In keynote address at Convergence 2006 EMEA speech Gates also outlined the vision for Microsoft Dynamics in the "Live" era that takes business productivity to the next level by deeply integrating Microsoft Dynamics and the Microsoft Office system with online services that accelerate user adoption and maximize the value people get from their business applications.

Microsoft Dynamics Live suite - Hostable Dynamics GP, Dynamics NAV, Dynamics SL and Dynamics AX products.

The new option "will enable Microsoft customers to subscribe to a partner-hosted version of Microsoft Dynamics enterprise resource planning (ERP) solutions on a monthly basis, helping reduce deployment time for businesses that need a new solution immediately,". Microsoft is readying another member of its Dynamics Live family - Dynamics CRM Live - for release in the first half of 2007.

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Prashanth Rai