Founded in 1981, Microsoft Business Solutions, Inc. is a global provider of enterprise business solutions for the midmarket. Microsoft Business Solutions offers e-business applications for financials, distribution, project accounting, electronic commerce, human resource management, manufacturing, sales and marketing management, and customer service and support.

Named for the third time to the “Top 100 Companies to Work for in America” list, Microsoft Business Solutions employs more than 3,800 employees worldwide. The company’s products and services automate essential business functions and enhance the strategic value of financial and operational information. Microsoft Business Solutions products are sold and implemented by a unique worldwide network of independent partner organizations that share the company’s commitment to lasting customer relationships.

Microsoft’s research and development facilities are located primarily in Redmond, Washington with smaller facilities located in Mountain View, California; Fargo, North Dakota; Beijing, China; Dublin etc. As of June 30, 2005, Microsoft employed approximately 61,000 people.

Like its size, Microsoft’s ambitions are anything but small. The world’s number one software company provides a variety of products and services, including its Windows operating systems and Office software suite. The company has expanded into markets such as video game consoles, servers and storage software, and digital music players. In early 2008 the company made an unsolicited bid to acquire Yahoo! for about $44.6 billion.

Success includes the flexibility to respond to emerging markets, such as today’s growth opportunities in China and Eastern Europe, and to the ever changing needs of customers.

In response to these global challenges, Microsoft offers Microsoft Dynamics, a suite of integrated, adaptable business applications for small and medium-sized organizations and divisions of large enterprises. These integrated solutions—delivered through a worldwide network of experienced Microsoft Certified Partners—work like and with familiar Microsoft software and help automate and improve financial, customer relationship, and supply chain management.

Microsoft Dynamics Key Strengths

• The Microsoft Dynamics AX solution suite delivers a range of financial capabilities that help organizations consolidate accounts with subsidiaries or distribution centers no matter where they are located. With this powerful and comprehensive application, business leaders can make and act on confident, informed business decisions confidently.
• Microsoft Dynamics AX helps employees focus on their jobs by giving them access to accounting, reporting, and detailed analysis at levels that are appropriate for their positions.
• The robust features of Microsoft Dynamics deliver the real-time capability to work with multiple financial dimensions that can help decision makers divide data into categories for more detailed analysis. For example, financial data can be measured and analyzed across cost centers, departments, regions, products lines, or other dimensions that can be dynamically created and customized.
• Microsoft Dynamics AX provides built-in multisite, multi language, and multi currency capabilities in 3636 countries and 40 languages, along with local tax, regulatory, and market requirements.
• With the company’s small business solution, Microsoft Dynamics GP, customers receive financial management functionality that ranges from general ledger, accounts payable, and accounts receivable modules to bank reporting, cash flow management, and reconciliation.