdisparate in ormation gets consolidated ineasy views, simpli ying tracking and helpingensure that people work with centralized,comprehensive in ormation, whether they areper orming a speci c task or collaboratingacross teams and departments.

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Many o our enhancements work to strengthenbusiness relationships, and here’s an importantexample: While working in Microso t DynamicsGP 2010, employees can work e ectivelywith customers and vendors throughinstant messaging. They can have ad-hocconversations, hold a Microso t O ce LiveMeeting, share views o customer and vendorin ormation, and even create and deliver salesquotes, sales orders, and purchase orders—all within Microso t O ce Communicator.

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nd c t- ct v l .Developers can choose rom more than 350Web services and use a simpli ed architecture tointegrate with a world o applications and datasources. Web services connections no longerrequire separate servers, which helps reduce costsand simpli y IT management. You can also deploya robust business and customer relationshipmanagement solution with a built-in integrationadaptor or Microso t Dynamics CRM—or create

independent adaptors or integrating withvirtually any application, including otherMicroso t Dynamics ERP solutions.

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t c n l g nn v t n .We’ve enhanced Microso t Dynamics GP 2010to run on 64-bit operating systems and workwith 64-bit application environments. Out o the box, you can implement team workfowswith Microso t SharePoint ® Foundation. Andwithout calling on IT, people can use SharePointto update Microso t Dynamics in ormationthat displays on external lists—with updatesautomatically appearing in the system!

10 w rk t k ll dn t rk c rt f dM cr t D n m c GPp rtn r c n lp ug t up nd runn ng qu ckl .Working with a range o tools that supportyour upgrade— rom auto-deployments torapid migrations rom legacy solutions—wecan help minimize down time and expenseand give you maximum value rom yoursolution in a matter o days, not months.

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“The upgrade was remarkably uneventful.We started at about 2:00 P.M. on aFriday afternoon, nished up the last

client and all the user testing Saturday afternoon, and Monday 8:00 A.M. wewere off to the races.”

— Jason Johnson,IT Director,Spy Optic

“Microsoft Dynamics GP 2010 givesus the ability to set up all our formsin Microsoft Of ce. The integrationbetween them is perfect. We cane-mail invoices [and] statementsstraight out of Microsoft Dynamics GPwith nothing else in the way.”

— Paul Smith,Business Systems Manager,Central YMCA London