UPDATED 21:27 EDT / MARCH 10 2016

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Microsoft launches its Dynamics AX ERP suite into the clouds

Microsoft’s cloud-based ERP software Dynamics AX has now been rolled out to customers worldwide, the company said.

Dynamics AX becomes the latest Microsoft product to be shifted to the software-as-a-service model, and now integrates with the company’s other cloud services, such as Power BI. It underlines Microsoft’s determination to eventually shift all of its products to a cloud-based delivery model.

“It’s now possible for organizations to run their entire business in the cloud with Microsoft, from productivity with Office 365, to business analytics with Power BI and Cortana Analytics Suite, customer engagement with Dynamics CRM and business operations with Dynamics AX,” Scott Guthrie, EVP for Microsoft’s cloud and enterprise group, said in a press release.

Microsoft released the new Dynamics AX software on Wednesday, making it available in no less than 137 markets, and in 40 different languages. The new Dynamics AX “was built on and for Azure”, Microsoft said, adding that companies with significant numbers of mobile employees can now rest assured that their workers can “work more safely anywhere, anytime while respecting the data sovereignty requirements of global customers.”

Microsoft also said it’s releasing 50 ISV products for Dynamics AX on the Azure marketplace, with hundreds more in development that will let users customize their experiences.

The new Dynamics AX service is touch-enabled, which means it’s compatible with the popular 2-in-1 notebooks of today, such as Microsoft’s own Surface device. In addition, the service is said to be written for HTML 5, which means it can cope with the latest, modern browsers.

Dynamics AX comes with all the features one might expect in a comprehensive business suite, including new ones like Workspaces, which delivers collaborative reports on KPIs, business intelligence, views of critical data and other determinants for power business user productivity.

The service is available on a pay-as-you-go model, with three packages available for “self-serve”, “task”, and “enterprise” users, the company said. As with Microsoft’s other offerings, its subscription plans are scalable so more users can be added at any time.

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