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Microsoft Monday announced it is streamlining the pricing of its four Dynamics ERP applications families from a per-module basis to a per-user basis as a way to make it easier for its partners to sell the software.
While rivals Oracle and SAP engage in a mix of direct and indirect selling of their ERP applications, Microsoft relies on partners to sell its Dynamics offerings.
Microsoft unveiled the new ERP pricing just before the start of its Worldwide Partner Conference (WPC) taking place in Boston Tuesday through Thursday.
Instead of trying to help new Microsoft ERP customers navigate through over 1,000 different pricing options based on hundreds of modules, the software vendor's partners will start selling three standard application suites for each of its four ERP product lines as of Aug. 1.
"For most of our customer base, the options were so finely grained, it was like going to a car dealership and having them say it's extra for floor mats," James Utzschneider, general manager of Dynamics marketing at Microsoft, said.
Under the Business Ready Licensing model, partners will sell the Microsoft Dynamics Business Essentials, the Dynamics Advanced Management and the Dynamics Advanced Management Enterprise ERP suites for each product line: Great Plains (GP), Navision (NAV), Axapta (AX) and Solomon (SL).
"It's the next logical step," Utzschneider said. The change in pricing is a natural extension from the company's September rebranding of its four ERP product lines under the Dynamics banner, he added. Microsoft has the ultimate aim of offering customers a single Dynamics code base beginning in 2008.
The move is less about lining up Microsoft's ERP offerings with those from Oracle and SAP, which are already grouped into suites, than about simplifying life for Microsoft's partners, Utzschneider said. Microsoft's per-user pricing will differ from that offered by its rivals. While Oracle and SAP provide named user pricing, Microsoft will offer concurrent user pricing, he added.
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