The New Microsoft Dynamics AX: Available Q1 of 2016 and Focused on the Full Power of the Microsoft Cloud

Microsoft officially announced today that the next release of Dynamics AX, which has been fully architected for the cloud, will be in the first quarter of 2016. In addition to unveiling the new version name which is simply Dynamics AX (notice sans years or version number) Microsoft highlights in a press release that the latest release of Dynamics AX will deliver 3 key capabilities:

A new user experience to accelerate decision-making – Based on extensive usability analysis, the redesigned Dynamics AX brings a new touch-enabled, modern user interface that uses the principles of highly visual applications that users expect in consumer applications to their enterprise business applications.

Quicker implementation and easier management – The new Dynamics AX delivers a more flexible solution architecture that enables incremental implementations, changes and updates, giving businesses more agility and faster time to value.

Enabling business through the power of the cloud – The new release brings with it the benefits of the cloud that are most important for business — from simple signup, immediate provisioning, and built-in high availability and disaster recovery to elastic capacity to add resources but only pay for them when they are being used.

Mike Ehrenberg, technical fellow, Microsoft Dynamics ERP states in his Dynamics AX blog,

We have harnessed the best of Microsoft technology from Azure to Office 365 to Power BI and delivered a solution reinvented for the demands of modern business and maximizing the business benefits of Microsoft’s intelligent cloud. This is the beginning of a new era for Dynamics – and for reinventing business process and productivity.

For more information about the much anticipated new capabilities of Dynamics AX read this blog post by Christian Pedersen, General Manager, Microsoft Dynamics Marketing.