Microsoft Announces Beta Release of Dynamics GP 2010

A post on the Inside Microsoft Dynamics GP blog run by the Dynamics GP Product Management and Marketing team has announced the Beta release of Microsoft Dynamics GP 2010, which had been code named "11".  From the original post:

Dynamics GP Friends,

It is my great pleasure to announce that the Microsoft Dynamics GP 2010 (code named "11") has released to Beta.  This release is the largest release in Dynamics GP history and our development team has put in a lot of hard work and dedication into making this release a success.  Several customers are part of our Beta Program with many of them going live, a huge commitment to our combined success.

Take Care,

Pam Misialek

Microsoft is touting Dynamics GP 2010 for its improvements in productivity, and collaboration across the business.  The company has said in the past that this release will feature enhanced employee productivity through features like interoperability with Microsoft Office, enhanced role-tailored user interface in areas like business intelligence and industry-enabled capabilities, improved web services capabilities, and enabling Microsoft Unified Communications.

Columnist Mark Polino predicted that Dynamics GP 2010 would be a big hit, based on new features like native emailing of P.O.'s, printing invoices vi Word, workflow flexibility, and more general capabilities to work with Windows SharePoint Server.

Interest has been building in the Partner and ISV community as well.  There are live customers in the Beta Program and over 500 partners attended  a "GP 11 Launch call" (so-called before the formal naming of the beta release as Dynamics GP 2010) on Wednesday, January 13.   ...